Tom Sullivan joins Jim Blasingame to differentiate between the initial grant money for small businesses from the SBA and the guaranteed loan process through your local bank, plus U.S. Chamber resources to take advantage of.

Tom Sullivan joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the different ways the SBA will help small businesses get emergency and longer-term cash to keep their employees and stay in business during the coronavirus emergency period.

Tom Sullivan joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how the SBA’s Emergency Loan program – separate from the CARES Act – will put cash directly into the bank accounts of small business owners from SBA.gov.

Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to report on how the CARES Act is impacting small business tax paying and filing dates, including a 90-day extension on paying currently owed taxes.

Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to report on how the $350k in funding set aside for small businesses will be distributed, including a new SBA emergency fund to get money to your business quickly, including for contractors.

Jim Blasingame reveals what will have to happen for the SBA to distribute the money Congress has set aside for small businesses in the CARES Act.

Jim Blasingame reveals some of the issues to expect to deal with, including timing, as you expect to receive financial assistance from the government during the pandemic period.

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Felice and Michael Friedson join Jim Blasingame to report on how the Palestine region is managing the coronavirus pandemic, and why that close neighborhood of countries could be problematic in social distancing effectiveness.

Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how the unprecedented Fed plan to capitalize Main Street businesses during the pandemic would work, and will it keep the funding flowing through the employers, not directly to the employees.