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Restaurants try to carry on as carry out dwindles

Carmen Legaspi, of La Reyna Mexican restaurant in Vinton. She says business at the establishment has dropped by at least 60% since the governor's...

Largest stimulus bill in history passes Senate

By CBJ News Staff news@corridorbusiness.com The largest economic stimulus package in history moved a big step closer to reality Wednesday night with its unanimous passage in...

Deal approved to boost food processing pay during crisis

The Quaker Oats plant in Cedar Rapids, shown in a file photo. CREDIT KCRG-TV9   By CBJ News Staff news@corridorbusiness.com The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union...

Tom Cilek’s New Best Friend: Kim Casko

If you’ve been in the Corridor business community for even a short time, you already know Tom Cilek. He’s a vice president at a...

Vote set on $2 trillion stimulus bill

By CBJ News Staff news@corridorbusiness.com The U.S. Senate will vote this afternoon on a massive $2 trillion stimulus package designed to keep the economy afloat amid...

Corridor orgs fire up 3D printers, CNCs to produce protective gear

3D printers provided by the Cedar Rapids Community School District pump out prototypes in the cafe of the Geonetric building in Cedar Rapids on...

More financial support coming for Iowa small businesses

By Adam Moore adam@corridorbusiness.com There’s more support coming for Iowa small business owners facing economic pain from the COVID-19 pandemic, in the form of new relief...

Fast food restaurants adapt to pandemic restrictions

Fast food franchisees are racing to keep up in a rapidly changing health and business environment in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. CREDIT...

Mastering Big Data

By Dave DeWitte dave@corridorbusiness.com As the Big Data revolution continues to reverbrate through the economy, Corridor students and professionals are finding a growing number of educational...

Corridor hospitals prepared as coronavirus spreads

UnityPoint Health - St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids, shown in a file photo. CREDIT UNITYPOINT   By Dave DeWitte dave@corridorbusiness.com With state health officials announcing six new...

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