Ryan German has kept 40 employees working at his restaurant, Caffe Gelato, in Newark, Delaware. The Paycheck Protection Program provided a lifeline to help him through an unprecedented spring as the coronavirus pandemic tore through the country. The loan, now exhausted, covered seven weeks of payroll. But the restaurant is facing down an unknown future with
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Kevin O’Leary told CNBC on Monday that the long-term economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic are coming into focus for companies in his personal investment portfolio. “I’ve got enough focus now after all these months, 20% of my small private portfolio is going to fail,” O’Leary said on “Halftime Report.” ”They’re going to zero. They are in
A BronCore Fitness bootcamp in the Boston Commons. Bron Volney Jacob Gise opened a Body Fit Training franchise in Santa Monica, California, in November. By March, the flagship U.S. studio of the global chain had just become profitable. Gise had traveled to Australia, where Body Fit Training began, to learn the ropes, so he was
Jovita Carranza, administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), speaks as Steven Mnuchin, U.S. Treasury secretary, left, listens during a House Small Business Committee hearing in Washington, D.C. Erin Scott | Getty Images Details of Senate Republicans’ version of a coronavirus aid bill are starting to emerge. Accountants question whether it will provide enough
A pedestrian wearing a protective mask walks along the boardwalk in Asbury Park, New Jersey, U.S., on Thursday July 9, 2020. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg via Getty Images Along the Eastern Shore beaches that span our home states of Maryland and Delaware, the summer season – usually a boon to our economy – is a
One look at the numbers, and the problem is clear. U.S. businesses are losing an estimated $1 trillion a month as businesses are disrupted due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to estimates by the American Property Casualty Insurance Association. Yet, insurers collect only $4.5 billion a month for all commercial property policies. This month, the
Kevin O’Leary told CNBC on Tuesday the U.S. government should not establish more relief programs for businesses impacted by the coronavirus and instead allow market forces decide which companies survive. “As a result of the pandemic and people’s changes in purchase behavior, there is a new America emerging and the only way to feel that out
Patrice Washington became a real estate broker her senior year of college. After graduating from USC in 2003, Washington opened a boutique real estate and mortgage brokerage with a team of employees to keep up with demand. By 2007, she had made millions and parked her earnings into 13 investment properties. Then the housing market
Brian Taylor is your quintessential small business owner. He started Harlem Doggie Day Spa, a pet grooming and boarding business, 10 years ago in Harlem, New York. Like many small business owners, Taylor says he lost about 80% of his business when he had to temporarily close his storefront in early March due to the Covid-19
When the Covid-19 pandemic forced businesses to close and people to stay home, the way Americans obtained and consumed food changed drastically. Grocery stores were selling out and food banks were overwhelmed, but many farmers who used to supply restaurants, schools and commercial enterprises found themselves stuck with tons of extra products. As the initial
Pedestrians walk past Leavitt & Peirce in Harvard Square in Cambridge, MA on June 30, 2020. Lane Turner | The Boston Globe via Getty Images The city of Clemson, South Carolina, grows nearly four times its size from 8,000 to around 40,000 when Clemson University students return every fall. On football game days, the number
Cars wait in line for boxes of food from the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida at a drive-through event at the City of Destiny church in Orange County, Florida. Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images ‘Horrendous time’ “This is a horrendous time to have a lapse in benefits,” said Wendy Edelberg, senior fellow
Small-business owners are struggling to stay afloat as coronavirus cases spike in many parts of the country — even with stimulus aid from the government. Despite that, worker headcount among small businesses was nearly back to pre-Covid-19 levels, according to exclusive data compiled by human resource provider Gusto and based on more than 100,000 small
An exterior view of Sweet Tomatoes restaurant, which have closed their doors, on July 08, 2020 in Pembroke Pines, Florida. Johnny Louis | Getty Images As Covid-19 cases continue to climb in cities and states around the country, businesses are being faced with a second wave of closures and potential layoffs. The National Restaurant Association
Alex and Kelsey Carroll’s company, Toss Up Events, designed and operated unique fan experiences at major sporting events across the country. Then the coronavirus shutdown canceled all large gatherings for the foreseeable future. The Carrolls, both 31, had all of their employees pack up their equipment and head back to the company’s headquarters in Dallas.
Foot traffic is slowly returning to Brattle Street and Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts, but local small businesses are still suffering from the extended coronavirus lockdown. Lane Turner/The Boston Globe via Getty Images EIDL loans The EIDL Advance program, created by the CARES Act, gave emergency grants to small businesses within three days of their
Interest rates are at record lows. This may make the idea of borrowing money more appealing to the millions of Americans who lost their jobs or were furloughed because of the coronavirus shutdown. Two common assets that people often look towards when they need large sums of cash are their home’s equity or their 401(k),
Desperate times can call for desperate measures. Your first step when borrowing money to pay your bills should always be to look inward, according to Winnie Sun, a financial advisor. Sun, co-founder of Sun Group Wealth Partners in Irvine, California, said she calls the practice “profit-shopping.” The idea is simple. You go through every item
Michael De Los Santos saw a big boost in sales on Blackout Day as consumers supported his BBQ sauce business. Source: Michael De Los Santos As activists and allies spread the word about Blackout Day, some Black-owned businesses said they saw a boost in support. The movement urged both Black consumers and others to either
Business spending showed some signs of green shoots in June, as manufacturers bought more equipment and spending shifted away from stay-at-home sectors to ones that could rebound in a reopening economy, according to Cortera, a software company which analyzes business-to-business credit transactions. But overall June spending was still depressed, down 10.9% from the same month
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