Archive for April 2020

For many cities and states, every week the pullback persists the loss of hotel-related taxes promises to blow million-dollar-plus holes in their budgets. Read More

A Superior Court judge has sided with the Baker administration on shutting down the recreational cannabis market, saying that it was reasonable for the state to halt recreational sales. Read More

Municipalities and regional planning agencies can apply for the small business funds, and then funnel the funds to their own programs to help small businesses. Read More

The U.S. Small Business Administration said Thursday morning that it had burnt through the full $349 billion in funding for the Paycheck Protection Program, though talks continue in Congress to add more. Read More

The hiring spree comes as many companies in the area are laying off or furloughing employees due to the pandemic. Read More

Capital One Financial Corp. was still not accepting applications for the Small Business Administration’s $349 billion Paycheck Protection Program even as the program’s funds were dwindling. The bank’s failure to roll out the program widely to its customers could be a huge blow to its image, industry experts say. Read More

Using Zoom to talk to family may fine, but should you trust the security features of the platform for sharing sensitive business information? The question was asked during a virtual panel on Wednesday to local cybersecurity CEOs Lior Div and Corey Thomas, who discussed security vulnerabilities of Zoom and other video communications platforms. Read More

Cytiva formally launched on April 1, after Danaher’s $20 billion acquisition of GE Healthcare’s life sciences unit closed. Read More

The loan fund hit some snags at first but the full pot has quickly been authorized. Read More

Nationally, millions more people filed initial claims in a single week, as the coronavirus panic continues to upend the U.S. economy. Read More