Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to report on the updates of deductibility of expenses that were paid for with forgiven PPP loan funds, plus the forgiveness of the EIDL grants.

Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to review the primary reasons 2020 presented unprecedented and multiple challenges for small businesses, and the possibility that 2021 will be different.

Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that small business optimism tanked in December, below the half-century average, because of the election results and COVID outbreak resurgence.

Karen Cortell Reisman joins Jim Blasingame to report on how pandemic conditions have impacted how we smile behind masks, why listening has to be more intentional, and more awareness of our gestures on Zoom.

Karen Cortell Reisman joins Jim Blasingame to report that during the pandemic, remote working environments, where we may have allowed an hour for some things, like meetings, have now been compressed into 30 minutes.

Eric Groves joins Jim Blasingame to report on the new bill being passed in Congress to extend a new round of PPP funds to small businesses, including how this round is different from the last.

Eric Groves joins Jim Blasingame to report on their recent fourth-quarter polling of small businesses that show an alarming number may close for good as a result of the lockdowns if they don’t get financial relief from the government soon.

Tom Anastasi joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the ways that society – including customer behavior – has been altered by the pandemic and the shutdown that will not likely revert back to the former behavior.

Jim Blasingame reports on the new money and new rules associated with the second round of the Paycheck Protection Program, including new forgiveness and tax elements.

Gordon Chang joins Jim Blasingame to report on the growing evidence that China did create the novel coronavirus in a lab and allowed it to spread around the world while denying involvement.