By Ned Oliver (VM) – Virginia’s unemployment insurance program now ranks worst in the country…
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As debts pile up, Virginians can turn to new online bankruptcy resource
Bankers, market watchers and bankruptcy experts agree that America needs to brace itself for a…
Good riddance to Advance America
By Roger Chesley Spare no tears for Advance America, Virginia’s largest payday loan operator. The…
Employment beginning to rebound, new survey shows
“It is still very much an open question whether a full recovery will take months or years.”
Citizens respond to racial tensions by outing alleged racist business owners
LEGACY News – Some Virginia business owners are seeing their own seemingly insensitive, hateful or…
Virginia ABC planning to roll out home liquor delivery
A display of Virginia-made liquors at a Richmond ABC store. (Ned Oliver/Virginia Mercury) (VM) –…
Coronavirus deliver one-two punch to Bay’s blue crab industry
“We could sell more product, we just can’t produce it,” said sales manager Aubrey Vincent.
86,739 PPP loans processed in Virginia, totaling $12.69 billion
In Virginia, banks of all sizes have been working around-the-clock to provide loans through the program, processing 46,368 applications totaling more than $3.97 billion in the second round of PPP funding, from April 27 through May 1, according to the SBA. A total of 86,739 loans have been processed through this program in Virginia, for a total of $12.69 billion.
Survey: 34 million jobs have been lost since mid-March
About 10 million jobs have been lost in the United States since early April —…
More than 30,000 in Virginia health care industry laid off amid pandemic
By Ned Oliver VM – When layoffs began to surge amid widespread business closures in…