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There might be a better way for colleges to honor legacies without giving them preference in admissions
Some colleges have been scrutinized for giving preference to legacy students in admissions. But the…
Ayelet Sheffey
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The pandemic may have caused 200,000 business closures - fewer than expected
Fed economists said small-businesses closures in the past year were lower than expected, as governm…
Ayelet Sheffey
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House passes bill to extend PPP small business aid for 2 months
The bill extends the small business lending program through May 31 while allowing loan applications…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Biden signs PPP small-business aid extension into law one day before it was set to expire
Small businesses can now apply for aid from the Paycheck Protection Program through May 31, and app…
Ayelet Sheffey
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57% of US small businesses are now fully operating as the country begins to reopen, report finds
The level of small business reopening found by Kabbage is party due to a pandemic shift to digital …
Ayelet Sheffey
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Democrats propose $50 billion in small business aid as part of larger pandemic relief plan
The House Small Business Committee bill included $25 billion for restaurant aid and $7.5 billion in…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Paycheck Protection Program may be extended through May 31 to provide aid to small businesses
The House Small Business Committee introduced legislation to extend the PPP, with the program curre…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Black-owned businesses took a pandemic hit, but they're doing better than ever now — largely because of Black women
40% of Black-owned businesses tanked in April 2020, but they've since rebounded, currently about 30…
Jason Lalljee
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Americans are boycotting vodka — but only 1% of what's drunk in the US is Russian
Despite their Russian names, brands like Stoli and Smirnoff are actually owned by companies in Luxe…
Jason Lalljee
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Senate votes to extend PPP through May, continuing aid for small businesses
Along with a two-month extension, the bill allows for applications to the small business aid progra…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Fed extends small business aid lending program by 3 months
The Paycheck Protection Program itself is expiring March 31, but its liquidity facility will run th…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Paytm to focus on big ticket loans to low-risk credit-worthy customers
India's leading payments and financial services distribution company Paytm has announced its expans…
ANI
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The life-changing power of the strike: How 500,000 workers refused to work in 2023 — and won big
Like the post-WWII era, the post-pandemic years united workers who underwent a collective experienc…
Alex Press
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61% of small businesses think Delta stopped the economic recovery in its tracks
A survey for the Wall Street Journal found small business confidence is at its lowest level since M…
Ayelet Sheffey
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80% of adults want Biden to act fast on small business aid and stimulus checks, new survey finds
A survey conducted by Morning Consult found that four out of five of adults want Biden to take prom…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Americans want Biden to prioritize aid for small businesses. Here’s how his stimulus proposal would provide relief.
Most Americans say small business aid needs to be a priority for President Joe Biden. Here is how h…
Ayelet Sheffey
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How universal basic income would work best — and it might not be monthly cash payments, a Nobel prize winner's new research suggests
The longest-running universal basic income study suggests a lump-sum payment, rather than monthly c…
Ayelet Sheffey
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The Biden administration opened a new relief fund for restaurants. 186,200 applied in 2 days.
Biden said of his $28.6 billion Restaurant Revitalization Fund: "It looks like we'll be able to pro…
Juliana Kaplan
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To get $9 million in pandemic aid, Lil Wayne pledged to operate a 'drug-free workplace.' The feds believed him.
Lil Wayne and Post Malone claimed to run 'drug-free workplaces' to claim federal pandemic aid. But …
Jack Newsham
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White-owned small businesses are twice as likely to get financing as Black- and Latino-owned firms, Fed survey finds
The survey conducted in fall 2020 also found Black-owned small firms five times as likely to be den…