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These methods can assist the smallest companies apply for PPP loans
10,000 hours | DigitalVision | Getty Images The owners of the country’s smallest businesses have just over a week of priority access to the paycheck protection program’s paycheck protection program’s payable loans. Last Wednesday, the Small Business Administration began accepting only PPP loan applications from companies with fewer than 20 employees. This priority period should…
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Truck sharing startup Fluid Truck raises capital to disrupt the rental trade
Fluid Truck Share vehicle. Source: Fluid Truck A decade after the ridesharing explosion, a start-up based near Denver is betting that there is an untapped market for those looking to share utility vehicles in a market dominated by Penske and Ryder. Fluid Truck, which launched in 2019, raised $ 63 million in its first external…
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5 issues you need to know earlier than the inventory market opens on March 2nd, 2021
Here are the top news, trends, and analysis investors need to get their trading day started: 1. Stocks will fall after the S&P 500’s best day since June Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Source: NYSE 2. Goal: Kohl’s quarterly results exceeded the estimates A person wearing a protective mask walks…
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Russia’s Sputnik vaccine attracts Jap Europe and worries the EU
A medical worker holds a syringe with the Gam-COVID-Vac (Sputnik V) Covid-19 vaccine in his hand. Alexander Reka | TASS | Getty Images While the European Union struggles to push coronavirus vaccine rollout in the block of 27, Russia’s Covid shot is proving enticing to its friends in Eastern Europe, creating yet another potential rift…
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The scarcity of chips will have an effect on the manufacturing of electrical vehicles
An ES6 electric SUV from Nio Inc. at a battery swap station in a parking lot in Shanghai on March 1, 2021. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING – Chinese electric car startup Nio said Tuesday a global chip shortage will force it to manufacture fewer cars in the second quarter. The high…
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“We’ve to push additional down”
States are easing social distancing rules, but it’s “too early” to take Covid restrictions back, warned Dr. Atul Gawande on CNBC’s “The News with Shepard Smith”. “We are currently in cases that are still above the highest value of our last spike, so we didn’t even fall below the spike last summer,” said the surgeon…
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The Maldives, that are depending on tourism, are stepping up their efforts to diversify economically
NurPhoto | NurPhoto | Getty Images The Maldives are littered with their island resorts and endowed with white sandy beaches and turquoise seas. But the coronavirus pandemic stalled the global travel and tourism industries last year, forcing the island nation to step up efforts to diversify its economy by expanding other sectors. Tourism accounts for…
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Zoom, Roku, Novavax & extra
A trader working in New York City after the Nasdaq opening ceremony on April 18, 2019. I have Betancur | Getty Images Check out the companies that hit the headlines on Monday after the bell: Zoom Video – The video communications company’s shares fell 8.5% on better-than-expected results for the fourth quarter of the fiscal…
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Self-employed gig employees are nonetheless ready for the bigger mortgage PPP guidelines
Virojt Changyencham | Moment | Getty Images The self-employed and gig staff are eagerly awaiting the Small Business Association’s update of guidelines for their paycheck protection program, which could mean bigger credit for the group. The Biden administration last week announced changes to how the SBA will calculate forgivable loans for sole proprietorships and other…
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Delta is giving bonuses to managers whose pay has been lower because of the pandemic
Delta Air Lines Bombardier Boeing 757-200 aircraft as they arrive on final approach to New York’s JFK John F. Kennedy International Airport. Nicolas Economou | NurPhoto | Getty Images Delta Air Lines, which received billions of dollars in federal aid last year, is paying managers anywhere from a few thousand dollars to more than $…
