Business Stories from July 6, 2020 (Change date)
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Commerzbank shares jump after CEO, board chair quitJul 06, 2020 7:00 am - FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - Shares in Germany's struggling Commerzbank rose more than 8% on Monday in the wake of the resignation of the bank's CEO and board chairman unde...
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Treasury names 650K small businesses receiving govt loansJul 06, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Treasury Department on Monday released the names of more than 650,000 small businesses that received funds from a government program intended to su...
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Company that flew Kobe Bryant's helicopter gets federal helpJul 06, 2020 7:00 am - The operator of the helicopter that crashed, killing former NBA star Kobe Bryant and eight others, received between $150,000 and $350,000 from taxpayers under a program ...
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The Latest: Financial firms among big relief fund recipientsJul 06, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The Latest on the Treasury decision to identify hundreds of thousands of businesses that received funding through the Paycheck Protection Program, create...
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Five mosquito myths (no, they can't transmit COVID-19)Jul 06, 2020 5:30 am - Good news: Mosquitoes do not transmit the COVID-19 virus. Bad news: Mosquitoes remain an active annoyance. The buzzy biters are busy during these warm summer months, es...
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Payroll Protection Program recipients include thousands in IllinoisJul 06, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON — The government on Monday identified roughly 650,000 mostly small businesses and nonprofits that received taxpayer money from a federal program that probably...
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Discover offers awards for Black-owned restaurantsJul 06, 2020 1:00 am - RIVERWOODS - In an effort to support the restaurant industry as it rebounds from the impact of COVID-19, Discover will be giving $5 million to Black-owned restaurants. F...
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Trump-connected lobbyists reap windfall in federal virus aidJul 06, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Forty lobbyists with ties to President Donald Trump helped clients secure more than $10 billion in federal coronavirus aid, among them five former administr...
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Lifeway Foods names McWhorter to board of directorsJul 06, 2020 1:00 am - Lifeway Foods has appointed Dorri McWhorter, CEO of YWCA Metropolitan Chicago, to its board of directors. Since 2013, as the current CEO of YWCA Metropolitan Chicago, Mc...
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Lee & Associates brokers three transactionsJul 06, 2020 1:00 am - ROSEMONT — Lee & Associates recently closed on three industrial transactions in the O'Hare area. Michael Plumb, principal, and Brad Simousek, vice president at Lee & As...