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The insurance industry is blowing it. In my April 9 column, I proposed that insurance companies be used as the conduits for getting government money to battered small businesses like restaurants. The industry wouldn’t be giving out its own dough. It would merely be acting as an agent to get federal loans and grants to …
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After Andie MacDowell and her daughters were photographed allegedly sneaking out of an LA park that’s closed during the coronavirus lockdown, insiders identified another offending family member flouting the rules with the group — MacDowell’s dog, Ava Gardner! MacDowell was seen shimmying under the park gate with a tiny pup in tow. “That scrap of …
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It’s safe to say Cardi B thinks it’s too early to reopen businesses. After the governor of her new home state of Georgia announced that salons, gyms and bowling alleys would be back in business on Friday, the rapper warned Georgians they would likely die alone in “a cold hospital” and called for “health over …
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You know it’s bad when the Beanie Babies start praying. Ty Warner — the Four Seasons hotel owner who made his fortune making the plush phenomenon — has made a new Beanie Baby to raise money for coronavirus relief, we’re told. The teddy bear tycoon has been putting up medical workers at his Midtown hotel, …
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Renown chef Daniel Boulud is partnering with SL Green Realty to create a local nonprofit that will help combat hunger and feed frontline workers. Food1st will launch Thursday, with 2,000 dinners delivered to frontline workers staying in midtown hotels. The food is being prepared in Boulud’s Lower East Side test kitchen and funded with a …
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It was only a matter of time before someone wrote a coronavirus-themed song. Singer-songwriter Alec Benjamin, 25, released a new song titled “Six Feet Apart” that talks about life during the coronavirus crisis. “Oh I, miss you most at six feet apart when you’re right outside my window but can’t ride inside my car,” the …
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Yankees president Randy Levine doesn’t envision the entire season being played in empty ballparks. Slated to start on March 26, MLB’s season is on hold due to the coronavirus. “I think the president’s guidelines have been very, very well done and that we have to abide by them. The sports industry can be an example …
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Small businesses shut out of the government’s paycheck protection loan program last week are fuming at their banks for fumbling their applications. Dan Abrams, who owns The Mermaid Inn and five other eateries in Manhattan, had all of his loan documents at the ready when the Small Business Administration launched the $350 million stimulus program …
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Jim Dolan, the 64-year-old CEO of the Garden, has clinically recovered from COVID-19, The Post has learned. An MSG spokesperson confirmed that Dolan, who tested positive the final week of March following exposure to an individual outside the company who carried the coronavirus, recently tested negative and is in good health. Dolan, who had mild …
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The oil market may look like a dollar-store clearance rack — but that doesn’t mean investors should buy up barrels like they’re out-of-season Easter candy. Rock-bottom prices have piqued the interest of would-be oil barons who furiously googled tips this week on how to bet on crude. They could usually do that through exchange-traded funds …
The insurance industry is blowing it. In my April 9 column, I proposed that insurance companies be used as the conduits for getting government money to battered small businesses like restaurants. The industry wouldn’t be giving out its own dough. It would merely be acting as an agent to get federal loans and grants to …
