Slowing admissions ding physician staffing giant Mednax in Q2

by synergycap1 | Jul 28, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Finance, Working Capital

Mednax, a physician staffing company to hospitals, is the latest provider to miss its analyst earnings forecast for the second quarter.Net income dipped to $63.7 million in the quarter on revenue of $842.9 million compared with net income of $82.3 million on revenue...

Cargo Theft Declines in Second Quarter

by synergycap1 | Jul 28, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Loans, Finance, Working Capital

Cargo thefts declined in reported incidences and value in the second quarter, according to CargoNet, a provider of information designed to prevent cargo theft. North American thefts were down $17.9 million over the same time period last year. Thefts for the quarter,...

Market Researchers Are Now Using VR to Get into Your Head

by synergycap1 | Jul 28, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Finance, The Future, Working Capital

Market researchers are using VR to understand consumer desires and behavior. CREDIT: Getty Images Lately, we keep hearing about the impact of virtual reality (VR) on shopping and retail. Whether it’s a VR fashion show or virtual changing rooms, or even the...

Judging Investors by Wealth Will Hurt Your Company. Here’s How to Avoid the Truly Awful Ones

by synergycap1 | Jul 28, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Finance, Startup, Working Capital

In your hunt for potential investors, you’re bound to run into a few bad eggs. They easily stick out and we’ve all met them (and most of them don’t even know they suck–no one tells them). You’ve also come across great investors....

Want to Take Full Advantage of Social Media? Stop Thinking of it as One Big Sales Pitch

by synergycap1 | Jul 28, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Finance, Social Media Toolkit, Working Capital

Whether you’re a marketer, a business owner, a freelancer, an influencer or just someone who accidentally stumbled upon this article, today I’m going to challenge you to do one thing: Begin thinking of social media more like a conference and less like a...

Slow organic growth adding to pressure to merge and acquire

by synergycap1 | Jul 28, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Finance, Working Capital

Increased merger and acquisition activity among for-profit hospitals is being driven in part by the kind of slower organic growth seen in the first round of second quarter earnings announcements.Admissions have been dampened as the number of newly insured has...