The Seattle startup Pacific Coast Harvest, which connects local farms and home delivery, is now offering a discount program to assist low-income families, GeekWire reported Sunday (Sept. 15). The company, which launched in 2011 and has four employees, works with 250 Northwest farms to deliver...
It’s a common story in urban areas: Cabs do not properly serve low-income and minority areas, leaving residents to the uncertainties of public transit — assuming there is some — or to their own devices. But can Lyft, Uber and other ridesharing services remedy that? A new...
A restaurant chain focused on affordable, healthy food has earned a $5.3 million investment from some big-name investors, including Kimbal Musk, brother of Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Founded in 2015, Everytable CEO Sam Polk has established a Los Angeles beachhead with five restaurants in the...
The Bank of America has reportedly done away with a free checking account that was popular among low-balance customers, forcing them to save more money with the national bank or face a monthly fee. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, all of...
August 02, 2020
Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, who spearheaded the landmark Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to help small businesses survive the coronavirus pandemic, now has to organize further funding to help the still-ailing economy, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported. One of the new provisions is a $100 billion program under the Small Business Administration (SBA) 7a […]
September 15, 2019
The Seattle startup Pacific Coast Harvest, which connects local farms and home delivery, is now offering a discount program to assist low-income families, GeekWire reported Sunday (Sept. 15). The company,...
July 02, 2018
A restaurant chain focused on affordable, healthy food has earned a $5.3 million investment from some big-name investors, including Kimbal Musk, brother of Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Founded in 2015,...
January 23, 2018
The Bank of America has reportedly done away with a free checking account that was popular among low-balance customers, forcing them to save more money with the national bank or...