Tag: COVID-19
Feds set to refill loan fund for small business
By Katharine Carlon
katharine@corridorbusiness.com
More relief for small business is on the way after the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a $484 billion coronavirus relief...
ADM idles ethanol production at Cedar Rapids plant
The ADM dry corn milling ethanol plant in southwest Cedar Rapids. CREDIT KCRG-TV9
By CBJ News Staff
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ADM has announced it will idle ethanol production at...
Restaurant Association says industry on ‘precipice of collapse’
By CBJ News Staff
news@corridorbusiness.com
The Iowa Restaurant Association has released dire statewide numbers indicating sales are down an average of 75% at restaurants and 89%...
Unemployment claims in Iowa still high, but falling
By CBJ News Staff
news@corridorbusiness.com
Iowa Workforce Development reports 27,912 initial unemployment insurance claims were filed for week ending April 18, with 26,192 initial claims by...
EntreFEST going virtual for 2020
By CBJ News Staff
news@corridorbusiness.com
EntreFEST, June's two-day conference celebrating entrepreneurship and innovation, has announced it will now be held online this year.
While speaker sessions, networking...
Inside Iowa’s grassroots campaign to produce PPE
Engineered Plastic Components began producing FDA-compliant face shields at its Grinnell facility on April 3 as part of a University of Iowa-led effort to...