Author: Brian Bennett

Are Spam Calls on the Decline?

A new study shows during the Coronavirus Pandemic spam phone calls have declined 58% nationally and Montana ranks No. 10 seeing the largest decrease of any state. All Area Codes dot com analyzed one million consumer complaints to the Federal Trade Commission since the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic March 8th. Since that t...

SBA Reports Statewide Loan Numbers

The Small Business Administration issued state-level numbers Tuesday. Through Monday 10,372 Montana businesses had been approved for loans totaling $1 billion 293 million. The Paycheck Protection Program offers federally backed loans to cover SBA up to 8 weeks of payroll and related overhead.