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Hawkeye Hotels offers discounts for health care workers

The Fairfield Inn & Suites Coralville, owned and operated by Hawkeye Hotels, on a recent afternoon. CREDIT CBJ   By CBJ News Staff news@corridorbusiness.com Coralville-based Hawkeye Hotels is...
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Raytheon Technologies announces furloughs, salary cuts

A sign outside Collins Aerospace in Cedar Rapids. CREDIT KCRG-TV9   By CBJ News Staff news@corridorbusiness.com Raytheon Technologies, citing “unprecedented business challenges” due to the impact of COVID-19,...

Moreland takes the helm at ICAD Group

Kate Moreland. CREDIT ICAD GROUP   By CBJ News Staff news@corrdiorbusiness.com It's official: After serving as interim president of the Iowa City Area Development (ICAD) Group since the...

Small business owners worry PPP loans are not enough

By CBJ News Staff news@corridorbusiness.com Business owners sounded off about the need to continue supporting small business once funds from the $350 billion Payroll Protection Program...

Affording Health: Sick, stressed and reporting for duty

In this six-part, subscribers-only series, the CBJ is exploring the crisis of health care affordability as it relates to employers and employees in the...

A long April

CBJ Editorial Some businesses are experiencing a massive slowdown or near complete cessation of operations, and unemployment numbers are increasing at an alarming rate. Many...

COVID-19 reshaping media world 

By Joe Coffey | The Fifth Estate While many types of businesses are waiting for a return to normal, the coronavirus is forcing local media...

Corridor’s hoteliers hanging by a thread

The Coralville Marriott was quiet on March 31 aside from a few employee cars. Hotel properties remaining open are reporting occupancy rates of 10-15%....

Iowa’s economic growth lagged U.S. in 2019

A chart showing state-level GDP growth numbers for 2019. CREDIT U.S. BEA   By CBJ News Staff news@corridorbusiness.com New data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis shows...

Aura Cacia plans to share hand sanitizer profits

By CBJ News Staff news@corridorbusiness.com Aura Cacia has begun manufacturing a limited-edition hand sanitizer due to the shortages of sanitizer caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and...

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