News published on Business Daily in August 2020

News from August 2020


The estimated sales for furniture, home furnishings, electronics and appliance stores for April 2020 was $7.1 billion, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Advance Monthly Retail Trade and Food Services Survey.

Harvest Small Business Finance, LLC paid out $3.15-7.35 million in Paycheck Protection Program loans during June, according to the US Treasury Department.

Benworth Capital paid out $1.15-2.35 million in Paycheck Protection Program loans during June, according to the US Treasury Department.

Inventories for businesses in the wood products industry decrease $36 million, or 0.3 percent, to $11.8 billion in April, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Lake City Bank paid out $1.15-2.35 million in Paycheck Protection Program loans during June, according to the US Treasury Department.

Sales by drugs and druggists' sundries wholesalers in April were $59.7 billion, nearly identical to the revised March 2020 level, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

The transportation equipment industry’s net sales in the first quarter of 2020 were down 12.3 percent from the same period last year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Inventories for businesses in the wood products industry decrease $36 million, or 0.3 percent, to $11.8 billion in April, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

There were 26 health care and social assistance businesses in Apache County zip codes that had fewer than five employees in 2017, according to County Business Patterns (CBP) statistics provided by the United States Census Bureau.

Inventories for businesses in the pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing industry increase $72 million, or 0.2 percent, to $44.3 billion in March, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Inventories for businesses in the durable goods industry was unchanged over April, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

There were six retail trade businesses in Madison County zip codes that had between 10 and 19 employees in 2017, according to County Business Patterns (CBP) statistics provided by the United States Census Bureau.

There were 15 construction businesses in Madison County zip codes that had fewer than five employees in 2017, according to County Business Patterns (CBP) statistics provided by the United States Census Bureau.

Inventories for businesses in the pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing industry increase $72 million, or 0.2 percent, to $44.3 billion in March, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

The estimated sales for furniture stores for April 2020 was $1.9 billion, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Advance Monthly Retail Trade and Food Services Survey.

Inventories held by petroleum and petroleum products wholesalers in April 2020 were valued at $14.1 billion, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Inventories for businesses in the nonmetallic mineral products industry increase $119 million, or 0.8 percent, to $14.6 billion in April, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

When energy analyst Bill Peacock wrote a letter to the Public Utility Commission (PUC) of Texas requesting electricity pricing data, he didn’t expect to receive a rejection letter in response.

The closing of schools that was the basis for the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown was not entirely necessary, according to a subject matter expert from the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER).

When David Balat talks about health care, he speaks from a wealth of experience.