by synergycap1 | Apr 17, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Loans, Finance, Working Capital
Employees at XPO Logistics Inc.’s less-than-truckload facilities in Aurora and Elgin, Ill., voted against representation by the Teamsters union, the company said April 17. At the same time, 17 employees at its LTL facility in Trenton, N.J., agreed to join the...
by synergycap1 | Apr 17, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Finance, Productivity, Working Capital
There are 24 hours in a day. Let’s say eight of those are spent sleeping. One hour is spent getting ready for work. Two hours, total, are spent commuting. Eight hours are spent working. Four hours are spent tending to family or household responsibilities. And...
by synergycap1 | Apr 17, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Working Capital
Shipbuilding and repair giant Vigor Industrial LLC has signed an agreement to purchase a South Korean dry dock and move it to Seattle as part of a $20 million investment. At 640 feet long with a clear width of 116 feet, the new dry dock will be the third and the...
by synergycap1 | Apr 17, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Finance, Working Capital
Critic’s Notebook By AMANDA HESS April 17, 2017 At the age of 21, David Pakman started a little Massachusetts community radio talk program. While the young broadcaster got his show syndicated on a few public radio stations, it was a YouTube channel he...
by synergycap1 | Apr 17, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Working Capital
United Airlines’ parent surprised investors with better-than-expected first-quarter earnings amid controversy over the airline’s violent removal of a passenger last week. United Continental Holdings Inc. (NYSE: UAL) earned an adjusted 41 cents per share,...
by synergycap1 | Apr 17, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Economics, Finance, Non-Bank Loans, Working Capital
This post was originally published on Snippets, a newsletter and blog from VC firm Social Capital, and is reproduced here with permission. In Snippets over the past few months, we’ve talked a bit about the idea of how complex systems operate: from system...