Small Business

Cash-strapped entrepreneurs who took a federal Paycheck Protection Program loan and are running out of funding may get a second infusion of liquidity. The Senate’s HEALS Act,  the Republican proposal for another round of coronavirus relief funding, includes a measure that would permit certain small-business owners to borrow from the program a second time. Sens.

The coronavirus shutdown can be the perfect opportunity for you to to become an entrepreneur, according to best-selling author Patrice Washington.  Washington lost her real estate business in 2008 and spent the next decade building a new career helping others with their finances. She is also the host of “The Redefining Wealth Podcast.” The 39-year-old

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

Kemal Yildirim | E+ | Getty Images The Senate HEALS Act would allow business owners to take a temporary 100% tax deduction on business meals. The GOP’s $1 trillion proposal, which was released on Monday, calls for a range of relief measures to help buoy Americans during the coronavirus pandemic. Aside from offering another round

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

President Donald Trump met with cabinet members and Republican Congressional leaders in the Oval Office on July 20 to discuss a proposed new round of financial stimulus. Doug Mills | Pool | Getty Images The people who would get the greatest benefit from a payroll tax holiday may be the ones who need it the

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