Tag: COVID-19
PPP Loans: When “Never Mind” is the Right Thing
On July 6, the U.S. Treasury Department released a database on the Payroll Protection Program, the recently ended business relief program that administered $700...
A Fearful Wild Ride
“The stairs take the market up and the elevator takes it down,” it’s said, and the brain trust of Alabama wealth managers we interviewed added the footnotes and admonitions top to bottom.
The Crowded Horse Race for Covid Vaccines: UAB Riding Altimmune
Altimmune Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company in Gaithersburg, Maryland, announced, July 13, positive results from the preclinical studies of its Covid-19 vaccine candidate...
Telemedicine: A New Way of Health Care Delivery in Alabama
Alabama has been a leader in a national health care trend driven by the ongoing virus crisis, thanks to quick action by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama.
Alabama Highest in 2020 Per Capita Bankruptcies
Commercial chapter 11 filings during the first six months of the year 2020 increased 26 percent over the year before, and Alabama had the...
SiO2 Materials Sciences Expands in Auburn
SiO2 Materials Science plans to invest $163 million to expand its Auburn facility after securing a contract to supply the federal government with vials...
Airbus Announces Layoff of 15,000
Airbus has announced plans to lay off 15,000 workers from its facilities around the world, citing a 40 percent drop in commercial aircraft business...
Manufacturers Step Up to Meet Health Care Needs
In a program coordinated by the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce, with technical input from the University of South Alabama, several of south Alabama’s...
Unemployment Pay Near $2 Billion; State Still Overwhelmed
Since the Covid-19 pandemic struck in mid-March, Alabama has paid nearly $2 billion in unemployment benefits to more than 308,000 people, and state officials...
Biotech Job Fair for Critical SARS-CoV-2 Role
Auburn biotech company SiO2 is holding its second of two job fairs this Thursday, June 18, to fill up to 200 jobs expected to...