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Ben Popken @bpopken

RT @NBCNews: Facing furor, Ruth's Chris high-end steak chain returns its $20M small business loan. https://t.co/kY2XmzrVGy — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 23, 2020 Retweet
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Ben Popken @bpopken

RT @mdavidallen: @bpopken this is just like the rapid-action post financial crisis: money goes out before there's time to put many guards i… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 23, 2020 Retweet
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Ben Popken @bpopken

So what happens to PPP money when a company "returns it?" The money itself goes back to the bank. The loan is canceled. The SBA, after the fund is replenished, says its can approve new loans using the returned amount, according to its interpretation. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 23, 2020
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Ben Popken @bpopken

Facing furor, Ruth's Chris high-end steak chain returns its $20M small business loan https://t.co/1QeSiyM4mq new by me and @SRuhle — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 23, 2020
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Ben Popken @bpopken

“it is unlikely that a public company with substantial market value and access to capital markets will be able to make the required certification in good faith,” the new guidance reads. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 23, 2020
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Ben Popken @bpopken

SBA clarifies that big biz shouldn't apply for PPP in new guidance issued Thursday before House vote on new funding: https://t.co/6dDuHgsHBx https://t.co/yedJCxh5M9 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 23, 2020
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Ben Popken @bpopken

RT @SRuhle: I am puzzled by lawmakers who are upset about who received the #PPP $. The terms of the program were set by the government. I… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 23, 2020 Retweet
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Ben Popken @bpopken

Wealthy PPP applicants got concierge service while retail customers struggled with flaky portals https://t.co/MS6aX5bMdU https://t.co/VQecjUBj5A — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 23, 2020
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Ben Popken @bpopken

Please don’t shut down @Wunderlist during coronavirus and make it a Microsoft product. This to-do app is holding our family together! :) https://t.co/bH3nk5ToG5 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 23, 2020
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Ben Popken @bpopken

@DylanByers Thank you sir! — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 21, 2020
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Ben Popken @bpopken

RT @BrandyZadrozny: Many of the small but loud stay-at-home protests being planned in a bunch of states are the work of a quartet of far-ri… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 21, 2020 Retweet Deleted
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Ben Popken @bpopken

Shake Shack says it’s returning $10 million PPP small business loan because it obtained other capital and other businesses need the money more. https://t.co/Dk4MJ7M70E — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 20, 2020
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Ben Popken @bpopken

'It's like New Year's every day,' as lockdowns drive increase in booze and pot sales https://t.co/541sjyiHqa new by me — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 19, 2020
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Ben Popken @bpopken

And remember that just 4 percent of these PPP loans in the mad dash for cash were for over $1 million, but they took up 45% of the kitty. https://t.co/ZWLK51QZDa https://t.co/qHwOTFJhYG — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 19, 2020
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Ben Popken @bpopken

RT @CASottile: Fighting the coronavirus on the frontlines is hard enough. Now imagine being a doctor without running water at home. That’s… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 19, 2020 Retweet
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Ben Popken @bpopken

RT @SRuhle: While Congress debates approving another $250bn for #PPP, It’s nowhere near enough to meet the demand. Bankers likening the pr… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 19, 2020 Retweet
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Ben Popken @bpopken

The use of "that" here just kinda tickles me. Makes this sounds like a folksy warning. Just add "darn." — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 19, 2020
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Ben Popken @bpopken

"I also understand that many of you are frustrated that you applied early in the process, but that SBA funding ran out before you could receive a loan," CEO of Chase Business Banking Jennifer Roberts wrote in a new letter tonight https://t.co/Ei0bOtZQcZ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 19, 2020
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Ben Popken @bpopken

BREAKING SCOOP: Most PPP borrowers never had a chance -- small biz money ran out in "minutes" "Like a stampede through the eye of a needle" said one banking exec. @nbcnews exclusive: https://t.co/62kwlUiExd by @SRuhle and @bpopken — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 18, 2020
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Ben Popken @bpopken

RT @SRuhle: IT WAS LIKE A STAMPEDE THROUGH THE EYE OF A NEEDLE... The majority of #PPP applicants never had a chance. @bpopken & I got a p… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 18, 2020 Retweet
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Ben Popken @bpopken

Overall, since the emergency fund was “first come, first served,” only small-business owners who got their applications in at the absolute earliest were likely to get funded. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 18, 2020
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Ben Popken @bpopken

A senior Bank of America executive said that, on the first day alone, the bank received over 10,000 applications per hour. The bank had just "thousands" of those approved by the SBA, CEO Brian Moynihan said during an earnings call last week. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 18, 2020
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Ben Popken @bpopken

"We didn't even get through the first five minutes of applications," a JPMorgan Chase senior banking executive told @NBCNews. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 18, 2020
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Ben Popken @bpopken

“It was Hunger Games,” said one senior banking executive of the rush for PPP funding. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 18, 2020
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Ben Popken @bpopken

Small-business loan program ran out of money within minutes, some banks say https://t.co/62kwlUiExd new by @SRuhle and me — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 18, 2020
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Ben Popken @bpopken

RT @NBCNews: Small-business owners across the country are outraged after the coronavirus relief program intended to extend them a financial… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 18, 2020 Retweet
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Ben Popken @bpopken

On Friday the SBA disclosed the first total accounting of the initial phase of the PPP program. Three-quarters of the loans were for $150,000 and under. Four percent of the loans were for over $1 million, consisting of nearly 45 percent of the total money disbursed. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 17, 2020
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Ben Popken @bpopken

Approximately $6 billion of the $350 billion PPP program went to lender fees, as provided in the legislation. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 17, 2020
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Ben Popken @bpopken

Some small business owners got $0 — while lenders got billions in fees https://t.co/ZWLK51QZDa — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 17, 2020
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Ben Popken @bpopken

RT @bpopken: Meat supply chains are so disrupted people are buying turkey in April! 😰🍴🦃 https://t.co/SVRUoA57n2 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 17, 2020 Retweet