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 Watch 7:43 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$e Jun 11 Watch 7:55 Pandemic highlights the extra hardships faced by black business owners Shutting down the U.S. economy in an effort to control the coronavirus outbreak came at enormous cost to American businesses. But the damage borne by African American entrepreneurs has been especially significant. Paul Solman reports on how black business owners… By Paul Solman
Economy Nov 05 Watch 8:49 Selling office space and happy hour to a rising economy of freelancers As the ranks of the self-employed swell, why not set up shared office space with amenities and camaraderie to attract contingent workers? That's the idea behind WeWork, a company offering cool and convenient places for the outsourced to set up… By PBS NewsHour
Economy Nov 22 Small Business Owners and the Bush Tax Cut Debate: No Easy Answers Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Monday's query: Name: Howard Herbst Question: Republicans say they want to keep the Bush… By Paul Solman
Nov 22 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)… Continue reading