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Ahmande Grimes, owner of Spartan Financial, a financial services broker, poses for a portrait Monday, May 24, 2021, in Nashville, Tenn. When Grimes applied for a relief loan through his two traditional banks during COVID-19, the process seemed as complicated as applying for a mortgage. When he turned to an online lender, his application was quickly accepted and sent to the SBA. As a result, Grimes is considering a complete move to online banking, not just for borrowing. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Saved by online lenders, businesses say they'll borrow again

By Joyce M. Rosenberg May. 25, 2021 12:12 PM EDT

Sugar Bliss Bakery owner Teresa Ging organizes arranges bakery items in her shop in Chicago's famed Loop, Tuesday, May 4, 2021. In many downtown areas where companies closed their offices and commuting ground to a halt, sandwich shops, bakeries and other small businesses are waiting with guarded optimism for their customers to return. (AP Photo/Shafkat Anowar)
Downtown stores, businesses await their customers' return

By Joyce M. Rosenberg May. 17, 2021 08:07 AM EDT

FILE - A customer enters a store with a face mask required sign displayed in Dallas, in this Tuesday, March 2, 2021, file photo. Although nearly a fifth of U.S. states don't require people to wear masks to protect against COVID-19, some businesses are requiring employees and customers to be masked on their premises. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
Some businesses want masks on, even as states drop mandates

By Joyce M. Rosenberg Apr. 05, 2021 10:28 AM EDT

This photo provided by Chorus Media Group, Skippack Pharmacy owner and pharmacist Dr. Mayank Amin preps a vaccine during a small clinic for pregnant women on Feb. 11, 2021, in Skippack, Pa. In communities across the country, local pharmacy owners are among the people administering COVID-19 vaccinations. Being a vaccine provider requires a big investment of time and paperwork, and for some, finding a location for a mass vaccination clinic. (Chorus Media Group via AP)
Local pharmacists step up in COVID-19 vaccination effort

By Joyce M. Rosenberg Mar. 08, 2021 08:05 AM EST

New companies face tough task overcoming pandemic, recession

By Joyce M. Rosenberg Sep. 17, 2020 12:01 AM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Julie Campbell had to rethink her new wallpaper business before she could sell her first sheet. Campbell launched Pasted...

FILE - In this Wednesday, May 13, 2020, photo, Amy Witt, owner of the Velvet Window, takes a break from steam-sanitizing clothes to tend to a customer, in Dallas. For small retailers across the country, the coronavirus outbreak has turned an already challenging business environment into never-ending uncertainty. “It’s a rollercoaster we ride every day,” says Witt (AP Photo/LM Otero, FILE)
As shoppers stay away, small stores seek refuge online

By Joyce M. Rosenberg Aug. 23, 2020 09:14 AM EDT

In a June 2020 photo provided by Wolf's Ridge Brewing is the dining room at Wolf's Ridge Brewing in Columbus, Ohio. Wolf’s Ridge Brewing has had to close its dining room and return to takeout and delivery, having used its PPP money and not having enough revenue due to social distancing, amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Jenny Hauck/Wolf's Ridge Brewing via AP)
With loan money gone, restaurants are at mercy of virus

By Joyce M. Rosenberg Aug. 03, 2020 09:08 AM EDT

A delivery driver pushes a cart past an Untuckit men's clothes store in Dallas, Tuesday, July 7, 2020. Some big corporate names are on the government's list of 650,000 recipients of coronavirus relief loans despite the controversy that prompted other high-profile businesses to return billions of dollars in loan. Untuckit, which has 85 shirt stores, received a loan between $5 million and $10 million; the company said it used the money to keep paying its workers. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Small business program scrutinized for loans to big firms

By Joyce M. Rosenberg Jul. 07, 2020 04:12 PM EDT

FILE - In this June 10, 2020 file photo, Jovita Carranza, Administrator of the Small Business Administration, testifies during a Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship hearing to examine implementation of Title I of the CARES Act, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Treasury Department said it is releasing on Monday, July 6 the names of more than 700,000 companies that received funds from the government’s small business lending program, a massive effort intended to support the economy as states shut down in April to contain the viral outbreak. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool via AP, File)
Small business aid went beyond hard-hit companies, data show

By Christopher Rugaber And Joyce M. Rosenberg Jul. 06, 2020 11:19 AM EDT

In this May 12, 2020 photo, a storefront displays "For Rent" signs in the window in the Red Hook neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York. . Some small businesses are closing for good due to the economic crisis brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Virus pummels commercial real estate, could end long boom

By Joyce M. Rosenberg And Ken Sweet Jun. 24, 2020 08:27 AM EDT

In this Wednesday, May 13, 2020, photo, Amy Witt, right, owner of the Velvet Window, talks with store customer Monique Kursar, in Dallas. Small businesses are navigating a new way to work with customers amid concerns of the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Forced to adapt, businesses rethink how they make money

By Joyce M. Rosenberg May. 24, 2020 10:24 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 17, 2020 file photo a bicyclist rides past closed restaurants and shops in Sausalito, Calif. Restaurant owners and executives across the country fear they’ll have to repay thousands of dollars in potentially forgivable loans from the Paycheck Protection Program because rules written by the Small Business Administration are out of sync with the reality these businesses face _ many are still shut down by state and local government orders, and those that have reopened have drastically reduced revenue. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
Unforgivable? Restaurants fear loans won't bring relief

By Joyce M. Rosenberg May. 13, 2020 01:16 PM EDT

FILE - In this April 22, 2020 file photo, amid concerns of the spread of COVID-19, kindergartner Eli Schweig, 6, helps his father Brad Schweig, right, and grandfather David Schweig unload products as they prepare their family owned retail store Sunnyland Outdoor Living for a limited re-opening in Dallas. As small and midsize businesses rehire laid-off employees and get back to work, owners are making substantial changes to their operations to protect staffers from the coronavirus. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
Back to work, owners make changes so workers feel safe

By Joyce M. Rosenberg May. 01, 2020 12:18 PM EDT

Approvals for small business loans through April 13 from the Paycheck Protection Program Report.
Business owners left out as lending program goes on hold

By Joyce M. Rosenberg And Andrew Taylor Apr. 16, 2020 09:41 AM EDT

FILE - This March 16, 2020, file photo shows chairs placed on top of tables at a restaurant in New York, as the state joined with Connecticut and New Jersey to close bars, restaurants and movie theaters. Small business owners hoping for quick loans from the government were in a holding pattern Monday, April 6, 2020, waiting on their bank to either take their application or, if it did, send them the money. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)
Businesses wait for word, money after applying for SBA loans

By Joyce M. Rosenberg And Ken Sweet Apr. 06, 2020 07:02 PM EDT