GoDaddy CEO: The second round of PPP loans will help the smallest businesses. But more needs to be done
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When the federal government announced the Payroll Protection Program a few months after the pandemic began in 2020, many microbusiness owners -- those with just one to 10 employees -- assumed they'd have little problem securing one of the interest-free loans. Many of them were disappointed.
In fact, nearly 79% of the PPP funds distributed were for loans greater than $100,000, and more than one-third of those loans were for between $1 and $5 million or greater -- much larger than a typical microbusiness owner needed to survive. One of the biggest hurdles microbusinesses faced in getting loans approved was connecting with the traditional big banks that did most of the lending.
When the history of the Donald Trump presidencies is written, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles’ remarkable interviews with Vanity Fair are likely to figure substantially.
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Police are pursuing a new lead based on photos and videos of an individual taken around hours before the deadly mass shooting at Brown University, authorities said today. Follow for live updates
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