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Economy Apr 26

Women-owned businesses are driving pandemic growth, but many miss out on PPP loans

By Mariel Padilla, The 19th

Economy Aug 06

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During economic collapse, business owners with criminal records are haunted by their past

American businesses suffering through the pandemic’s economic fallout have received hundreds of billions of dollars in federal loans since the Paycheck Protection Program opened this spring. But accessing that funding was challenging for business owners with criminal records. Economics correspondent…

By Paul Solman, Sam Lane

Making Sen$e Jun 11

Watch 7:55
Pandemic highlights the extra hardships faced by black business owners

Shutting down the U.S. economy in an effort to control the coronavirus outbreak came at enormous cost to American businesses. But the damage borne by African American entrepreneurs has been especially significant. Paul Solman reports on how black business owners…

By Paul Solman

Economy Nov 05

Watch 8:49
Selling office space and happy hour to a rising economy of freelancers

As the ranks of the self-employed swell, why not set up shared office space with amenities and camaraderie to attract contingent workers? That's the idea behind WeWork, a company offering cool and convenient places for the outsourced to set up…

By PBS NewsHour

Economy Nov 22

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Small Business Owners and the Bush Tax Cut Debate: No Easy Answers

Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Monday's query: Name: Howard Herbst Question: Republicans say they want to keep the Bush…

By Paul Solman

Nov 22

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Small Business Owners and the Bush Tax Cut Debate: No Easy Answers

By Elizabeth Shell

Name: Howard Herbst Question: Republicans say they want to keep the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy to protect small businesses. Can't the tax code be quickly and easily redesigned to allow small business income reported on an individual (personal)…

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