The smallest businesses can still apply for the…

A small business owner in Chinatown, San FranciscoSource: CNBCTime is ticking for the smallest companies to access the priority application period for the Small Business Administration's Paycheck Protection Program.But these firms, along with small businesses…

With Congress approving up to $284 billion to…

Jovita Carranza, administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, speaks as Steven Mnuchin, U.S. Treasury secretary, listens at a House Small Business Committee hearing in Washington, D.C.Erin Scott | Getty ImagesThe Paycheck Protection Program will…

Small-business owners have until Aug. 8 to apply…

Jovita Carranza, administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, speaks as Steven Mnuchin, U.S. Treasury secretary, listens at a House Small Business Committee hearing in Washington, D.C.Erin Scott | Getty ImagesThe federal government is about…

GOP HEALS Act gives some businesses a second…

Cash-strapped entrepreneurs who took a federal Paycheck Protection Program loan and are running out of funding may get a second infusion of liquidity.The Senate's HEALS Act,  the Republican proposal for another round of coronavirus relief…