While it would be natural for landlords to take back shops they can re-lease, after a brand stops paying rent, the threat of paying tax on empty properties often stops them from doing so.

WSJ: U.K. Retail Rents Drop as Stores Close

As with the strikes in March, the airline is also planning to lease extra aircraft from other carriers and re-book passengers on cancelled flights onto other airlines.

BBC: British Airways strike dates announced

Nextel and T-Mobile are the cell carriers planning to lease space, so you're pretty much out of luck if you use anyone else, but what we're really interested in is the part about how ClearLinx Network Corp.

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The proposed lease had presented a political conundrum for the governor, who is planning to seek re-election in 2002.

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