Tag: Small business
Small business COVID-19 relief program runs out of money
NEW YORK — The government’s key COVID-19 relief program for small businesses has run out of money.
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Restaurant survival hopes pick up as $28.6B in grants begin
NEW YORK — Thousands of restaurants and bars decimated by the COVID-19 outbreak have a better chance at survival as the government begins handing...
Millennial Money: Shopping small makes a big impact
I get it. It’s easy to shop on Amazon. Running low on toilet paper? Need lightbulbs? Want a bath caddy on a whim? With...
Millennial Money: Changing the face of the cannabis industry
Cannabis businesses have transformed from clandestine ventures to glossy lifestyle brands in a matter of years, thanks to an evolving regulatory and business landscape....
Time to party? Events industry still uncertain about COVID
NEW YORK — Although weddings and other big celebrations are going back on the calendar in the U.S., business owners who make those events...
Senate votes to extend small biz loan program for 2 months
WASHINGTON — The Senate passed a bill 92-7 on Thursday to extend the deadline for business owners to apply for forgivable loans through the...
New SBA head plans changes at agency; focus now is COVID-19
NEW YORK — The new head of the Small Business Administration says she expects to make changes at the agency that she says will...
Supply bottlenecks leave ships stranded, businesses stymied
NEW YORK — A trade bottleneck born of the COVID-19 outbreak has U.S. businesses anxiously awaiting goods from Asia — while off the coast...
Corporations become unlikely financiers of racial equity
In the months since the police killing of George Floyd sparked a racial reckoning in the United States, American corporations have emerged as an...
Senate confirms Isabel Guzman to lead small biz agency
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved President Joe Biden's pick to oversee the Small Business Administration, an agency that has seen its...