by mujair | May 28, 2020 | Business & Finance News
More than 40 million people — the equivalent of one out of every four American workers — have filed for unemployment benefits since the coronavirus pandemic grabbed hold in mid-March, the government reported on Thursday, an astounding tally that rivals the bleakest...
by mujair | May 7, 2020 | Business & Finance News
Layoffs continue to tear through the country, enveloping more industries even as states take tentative steps toward reopening the economy, with the government reporting on Thursday that an additional 3.2 million jobless claims were filed last week. The weekly tallies...
by mujair | May 7, 2020 | Business & Finance News
In the weeks before states around the country issued lockdown orders this spring, Americans were already spending less, traveling less, dining out less. Small businesses were already cutting employment, or even closing shop. In some states that have already begun that...
by mujair | May 6, 2020 | Business & Finance News
Sinclair Broadcast Group was meant to be the new Fox News, a conservative media outlet that would become an even more vocal proponent of President Trump and his policies as it took control of local televisions from coast to coast. As Sinclair’s leaders forged ties...
by mujair | May 1, 2020 | Business & Finance News
Monty Bennett’s sprawling hospitality company is the biggest known applicant of the government’s small-business relief program. The Texas conservative has remained unwilling to return his loans even as public anger builds over large companies getting the funds — a...
