Willis Lease Finance agrees to buy $300 million aircraft for move into regional airlines

NOVATO — Aircraft and engine lessor Willis Lease Finance Corp. (Nasdaq: WLFC) today said it signed...

When the word ‘unexpectedly’ is unhelpful

Here’s a word that should be eliminated from today’s coverage of the economy: “unexpectedly.” Here are a few of many recent examples from prominent news outlets.

H1N1 and you: the economics of pandemics in brief

As we enter this cold and flu season, there is a new virus on the loose: H1N1. Well, it is not that new.