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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...

A long April

CBJ Editorial Some businesses are experiencing a massive slowdown or near complete cessation of operations, and unemployment numbers are increasing at an alarming rate. Many...

COVID-19 reshaping media world 

By Joe Coffey | The Fifth Estate While many types of businesses are waiting for a return to normal, the coronavirus is forcing local media...

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%....

Aura Cacia plans to share hand sanitizer profits

By CBJ News Staff news@corridorbusiness.com Aura Cacia has begun manufacturing a limited-edition hand sanitizer due to the shortages of sanitizer caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and...

Hospitals providing temp housing for area HC staff

Inside one of the temporary rooms being offered to health care workers at Mercy Medical Center, located at the 600 Building on the Mercy...

Ernst addresses PPP rollout in call with Corridor leaders

U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst. CREDIT JONIERNST.COM   By Katharine Carlon katharine@corridorbusiness.com U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst called for patience as small businesses await dispersal of nearly $350 billion in...

UIHC joins global trial in search of COVID-19 treatment

University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics in Iowa City. CREDIT UIHC   By CBJ News Staff news@corridorbusiness.com University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics (UIHC) has announced it is...

Wells Fargo limits PPP loans amid fed asset cap

By CBJ News Staff news@corridorbusiness.com Wells Fargo & Co. is expecting to be a big player in the new Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), with the goal of...

SBA warns businesses of loan and grant fraud

By Katharine Carlon katharine@corridorbusiness.com With fear in the air and an information vacuum only feeding it, fraudsters are on a tear targeting businesses desperate for good...

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