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Magic Johnson to provide $100 million in loans to minority-owned businesses
Magic Johnson提供1億鎂貸款給弱勢族群企業
Hall of Famer Magic Johnson announced Tuesday that the company for which he
owns a majority will be giving a $100 million donation in capital to fund
federal loans for minority and women-owned businesses.
名人堂球員Magic Johnson星期二時宣布，他擁有大部分所有權的公司將會捐出1億鎂去資
助原本要用來資助弱勢族群以及女性持有的公司的聯邦貸款。
EquiTrust Life Insurance Co., of which Johnson has held a majority stake
since 2015, , is taking aim at helping the business owners hit hard
economically by the coronavirus pandemic. Johnson, the CEO of his own
company, Magic Johnson Enterprises, collaborated with MBE Capital Partners to
distribute the loans, which will be given through the Small Business
Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program.
這家Johnson從2015年成為主要持有者的公司，EquiTrust人壽，目的是要幫助在這次武漢
肺炎疫情嚴重受創的企業主。身為Magic Johnson Enterprises的CEO，Johnson跟MBE
Capital Partners合作，會經由小型企業薪水保護計畫(Small Business
Administration's Paycheck Protection Program)，將貸款發放出去。
Congress' initial allotment of $349 billion for PPP funds in April ran out in
two weeks and then an additional $310 billion was approved, including $60
billion designed to help smaller businesses. But African American and
Latino-owned businesses have been left out because of poor relationships
with banks.
美國國會在4月批准了一筆3490億鎂的薪水保護計畫，但是兩個禮拜就用罄，之後又批准了
另外一筆3100億鎂的預算，其中600億鎂要用來幫助小型企業。不過，非裔美人以及拉丁裔
的企業則是會因為與銀行的關係不佳拿不到貸款。
"This will allow them to keep their employees and keep their doors open,”
Johnson told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Tuesday. "We have to remember that
these businesses have been in urban communities for a long time. They’ve
been doing great things, and they probably didn’t have a relationship with
the banks when the stimulus package went out. So now, we’re able to say, ‘
Hey, you can have a relationship with us.’”
「這筆錢會讓他們留住他們的員工，讓生意可以繼續下去，」Johnson星期二時接受CNBC訪
問時說到。「大家必須要記得，這些企業在我們社區已經很久很久了，他們都一直做得很
好，但是在經濟刺激方案出來後，他們因為跟銀行關係不好得不到援助。所以，我們現在
可以說，『嗨，你們可以跟我們建立起關係。』」
MBE Capital CEO Rafael Martinez said on MSNBC the goal is to help 100,000
businesses in urban communities.
MBE Capital公司CEO Rafael Marinez則是跟MSNBC說他們的目標是幫助10萬間在社區的公
司企業。
Johnson guided the Los Angeles Lakers to five NBA titles in the 1980s and is
considered one of the greatest basketball players of all-time.
在1980年代，Johnson率領湖人拿下5座冠軍杯，也被認為是史上最偉大籃球員之一。

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