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Lawmakers amplified concerns last week that publicly traded firms such as Ruth's Chris Steak House, Shake Shack and others garnered special treatment from banks in the first round of PPP to the detriment of smaller companies reeling from the coronavirus pandemic.
Neil Haggerty
April 27, 2020 4:39 PM

As banks accept new applications for the paycheck program, they are dogged by complaints that they prioritized wealthy borrowers. But lenders likely fast-tracked clients they knew best under difficult circumstances, observers say.

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April 27, 2020 3:55 PM

Fitch Ratings lowered its outlook on Hawaii's AA-plus rating to negative from stable, following a similar action by Moody's earlier this month.

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Penny Crosman
April 27, 2020 3:01 PM

Use of banks' mobile apps and websites has risen about a third since the coronavirus crisis began, according to J.D. Power.

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April 27, 2020 1:10 PM

Like their traditional peers, charter schools in the Southwest see the writing on the wall when it comes to future funding in a coronavirus-driven recession.

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AI, Machine learning, Hands of robot and human touching on big data network connection background, Science and artificial intelligence technology, innovation and futuristic.
Paul Centopani
April 27, 2020 12:54 PM

As lenders scale up on their remote capabilities in response to the pandemic, the software companies that service them see exponential growth.

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Alyssa Place
April 27, 2020 12:37 PM

“After my husband died, I couldn’t even tie my shoes,” says Emma Payne, founder of Grief Coach. “The fact that I was expected to go back to work was unthinkable.”

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Ranica Arrowsmith
April 27, 2020 11:41 AM

The majority of firms who believe their pandemic response has been successful have had at least one cloud system in place prior to going remote.

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IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig speaking at the AICPA National Tax Conference in Washington, D.C.
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Michael Cohn
April 27, 2020 10:40 AM

The Internal Revenue Service is urging some benefits recipients to register their children and other dependents for the extra $500 per child stimulus payments by May 5 if they haven’t already filed a tax return for 2018 or 2019.

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Paul Burton
April 27, 2020 9:51 AM

Where and how residents buy their alcohol in the commonwealth's control state system has resurfaced as a budgetary, policy and public-health dynamic.

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Edward Mendlowitz
April 27, 2020 9:30 AM

We just got through a most unusual “tax season,” with taxes pushed aside at the beginning of April to be consumed with the SBA and PPP.

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