Month: May 2020

CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Tuesday that large retailers in the U.S. such as Walmart benefited from the coronavirus-related restrictions on businesses, contending this week’s earnings reports will reflect the top-heavy nature of the economy.  “It looks like the big guys won. You have them basically cordoned off as essential services. So many other companies, little companies, medium,
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Hispanolistic Over 152 million stimulus checks have been issued to individuals over the last six weeks, according to data from the U.S. Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service. In all, the agencies have distributed $257.9 billion in Economic Impact Payments. Uncle Sam began depositing the funds into taxpayers’ bank accounts in mid-April. The average payment came
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PuroClean restoration specialists do deep Covid-19 cleaning for the Barlett Fire department in Tennessee. Steve White, the company’s president and COO, instituted protocols from day one to ensure business operations continue in case of any unforeseen disaster, something he learned as a former U.S. Army infantry officer. PuroClean If you want to see how an
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Be sure to understand the implication of mortgage forbearance Getty I have heard disturbing reports that some mortgage borrowers who are able to make their monthly payments have opted to take advantage of the forbearance option offered by lenders — evidently because they view forbearance as a benefit. It is a benefit for borrowers who
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Today’s low mortgage rates are helping home buyers, but they might also lead to future inventory … [+] shortages and affordability challenges. Getty In a coronavirus-created environment of severe inventory shortages and rising prices, home shoppers do have one advantage in the form of extremely low interest rates. Yet, while propitious today, the latter bear
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Amazon released its first smartphone, the Fire Phone, in July 2014, and the device was broadly considered a “debacle,” “a fiasco,” “a surprising disappointment.” By September 2015, Amazon stopped selling the Fire Phone. It was the type of high-profile flop that might lead some CEOs to start angrily pointing fingers, but not Jeff Bezos. “You
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Jeff Lawson, CEO, Twilio Scott Mlyn | CNBC An index of cloud stocks developed by venture-capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners reached new highs this week as  U.S. indexes still recover from the selloff that began in February.  The BVP Nasdaq Emerging Cloud Index, established in 2013, is up about 31% for the year, while the S&P
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New Jersey restaurant owner Chris Clayton told CNBC on Friday that giving businesses the green light to reopen during the coronavirus pandemic does not guarantee their survival.  “Open is a four-letter word,” Clayton said on “Squawk Alley.” ”Just being open doesn’t mean that you’re not going to go under. You need to be open enough, especially for
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Getty Why does the SBA require that a Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) borrower use 75% of the PPP proceeds on “payroll costs”?  It’s a curious question.  It’s particularly curious given that the CARES Act itself does not require this.  In fact, the CARES Act actually says that a borrower can spend the loan proceeds on other costs—and even mandates forgiveness for
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