VENTRA, MODULAR FORM JOINT VENTURE
<Ventra Management Inc> said it
has formed a joint venture that it will manage to provide lease
financing for <Modular Computer Systems Inc>
    Ventra said it will fund leases with the proceeds of a 60
mln dlr leasing equipment receivable bond offering underwritten
by Mabon, Nugent and Co.  It said the venture has already
generated about 10 mln dlrs in computer leases.
 Reuter
