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Study: Small businesses owned by minorities, women, immigrants hardest hit by COVID-19

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Jun 11, 2020

Just how badly American small businesses have been hammered by the economic fallout created by stay-at-home orders dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic are spelled out in a new research paper. We’ve got the details.

Need capital? Fed revamps $75B lending program for smaller businesses under COVID-19 plan

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Jun 11, 2020

The Main Street Program from the Federal Reserve may now be a more attractive opportunity for smaller business, such as startups and emerging entrepreneurial companies, as an alternative to the Paycheck Protection Program being offered by the U.S. Small Business Administration.