Tag: COVID-19
Corridor business owners question process for Iowa relief program
Jon Sewell, owner of Iowa City’s D.P. Dough and chairman of CHOMP Food Delivery Services, stands outside his restaurant in a file photo. “It’s...
Iowa banks handled $3.7B in PPP loans in first week
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Iowa banks helped approve nearly $3.75 billion in loans through the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) for 22,295...
Hawkeye Hotels offers discounts for health care workers
The Fairfield Inn & Suites Coralville, owned and operated by Hawkeye Hotels, on a recent afternoon. CREDIT CBJ
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Coralville-based Hawkeye Hotels is...
Raytheon Technologies announces furloughs, salary cuts
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Raytheon Technologies, citing “unprecedented business challenges” due to the impact of COVID-19,...
Moreland takes the helm at ICAD Group
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It's official: After serving as interim president of the Iowa City Area Development (ICAD) Group since the...
Small business owners worry PPP loans are not enough
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Business owners sounded off about the need to continue supporting small business once funds from the $350 billion Payroll Protection Program...
Affording Health: Sick, stressed and reporting for duty
In this six-part, subscribers-only series, the CBJ is exploring the crisis of health care affordability as it relates to employers and employees in the...
Corridor’s hoteliers hanging by a thread
The Coralville Marriott was quiet on March 31 aside from a few employee cars. Hotel properties remaining open are reporting occupancy rates of 10-15%....