Image: Flamingo images (Shutterstock) If you applied for a loan through Payment Check Protection Program (PPP), you may be anxious to see if your small business qualifies for loan forgiveness. The program, which encourages companies to keep their employees on the payroll, has offered forgivable loans of up to $ …
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The United States faces significant long-term economic damage from the coronavirus as lawmakers discuss boosted unemployment benefits amid stubbornly high weekly jobless claims. More than 1 million Americans have filed new claims for unemployment benefits each week for the past four months. Those figures provide a grim backdrop for the …
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A 40-year-old California man was arrested in Las Vegas on Thursday on a fraud charge for allegedly obtaining approximately $ 8.5 million in coronavirus relief money and used part of the money to gamble in the city. Andrew Marnell allegedly submitted multiple counterfeit loan applications for the federal aid that …
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