UPDATE: High Court Blocks Biden’s Vaccine Mandate for Large Employers
At least until the hearing, the mandates are in effect. It is possible that justices will decide then to stay the orders until they issue a decision.
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Omicron Adds to Manufacturing Woes
Coronavirus surge hits factory workforces just as they struggle with supply-chain issues and rising costs.
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COVID Relief Fraud Could Cost $100 Billion
The Justice Department earlier this month said that its fraud section has prosecuted over 150 defendants in more than 95 criminal cases stemming from fraud schemes involving the Paycheck Protection Program.
Read moreSpread of Virus Further Jams Freight in China
Amid a surge in COVID cases, ports issued notices suspending vessels from entering ports without reservations. The ports are only accepting bookings for export-bound containers.
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Fraudsters Make Cash Hauls with SBA COVID Programs
One family allegedly created 72 phony companies to collect $7.2 million through an SBA program. A person posing as Donald Trump won a $5,000 grant.
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BKT Opens Virtual COVID-19 Health Center
The center is equipped with remote patient monitoring, data analytics on diagnostics and medicine management, remote consultations using augmented reality, and more.
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Government Swamped with PPP Fraud Claims
The SBA found that tens of thousands of ineligible companies received PPP loans. The FBI has opened several hundred investigations that involve hundreds of millions of dollars.
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COVID Claims Commodity Classic
A virtual event is being planned for the first week in March.
Read moreCOVID Claims 2021 World Ag Expo
Tulare, CA – For more than 52 years, World Ag Expo® has served agriculture by bringing buyers and sellers together to
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