Michael Waite gets to sleep in
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Michael Waite wrote that “I feel silly posting this,” when announcing last month he was leaving the air.
At the time, the game-changing reality...
No popping of champagne corks after a record month
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We had a record month at Delaware Business Now.
Pageviews were double the record month of January and nearly four times the number recorded...
Not everyone is on board with emergency declarations
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Yesterday, one reader objected to the use of the following sentence in yesterday’s column.
“A few claim (Governor) Carney’s action was unconstitutional. This may...
Delaware closed? Well, sort of
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One of the best-remembered episodes of the TV show Candid Camera came when a sign was held up on our northern boundary proclaiming...
Good news for Maxie
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During yet another wave of somber developments that included a frighteningly high number of jobless claims in Delaware and a coronavirus outbreak in...
A must read for anyone seeking a disaster loan
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Ken Martin has written a piece that’s worth reading for anyone applying for a Small Business Administration loan during the coronavirus crisis.
Martin, operates...
Waiting on Washington
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Late last night, we learned that the U.S. Senate had reached a deal on a $2 trillion bill aimed at addressing the economic...
More HELP needed
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Delaware’s Hospitality Emergency Loan Program (HELP) provides a ray of hope for an industry that was hard hit by the state’s coronavirus emergency...
Rehoboth brought us to the tipping point
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Delaware’s coronavirus response reached the tipping point on Friday followed by the stay at home order and the shutdown of non-essential businesses.
On an...
A burst of creativity and a reason for optimism.
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As Delaware heads into a weekend we have never seen before there is some reason for optimism.
In the matter of a few days,...
A little sunlight for the hospitality industry
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Yesterday, this column took a look at the coronavirus catastrophe in the hospitality industry as well as concerns from a small business leader...
A crippling blow to the hospitality industry
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The state-imposed coronavirus-driven ban for restaurants and bars became effective last night. The move had been anticipated but still came as a shock.
Carryout...
Coronavirus news cascade continues
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As of this morning, 17 stories had been posted by Delaware Business Now, since the last newsletter landed in your Email box Friday...
Staying up to date in an extraordinary time
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A couple of opinion items for this space were written over the past week.
But as noted yesterday, business is focusing on one seismic...
Do we need a cashless store ban?
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It had been a while since I looked at the listing of bills that have been introduced in Dover since January.
In scanning the...
A different day in Delaware
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It is safe to say that businesspeople woke up to a different Delaware this morning after a University of Delaware faculty member was listed...
Dividend yields rise as market falls
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Yesterday’s brutal day on Wall Street led to some interesting situations for companies with a local presence.
Delaware City refinery owner PBF Energy’s...
Prosperity Partnership proves critics wrong
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I was one of the skeptics when the Delaware Prosperity Partnership was proposed.
I wondered if the public/private entity that replaced a portion of...
Fisker’s never say die electric vehicle effort
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Henrik Fisker is back.
The charming Dane - who left Delaware $20 million or so lighter in the wallet when the feds pulled the...
Financial scammers part of the coronavirus story
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The consumer protection arm of the Delaware Attorney’s Office sent out a timely reminder this week about the scam artists we always...
