| S.C. unemployment claims drop for 2nd straight week For the week ending April 25, 65,159 claims were filed, down 7,957 from the previous week. In the last 6 weeks, 406,889 claims have been filed, according to the S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce. SBA launches trial PPP window for small lenders only The Small Business Administration sealed off an eight-hour window Wednesday to process Paycheck Protection Program loans only from lenders with an asset pool less than $1 billion. | 