
Business
‘I am just panicking’: Small businesses scramble to apply for shutdown loans
Small business owners across the country are rushing to apply for $350 billion in federally-guaranteed loans. But there have been issues applying through community banks.
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"This portal will help facilitate the connections businesses need to get critical COVID-19-related products to market or retrofit their operations."
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7 emergency relief options for Philly small businesses
A guide to the landscape of loans, grants and other funding options.
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Working from home during the pandemic
We talk about the challenges of working from home during the pandemic -- how to balance work and family, how to stay focused, and the dos and don'ts of videoconferencing.
Air Date: April 2, 2020 10:00 am
Listen 49:13‘Just insanity’: Closed Pa. businesses cry foul as competitors snag waivers to reopen
The Wolf administration faces mounting public criticism from lawmakers in the GOP over its handling of the COVID-19 shutdown and its effect on businesses.
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Listen 2:44‘Filthy’ facilities, no masks: Philly UPS workers face down COVID delivery surge
The UPS workers keeping the region stocked with supplies at home say they’re overloaded with delivery orders and laboring in unsanitary conditions.
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Macy’s to furlough majority of its 130,000 workers
Macy's will furlough a majority of its 130,000 workers with its stores dark.
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Sweet: Peeps production stops, but Easter is taken care of
The Bethlehem, Pennsylvania-based Just Born confections company said its production facilities there and in Philadelphia closed Wednesday through April 7.
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Amazon closes in on Bucks County warehouse
Amazon continues to expand its Philadelphia-area presence, closing in on a lease in Bucks County.
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We talk about the $2 trillion coronavirus relief bill the Senate passed on Wednesday, the details of the package, and how it might impact individuals and the economy.
Air Date: March 26, 2020 10:00 am
Listen 49:143.3 million file for unemployment claims, shattering the record
A record 3.3 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits for the first time last week — a number far above the levels seen during the depths of the Great Recession.
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Pa. unemployment claims skyrocket to 540,000 since coronavirus shutdown, shattering records
"There are going to be a lot more," says the ranking Democrat on the Senate labor and industry committee.
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Watch live: White House holds coronavirus task force briefing
President Trump hopes the United States can begin to get back to normal by the middle of next month, he said on a Fox News TV special on Tuesday.
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Trump hopes country will be reopened by Easter amid outbreak
“I would love to have the country opened up and just raring to go by Easter," he said during a Fox News virtual town hall.
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Pa. Supreme Court says gun shops are not ‘life sustaining’ during coronavirus shutdown
Without comment, a majority of the state’s high court late Sunday denied the petition by a gun shop, a gun purchaser and a law firm to have Wolf’s shutdown order thrown out.
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