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Business

(Tyger Williams/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

The feds promised fast cash for shuttered small businesses. Many Pa. owners say they haven’t seen a dime.

Frustrated applicants complain about long hold times, confusing information from agency representatives, and pervasive uncertainty about whether the program will deliver.

6 years ago

(Courtesy of Shore Fresh Seafood Market)
Down the Shore
Community

Pop-up seafood market at Jersey Shore helps fishermen hurt by COVID-19 restaurant closures

A pop-up wholesale seafood market is helping to keep the fishing industry afloat in an Ocean County municipality. 

6 years ago

With her landscaping business closed because of the coronavirus pandemic, Elizabeth Haegele works in her own garden in Morrisville. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Money

‘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.

6 years ago

Bottles of hand sanitizer made at the Eight Oaks Farm Distillery sit in a display box at the distillery in New Tripoli, Pa., Monday, March 16, 2020. (Matt Rourke / AP Photo)
Health
PA Post

Pa. establishes helpline for companies that can produce critical medical supplies needed for COVID-19 response

"This portal will help facilitate the connections businesses need to get critical COVID-19-related products to market or retrofit their operations."

6 years ago

Boarded up storefronts are proliferating around Philadelphia. (Mark Henninger/Imagic Digital)
Community

7 emergency relief options for Philly small businesses

A guide to the landscape of loans, grants and other funding options.

6 years ago

Alison Steffensen is joined by her daughter, Elin, 3, as she works at the home office she set up in the front yard of her home in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, March 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
Radio Times
Lifestyle

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
A 100-unit student housing project at 4200 Ludlow Street, owned by the HOW Group. The project was placed on hold due to a business shutdown aimed at containing the COVID-19 virus. (Courtesy of HOW Group)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

‘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.

6 years ago

Listen 2:44
A United Parcel Service driver loads boxes during a delivery, Thursday, March 26, 2020, in downtown Seattle. UPS and other companies have been busy as people staying home under state-wide mandate amidst one of the worst outbreaks of the new coronavirus in the U.S. turn to online shopping to meet their needs. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Community

‘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.

6 years ago

A cyclist passes Macy's in Herald Square, Monday, March 23, 2020, in New York. Macy's stores nationwide are closed due to the coronavirus. (Mark Lennihan/AP Photo)
Money

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.

6 years ago

Peeps
Community

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.

6 years ago

Amazon is looking to take space in Bensalem. (Julie Clopper)
Money
Philadelphia Business Journal

Amazon closes in on Bucks County warehouse

Amazon continues to expand its Philadelphia-area presence, closing in on a lease in Bucks County.

6 years ago

A person wearing protective masks due to coronavirus fears walks past a boarded up business in Philadelphia, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Radio Times

The coronavirus stimulus bill

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 49:14
Claims for unemployment benefits are spiking across the country as businesses shut down to stem the spread of the coronavirus. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters)
NPR
Money

3.3 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.

6 years ago

(Elizabeth Robertson/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Money
Spotlight PA

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.

6 years ago

President Trump speaks with anchor Bill Hemmer during a Fox News virtual town hall from the Rose Garden of the White House on Tuesday. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Health

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.

6 years ago

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