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Millions of ordinary small business owners initially struggled to access emergency relief, raising questions about who got priority.

The move will prevent oversight of 4.5 million businesses that took a government Paycheck Protection Program loan. One critic called it “unconscionable, jaw-dropping corruption.”

Loans, luck and help from strangers are keeping local businesses afloat.

European countries had mechanisms in place to keep people attached to work during a crisis. In Canada, we had to reinvent the wheel.

Entrepreneur Aurora James called on major companies to commit to buying 15% of their stock from Black-owned companies.

“I used to get excited when the phone rang because it almost always meant a new customer. Now I dread it because it means another client is calling to bid adieu.”

Uranium mining company Ur-Energy has lost money for a decade because of a weak market — not because of the novel coronavirus.

Texas-based Ashford Inc., headed by Monty Bennett, said it applied for the small business funds in “good faith.”

The Small Business Administration is refusing to reveal how much money is left and who got funds, says senator suddenly concerned about lack of oversight.

The little-used policy is an alternative to layoffs and is available in most states.