Small Business

US Senator Chuck Schumer speaks at media briefing with mayor Bill de Blasio on first death related to COVID-19 outbreak in New York CIty at City Hall. Lev Radin | Pacific Press | Getty Images Congress is hashing out the terms for the next package of federal loans for small businesses, even as millions of

Howard Schultz said Tuesday that additional funding for the Paycheck Protection Program is not adequate to help small restaurants survive the coronavirus pandemic.  “What’s needed is not another version of PPP. Again, good intent but it’s the wrong medicine,” the billionaire former Starbucks CEO said on “Squawk Box.”  Rather, Schultz said he believes the government needs to create

States like Georgia should experiment with reopening their economies from their coronavirus shutdowns in order to save small businesses, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Monday, calling it “the biggest story there is.”  “I’m in the camp that just says. ‘We’ve got to try something.’ We have to. And if that makes me into a right-wing lunatic,

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to take its toll on the U.S. economy, a new survey from the National Restaurant Association lays out how dire the situation is for the industry. More than two-thirds of the restaurant workforce, or 8 million employees, have lost their jobs as shelter-in-place orders and mandatory closures have severely impacted

Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban joined CNBC’s “Fast Money” on Monday.  Cuban, owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, has been vocal during the coronavirus pandemic, arguing for government relief measures that prioritize workers and puts restrictions on stock buybacks.  Cuban last week criticized how some banks were handling the newly created small business loan program, telling CNBC that