Monthly Archives: April 2020
Letter: More clarity (and funding) needed for PPP
The COVID-19 pandemic has ravaged the global economy and its impact on Corridor businesses and families has been significant.
As a bank to our communities...
Amergint reaches deal to buy Raytheon optics business
Raytheon Technologies is developing a wide range of space-based sensors for missile warning. CREDIT RAYTHEON
By CBJ News Staff
news@corridorbusiness.com
Amergint Technologies Holdings Inc. on April 20...
Iowa unions want better COVID-19 protection
The Tyson Foods plant in Waterloo. CREDIT KCRG-TV9
By CBJ News Staff
news@corridorbusiness.com
Unions are pressuring Gov. Kim Reynolds and other state officials to improve worker safety...
Inside Iowa’s grassroots campaign to produce PPE
Engineered Plastic Components began producing FDA-compliant face shields at its Grinnell facility on April 3 as part of a University of Iowa-led effort to...
Raytheon Technologies lifts off with plenty to prove
By Dave DeWitte
dave@corridorbusiness.com
Raytheon Technologies will have some big commitments to live up to at a challenging time, after being created in the $180 billion...
Positive actions your small business can take now
By Brenda LaMarche | HR Column
The entire country has been affected by the coronavirus as illnesses and business closures continue to swell. Even though...
Raytheon era begins at Collins Aerospace
CBJ EditorialÂ
The merger of Raytheon Co. and United Technologies Corp. on April 3 ushered in a new era for Collins Aerospace, the Corridor’s largest...
P&G sees sales jump as consumers stock up
By CBJ News Staff
news@corridorbusiness.com
Sales surged at consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble in the quarter that ended March 31, as buyers stocked up on...
Corridor business owners question process for Iowa relief program
Jon Sewell, owner of Iowa City’s D.P. Dough and chairman of CHOMP Food Delivery Services, stands outside his restaurant in a file photo. “It’s...
Iowa banks handled $3.7B in PPP loans in first week
By CBJ News Staff
news@corridorbusiness.com
Iowa banks helped approve nearly $3.75 billion in loans through the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) for 22,295...