Coronavirus loans went to big companies first
Since the launch of the government's emergency lending program for small businesses on April 3, data shows a disproportionate distribution, favoring larger companies.
Your small business could easily be wiped out by a cyberattack, here are 5 steps to take
One simple attack and the business that they've worked so hard to build could be shuttered forever.
Firms with troubled pasts got millions in PPP small-business aid
The government pushed to quickly lend more than $650 billion to businesses of all sorts based on an honor system that took companies’ claims at face value and offered the promise of loan forgiveness.
New York restaurant succeeding after going ‘all in’ on outdoor dining
New York restaurant owner on adapting to coronavirus dining restrictions
Small businesses face adapting or permanently closing
Edward Lawrence talks with small business owners in Bethesda, Maryland
PPP aided small businesses, but they need long-term help: Biz2Credit CEO
Biz2Credit CEO on small businesses, coronavirus
Miami-Dade mayor: We’re now ticketing anyone not wearing a mask
Miami-Dade mayor on enforcing mask-wearing
Uber offers $0 delivery for Black-owned restaurants
Uber is offering free delivery for UberEats orders from Black-owned restaurants.
Mnuchin suggests automatic forgiveness of smallest PPP loans
Mnuchin appeared to back a proposal from U.S. banks and others who have said the massive lending program should see loans under $150,000 automatically turned into grants.
Country Time offers ‘bailout’ for kids’ lemonade stands
Lauren Simonetti on lemonade stand ‘bailout’
Larry Kudlow: Still expecting ‘V-shaped recovery’
Larry Kudlow on economic recovery, stimulus
National Restaurant Association EVP: Cuomo shutting NYC restaurants is incredibly capital intensive
Sean Kennedy on shutting restaurants amid coronavirus
Lawyer for Minnesota small business group claims governor 'acting like a drunken monarch' with coronavirus orders
The Free Minnesota Small Business Coalition, which includes leading individual businesses and several state legislators, claims that Walz’s orders amount to improper legislative action and that the statute that allows emergency declarations for an “act of nature” does not apply to a pandemic.
Ending racism in America will improve economy: Atlanta Fed president
Atlanta Fed president on ending economic racism
Coronavirus pandemic decimates retirement plans at small businesses
The coronavirus pandemic hasn't just gutted small businesses, it's also decimated their retirement savings plans for employees.
US states looking to tax PPP loans
States taxing PPP loans
Paycheck Protection Program hit some of its mark, but missed the most vulnerable
The PPP appears to have thrown a critical safety net under U.S. middle and upper-middle-wage jobs, but it faltered when it comes to lower-paying positions
Most PPP recipients expect to run out of money by August, study finds
A majority of small businesses that tapped the taxpayer-funded Paycheck Protection Program expect to run out of money by the first week of August.
Small businesses worldwide fight for survival during coronavirus pandemic
A mosaic of small businesses around the world that are fighting for survival amid economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.
Restaurant owner: Texas reopened too quickly
Restaurants struggling to survive amid coronavirus surge



















