Economy

April 8, 2020 12:03 PM

Leading Democrats support Mitch McConnell's $250 billion for small businesses and want another $250 million for hospitals and state and local governments.

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Paul Burton
April 8, 2020 10:41 AM

The COVID-19 crisis has stretched many hospital groups, notably in Greater Boston, to their limits.

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Tobias Salinger
April 7, 2020 4:12 PM

Organizations and firms are donating N95 masks, providing resources at no cost and taking steps to protect employees and practices nationwide from the spreading pandemic.

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William M. Isaac
April 7, 2020 11:35 AM

The government should encourage community lenders to offer six-month loan repayment forbearances to struggling businesses before it’s too late.

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Paul Burton
April 7, 2020 10:04 AM

More federal rescue moves are necessary for the nation’s largest mass transit system, according to the advocacy group Reinvent Albany.

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The Fed's initiative will allow banks to remove PPP loans from their balance sheets in order to issue more loans to small businesses hurt by the coronavirus.
April 6, 2020 3:05 PM

The central bank is creating a facility to provide financing to banks participating in the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program.

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By Steven T. Dennis, Laura Davison and Mike Dorning
April 6, 2020 10:49 AM

This is normally the time of year when the federal government is collecting taxes due, but the devastating coronavirus now has the U.S. trying to rapidly dole out hundreds of billions of dollars in aid and tax breaks to businesses large and small.

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The CARES Act includes a direct payment to most taxpayers and their families. (Bloomberg News)
Kimberly Foss
April 5, 2020 10:32 AM

These direct payments are intended to provide direct assistance to American taxpayers who have lost wages, jobs or opportunities because of COVID-19. But there is some fine print.

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John R. Koelmel
April 3, 2020 1:56 PM

Yes, the Small Business Administration's emergency funding program for the coronavirus crisis is off to a rocky start, but that shouldn't stop banks from helping customers in need.

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Nellie Akalp
April 3, 2020 1:31 PM

Accounting and tax professionals are especially in the throes of the evolving situation as federal and state governments discuss how they will provide relief to struggling families and American businesses.

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