Small Business

Protective masks for sale are displayed in a store in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn on April 2, 2020 in New York City. Stephanie Keith | Getty Images As the fight against the coronavirus continues, states are emphasizing the shortage of personal protective equipment for their health-care and front-line workers. Companies like Apple, AB Inbev and

A view of an empty restaurant is seen at Grand Central Station on March 25, 2020 in New York City. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images Barry O’Donovan opened his Irish pub across from a  railroad station used by Wall Street commuters just five days before Lehman failed. His business survived the Great Recession. 

Jourdain Degarmo, CEO of Mr. Muggles’ Dogs Joe Drypolcher Jourdain Degarmo had to lay off all seven employees from his doggie day care in San Francisco last month after California’s shelter-in-place order required non-essential workers to stay home. Degarmo has continued paying salaries with his cash on hand but needs help from the government to keep

Daniel Chan is among a number of small-business owners who rely on the tech industry’s parties and conferences and are now staring at blank calendars with no idea of when they will be able to return to their livelihoods. Courtesy of Daniel Chan Daniel Chan makes a good living doing magic shows around the San

Leaning on his experience as a restaurant owner, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Friday the U.S. government has an obligation to aid small businesses that are shut down during the coronavirus pandemic. “I had a business that was closed. It was doing great, and then one day I learned I was closed,” Cramer said on “Squawk on the Street.”

Film producer Jeffrey Katzenberg said Friday he doesn’t think the movie industry has to choose between releasing movies on the big screen or debuting them on streaming services.  “I don’t think these things are mutually exclusive,” the co-founder of DreamWorks Animation said on CNBC’s “Closing Bell.”  In fact, Katzenberg said he believes the film industry

Carlina Teteris Business owners have been eagerly anticipating a $349 billion loan program meant to cushion the economic blow of the coronavirus pandemic. Some will have to wait a little longer. The Paycheck Protection Program, which officially opened for borrowers Friday morning, provides up to $10 million in forgivable loans to small businesses with 500

Ursula von der Leyen, incoming president of the European Commission, left, speaks during news conference at the European Parliament, in Strasbourg, France, on Tuesday, July 16, 2019. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images European tech industry groups are stepping up their lobbying efforts to ensure the EU supports start-ups hit hard by the coronavirus crisis.

As small business owners await a much-needed lifeline Friday in the form of a massive expansion of the Small Business Administration’s 7(a) lending program, new data show just how dire the situation is for Main Street as questions circulate about the program’s readiness. The National Federation of Independent Business’ Research Center is out with a

The coronavirus takes an emotional toll on business owners who have invested their lives building a company and brand, ”Shark Tank” investor and cybersecurity entrepreneur Robert Herjavec said Thursday.   He said he has had to lay off about 8% of Herjavec Group’s 350-person workforce, a “painfully brutal” move. “The thought of it possibly all going away is