Small Businesses Will Race For Dollars From Second Installment Of Federal Aid Businesses desperate for financial aid have exhausted a $349 billion federal loan program. Banks and businesses will now vie for a second round of funding before the money runs out. Scott Horsley
When It Comes To New Release Showings, A Drive-In Theater Stands Alone With cinema screens around the country closed and most new releases postponed, there's no way to see new releases at the theater. Unless you are at the drive-in.
'It's The Wild West': To Meet Pandemic-Fueled Demand, Factories Turn To Making Masks The COVID-19 pandemic has created a global free-for-all for manufacturing protective equipment, especially face masks. Now factories that once produced curtains or other items are churning them out. Rob Schmitz
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. Danielle Kurtzleben
She Supports 8 People On $480 A Week And Is Figuring What Payments To Defer Dyan Navejar is the only one in her family who's still working. Her husband lost his job as a dishwasher. "Food — that's the biggest thing in my household right now. These kids can eat," she says. Yuki Noguchi
Seattle bar owner after a month of shutdown: Scramble for aid was chaotic As the coronavirus shutdown began in Seattle, we talked to Mike Lewis, owner of the Streamline tavern in Lower Queen Anne. It's been one month. How are he and his staff doing now? Kim Shepard
What Would It Take To Bring More Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Back To The U.S.? Experts say it could be dangerous to rely on overseas production of medicine in a crisis, but the U.S. largely does. Rebuilding domestic capacity would take years and substantial investments. Sydney Lupkin
What It Takes To Get A Mask The way Illinois finally got the masks it needed was practically the plot to a heist thriller — so we turned it into one for the first of our Quarantine Edition of Planet Money Shorts. Bronson Arcuri
Job Cuts Hit 2 Members Of My Family In Orlando: No Tourists, No Work Two weeks after Perla Pimentel was laid off, her father lost his job as a transportation contractor for Disney World. The warehouse where her mom works has also begun to furlough employees. Alina Selyukh
Lenders Warn Missing Mortgage Payments Could Have Consequences Millions of homeowners may skip making payments as part of a federal plan meant to ease financial stress during the pandemic. But many Americans say they're running into problems with their lenders. Chris Arnold
