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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 Editorial  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...

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