Danielle Kurtzleben
Stories
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Business
His New Amazon Warehouse Job Got Him Something He Really Wanted From His Previous Job
The hourly pay at Amazon is much lower than what Theodore Johnson earned as a massage therapist, but the new job comes with a key benefit he didn't have before.
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Race & Identity
Minority-Owned Small Businesses Were Supposed To Get Priority. They May Not Have
The CARES Act required the Small Business Administration to tell banks to prioritize underserved communities for coronavirus relief loans. That didn't happen, a new inspector general's report found.
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Business
Women Bear The Brunt Of Coronavirus Job Losses
Before the coronavirus crisis, there were briefly more women on American payrolls than men. That's no longer true. Women accounted for 55% of the increase in job losses last month.
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Business
Not-So-Small Businesses Continue To Benefit From PPP Loans
SBA data show that demand is still very high for the loans, and that smaller amounts are going out this time. But large, multimillion-dollar loans are still eating up a good chunk of the money.
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Business
Here's How The Small Business Loan Program Went Wrong In Just 4 Weeks
Not-so-small companies like Shake Shack and organizations like the LA Lakers were able to get loans that were meant for suffering small businesses. What happened?
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Business
Scram Big Banks: Small Lenders Take Over SBA Lending Program (For A Night)
The SBA chief announced that only small banks will be given access to the Payroll Protection Program for eight hours, after heavy criticism that the program had given money to well-known businesses.
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Business
Small Businesses Say Rescue Loans Come With Too Many Strings Attached
Business owners lucky enough to get the federal rescue funds are wrestling with paying their employees, even when their doors are closed.
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National
Small Business Loans Site Crashes On First Day Of Reopening
Bankers tell NPR that the SBA's portal wouldn't allow them to enter the loan application information that is needed to access the PPP program.
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Business
Businesses Are Struggling To Use Paycheck Protection Program Money
Congress just passed an additional $321 billion worth of spending for the Paycheck Protection Program. But even when some small businesses receive the aid money, they're not sure how to use it.
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Business
Minorities Often Work These Jobs. They Were Among First To Go In Coronavirus Layoffs
Black, Latino and Asian American workers have lost jobs at a faster clip than white employees from the massive layoffs sweeping through the restaurant, hotel and home health industries.