Communities around the world have been socially and economically distressed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the business and public gathering shutdowns enacted to slow its spread. Middle market business owners and executives are not immune to its far-reaching impact. KeyBank’s ...
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The State of Idaho will give coronavirus economic relief grants up to $10,000 to the state’s small businesses. Gov. Brad Little announced the Idaho Rebound Grant program at a press conference on April 30. Idaho will use $300 million of ...
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April 30, 2020
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One Idaho Falls organization went the extra mile to boost local businesses during the COVID-19 emergency. The Idaho Falls Downtown Development Association used a classic marketing incentive strategy to encourage consumers to patronize downtown businesses. IFDDA set up $20 gift ...
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A telecommunications provider is claiming it already offers broadband internet in more than 300 census blocks in Idaho, making those areas ineligible for a federal program to improve their internet, but other providers are protesting. Frontier Communications filed a letter ...
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April 29, 2020
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St. Luke’s Health System has dramatically cut the amount of time it takes to get COVID-19 test results thanks to a move to the in-house analysis of the tests. The health care organization is now set up to run all ...
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Idaho nursing homes have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, with at least 150 cases reported at 16 different long-term care facilities in the state. So far, at least 26 people at such facilities have died from COVID-19. In ...
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April 28, 2020
Comments Off on McAlvain Construction participates in AGC stand-down
The ability to keep America’s essential workforce safe during a pandemic has been underscored by worker protests at grocery store chains and e-commerce giants like Amazon. The construction industry has not been immune from this trend, as demonstrated by thousands ...
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When the Boise Farmers Market found out it was not going to be able to hold an open market, it immediately started brainstorming how to carry on its mission of providing farmers with a way to sell local food to ...
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April 28, 2020
Comments Off on HCA Healthcare quarterly earnings drop by 44%
The parent company of two Idaho hospitals saw a large drop in first-quarter earnings. HCA Healthcare Inc. reported on April 21 that its first-quarter net earnings were $581 million, down 44% compared to $1.04 billion from the first quarter of ...
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April 27, 2020
Comments Off on A strategy for keeping your sanity during shelter-in-place
As marketers (and anyone really), it is easy to get distracted with everything going on in the world right now… well, the ONLY THING going on in the world right now! As a part of our jobs, we spend loads of time ...
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