AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Infrastructure Council will present on developing a Texas P3 Center of Excellence at the July 30 National Council for Public-Private Partnerships" summer conference in Denver, Colorado. Tim Merriweather, president of the newly formed Texas Infrastructure Council said, “We look forward to discussing the state of P3s in Texas and how this promising public infrastructure delivery tool can be further advanced at the state and local level to help meet growing infrastructure needs. The Texas economy is thriving but many local units of government are pressed to maintain pace with the growth. Our primary focus is to … Read more

  WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association's Monthly Leasing and Finance Index, which reports economic activity from 25 companies representing a cross section of the $827-billion equipment finance sector, showed their overall new business volume for June was $9 billion, up 5 percent from new business volume in June 2013. Month over month, new business volume was up 30 percent from May. Year to date, cumulative new business volume increased 3 percent compared to 2013.   Receivables over 30 days decreased from the previous month at 1.6 percent, and were up from 1.4 percent in the same … Read more