In just six months, the coronavirus pandemic has left more Americans unemployed than during the entire 18 months of the Great Recession.
According to Business Insider, it's not just small businesses..
A cosmetologist for 30 years, Mindy Coles had set her sights on owning her own her own salon, and when the first pandemic in more than a century shut down most businesses, she pushed forward with her..
A new survey by PNC says Pennsylvania small and mid-sized businesses have been hit hard by the pandemic, with 30 percent of owners saying they don't believe their business will ever be back to normal.
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