Tag: Government aid for industry
Trump signs extension of COVID-relief fund for businesses
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Saturday signed into law a temporary extension of a subsidy program for small businesses battered by the...
Lufthansa shareholders to vote on German rescue package
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - Lufthansa's board chairman urged shareholders to let the government take a stake in the company through a 9 billion-euro ($11...
Report: State, local aid needed to avert 4 million layoffs
WASHINGTON (AP) - A new private sector report is warning anew of continuing damage to the economy if Washington doesn’t deliver several hundred billion...
‘We need help’: Small cities face fiscal calamity from virus
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) - Unfilled potholes, uncollected trash, unmown grass and, most significantly, fewer police on the street are some of what Allentown says...
‘We need help’: Small cities face fiscal calamity from virus
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) - Unfilled potholes, uncollected trash, un-mowed grass and, most significantly, fewer police on the street are some of what Allentown says...
France announces $16.9 billion in aid for aviation industry
PARIS (AP) - France’s government is pumping 15 billion euros ($16.9 billion) in rescue money into the pandemic-battered aerospace industry, in hopes of saving...
France announces $16.9 billion in aid to aviation industry
PARIS (AP) - France’s government announced 15 billion euros ($16.9 billion) in rescue money on Tuesday for the pandemic-battered aerospace industry, including plane maker...
States, cities plead for virus aid as Congress faces crises
WASHINGTON (AP) - One small-town Oklahoma mayor testified before Congress she’s worried the city's 18-bed hospital can't handle a second Covid-19 wave. Many...
House approves changes to business virus aid subsidy program
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House gave sweeping bipartisan approval Thursday to legislation to modify a new “paycheck protection†program for businesses that have suffered...
Deadlocked Congress shifts virus focus to small business aid
WASHINGTON (AP) - Deadlocked over the next big coronavirus relief bill, Congress is shifting its attention to a more modest overhaul of small business...