Dec 11, 2020
A group representing U.S. contractors has filed a lawsuit against two federal agencies saying claims for loan forgiveness through the
The process, which now requires borrowers to answer a questionnaire, could unfairly disqualify contractors from receiving forgiveness and possibly revoke the loan, according to the lawsuit filed December 8 in U.S. District Court. The suit was brought by the Associated General Contractors against the U.S. Small Business Administration and the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.
At the heart of the dispute is a questionnaire the SBA is requiring borrowers of over $2 million to fill out to determine whether they were eligible for the loans and for forgiveness, according to the suit. AGC says the nine-page “Loan Necessity Questionnaire” focuses only on borrowers’ current financial conditions and not those faced at the time the loan program was implemented in March and later added to in April through Covid-relief passed by Congress.
Alice Pomponio Named Managing Director of American Cancer Society s BrightEdge
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ATLANTA, Jan. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The American Cancer Society today announced that life sciences industry leader Alice Pomponio has been named managing director of BrightEdge, the ACS philanthropic impact fund that invests in companies to accelerate the Society s mission to fight cancer. Pomponio has served as a member of the board of directors of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), the Society s advocacy affiliate, two-time chair of ACS CAN s Boston Research Breakfast, and as chair of the ACS Eastern New England Board of Directors.
Worst Spot for U.S. Brain Drain Gets Hope as Vaccine Hub
Bloomberg 1/12/2021 Vincent Del Giudice and Wei Lu
(Bloomberg) The old factory town of Kalamazoo, Michigan, has become a center for Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing. That may help the area’s economy turn a corner after some tough years.
Ranked highest in this year’s Bloomberg Brain Drain Index of population loss of top talent, Kalamazoo has struggled like the rest of the U.S. with the job-crushing pandemic. But the city got some hope when Pfizer Inc.’s factory in adjacent Portage recently became a key distribution point for the vaccine. The drugmaker and German partner BioNTech SE plan to deliver 200 million doses to the U.S. by July.
EB5 Affiliate Network (EB5AN), a leading EB-5 service provider, has updated the employment data on its targeted employment area (TEA) map for EB-5 visa
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