Economy

Wind Farm
Michael Cohn
May 28, 2020 1:45 PM

In response to the coronavirus, the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury are giving renewable energy companies more time to develop projects using sources such as wind and geothermal.

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Paycheck protection program application form
Steven Pinsky
May 27, 2020 9:04 PM

The SBA’s form clarifies some issues, but still leaves questions to be answered.

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Anderson nonprofit screen May 2020
Daniel Hood
May 27, 2020 1:31 PM

Tosha Anderson of The Charity CFO shares the strategies that not-for-profit organizations are taking to weather COVID-19.

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Marijuana plants stand in a flower room at the grow facility for Sense of Healing dispensary in Denver, Colorado.
David Cotney
May 27, 2020 10:32 AM

Bankers have become more uncertain about how to serve marijuana businesses owing to confusion about which states deem them essential.

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mental health survey
Laura Alix
May 24, 2020 9:00 PM

Demand has soared for mental health services as bank employees put in long hours, supervise kids while working at home and endure personal crises. Citi, BofA, Fifth Third and others are getting creative to help them decompress during the pandemic.

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Ben Worrell
May 21, 2020 2:17 PM

Business operations need cash influxes now more than ever.

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A pedestrian walks past a JPMorgan Chase bank branch in Chicago on Oct. 12, 2019.
Jennifer Roberts
May 21, 2020 5:00 AM

Jennifer Roberts, the company's head of business banking, details a process to have units work one-on-one with customers to get Paycheck Protection Program funds deployed faster.

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Novel coronavirus cases at meat processing plants
By Jon Prior
May 19, 2020 9:30 PM

Lenders are scrambling to pause ranchers’ loan payments as meat processing plant shutdowns during the pandemic threaten $25 billion in losses for the livestock industry.

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Saul Van Beurden, head of technology, Wells Fargo
Penny Crosman
May 18, 2020 3:45 PM

Saul Van Beurden's team is tasked with keeping systems running during the pandemic, including driving equipment to homebound workers. Yet the bank must continue making upgrades demanded by regulators, investing in new technology and recruiting top talent, he says.

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Edward Mendlowitz
May 18, 2020 12:15 PM

Many will reconfigure what they do to the new reality and will make some investments in updating and formalizing some of their Band-Aid processes.

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