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"We wouldn"t have survived without it," Pennsylvania contractor says of PPP loan during White House briefing
Third-generation business now expects to be running at full capacity by Friday......»»
The Small Business Administration will cap PPP loan dollar amounts per bank
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Editor"s Briefing: Will the coronavirus kill off retailing as we know it?
It was a bit unreal writing about a group of area retail centers whose loans were placed on a watch list this month. The centers — Barrywoods, Truman’s Marketplace and Belton Marketplace — had a number of similarities. They were in high-traffic s.....»»
Editor"s Briefing: Looking for a hero in this crisis? They"re all around you
In the past few weeks, my colleagues and I in the Business Journal newsroom have written about a number of extraordinary people. There have been executives and entrepreneurs using their networks to acquire test kits and masks, and employees and voluntee.....»»
A top Trump economic adviser said "it couldn"t be easier" for his wife to get a bank loan from the troubled small business loan program
Reuters Kudlow said "it couldn't be easier" for his wife to get a small business loan under the troubled Paycheck Protection Program, ABC News first reported. The ambitious coronavirus rel.....»»
Editor"s Briefing: If small businesses fail in this crisis, each of us will feel it, CEO says
Like so many, Neal Sharma is worried about the financial hit to be caused by the coronavirus epidemic. The CEO of DEG, an Isobar Company, is concerned about how the economic upheaval will affect his company and colleagues. But the sacrifice theyâ.....»»
From the editor: Coronavirus storm coming and "we’re burning daylight"
One endearing quirk of Dr. Amy Acton as she tries to get Ohioans to follow her recommendations for combatting the coronavirus is her colorful use of language to highlight the seriousness of what we’re facing. In Tuesday’s press briefing, she.....»»
Editor"s Briefing: We can"t afford an urban-rural split on coronavirus response
Take a look at the national maps plotting cases of COVID-19 and it’s a bit like a satellite image of the U.S. at night. You can orient yourself, even without state lines marked, because the major cities stand out clearly. That doesn’t mean rura.....»»
Editor"s Briefing: Crisis shows KC businesses put people before profits
Editor"s Briefing: Crisis shows KC businesses put people before profits.....»»
Editor"s Briefing: Engagement is the next big step in building up KC"s business community
Kansas City has small business accelerators sponsored by big companies like Sprint and Black & Veatch. Burns & McDonnell, Lockton and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City are generous sponsors of various innovation and STEM efforts. And there.....»»
Editor"s Briefing: Coronavirus puts Kansas Medicaid expansion debate in a new, stark light
Gov. Laura Kelly started the week with an extraordinary news conference to press for action to safeguard the health of Kansans. Saturday evening, she held another extraordinary news conference that had a very different triggering event, but also involve.....»»
Editor"s Briefing: Why dining, brewing and distilling provide such satisfying business coverage
What’s cooking in Kansas City? Look hard at this week’s coverage and you might want to call us the Kansas City Dining Journal. There were stories about a new food hall, restaurants coming (or not) to the area, distinguished local chefs, and don.....»»
Editor"s Briefing: Kill The Star? The future isn"t bright
“Kill The Star? The question won’t die†The headline appeared on the cover of the first issue of the Kansas City Business Journal in 1982. It would be as apt to be on the Business Journal’s next cover after The Star’s parent company file.....»»
Editor"s Briefing: You can"t see the wind, but you can see its power in our local economy
You don't see huge wind turbine farms along Interstate 435 on the way to the airport, or in western Olathe, but Kansas City is a somewhat quiet hub for wind energy. We wrote for years about Lenexa-based Tradewind Energy as it developed wind and solar .....»»
Editor"s Briefing: A raider targets a KC company, but the community sleeps
The storyline drips with business drama. It has an activist shareholder swooping in from New York. It has a target that’s worked to be a leader in its communities. And it has a threat to leaders of the company to change or face pressure to sell. The o.....»»
Editor"s Briefing: A raider targets a KC company but the community sleeps
The storyline drips with business drama. It has an activist shareholder swooping in from New York. It has a target that’s worked to be a leader in its communities. And it has a threat to leaders of the company to change or face pressure to sell. The o.....»»
Editor"s Briefing: KC"s entrepreneurial scene gets new faces, new goals
Entrepreneurship is about opportunity, innovation, effort, belief, failure and success. But entrepreneurship is not static. Kansas City’s grand aim remains to be the nation’s most entrepreneurial city. The effort, however, is undergoing a cha.....»»
Editor"s Briefing: Breaking through the tech jargon obscuring a great story
At its heart, the story was easy to get across: ITRenew Inc., a Silicon Valley company that is starting an operation in Olathe, plans to hire about 50 by the end of the month. By the end of 2020, it planned to employ 150 in the KC area. The diffi.....»»
Editor"s Briefing: How much stock should you put in an analyst"s report on Sprint/T-Mobile trial?
The legal battle that will decide if Sprint and T-Mobile are able to merge is coming down to crunch time. That means anxious times for Sprint officials and employees — heightened by analysts and pundits giving their interpretations of court filings.....»»
Editor"s Briefing: What makes Waddell & Reed worth $100M in incentives?
Why in the world would Kansas City and the state of Missouri offer $106 million in incentives to Waddell & Reed Financial Inc. to move a few miles east into a new $140 million headquarters? It’s the question of the week, particularly since it app.....»»