Business Stories from April 20, 2020 (Change date)
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United sees $2.1 billion quarterly loss on plunge in salesApr 20, 2020 1:00 am - Chicago-based United Airlines Holdings Inc. said it expected to record a $2.1 billion loss in the first quarter as the global spread of the coronavirus essentially halte...
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Government relief loans to restaurant chains draw complaintsApr 20, 2020 1:00 am - Some big restaurant chains have obtained loans from the government under a small-business relief program, leading business groups to call for changes to the program befo...
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Send Lawyers, Guns and Money: COVID-19 related class actions are hitting the fanApr 20, 2020 1:00 am - In 1978 Warren Zevon released the hit "Send Lawyers, Guns and Money," which is purported to be about a troubled youth visiting Cuba who writes home to his father for hel...
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Gurnee's Great Wolf Lodge starts housing Navy recruits for 14-day quarantine periodApr 20, 2020 1:00 am - Hundreds of new U.S. Navy recruits began arriving at the Great Wolf Lodge in Gurnee Monday as part of a 14-day quarantine before they head to basic training at Naval Sta...
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Vernon Hills business' blood drive a chance to do 'something good' for the communityApr 20, 2020 1:00 am - Mike Aukerman, CEO of DreamMaker Bath & Kitchen, started making plans for a blood drive at his Vernon Hills business back in December. At the time, he just wanted to do ...
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White House, Congress get closer on $450 billion virus aid talksApr 20, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration and Congress indicated Monday they were working toward agreement on a coronavirus aid package the Senate could take up as soon...
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Schaumburg's first recreational pot shop could be near WoodfieldApr 20, 2020 1:00 am - Schaumburg's zoning board Wednesday will hear the first proposal for a recreational marijuana dispensary in the village, and perhaps not surprisingly it would lie in the...
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Wintrust makes 8,900 PPP loans to small businessesApr 20, 2020 1:00 am - ROSEMONT - Wintrust Financial Corp. said it has received authorization from the U.S. Small Business Administration to fund nearly $3.3 billion in loans to approximately ...
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Feder: Headline Club offers $500 grants to struggling journalistsApr 20, 2020 1:00 am - The Chicago Headline Club Foundation, philanthropic arm of the Chicago Headline Club, has announced it is offering grants of up to $500 for at least 100 Chicago-area jou...
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How suburban businesses are adapting to help in the COVID-19 battleApr 20, 2020 1:00 am - In what seems like the blink of an eye, our lives and businesses have been upended by the COVID-19 pandemic. As the numbers of sick and dying climbed exponentially over ...