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  Raymond Donovan, 90, Dies; Labor Secretary Quit Under a Cloud

  The New York Times - Joseph P. Fried

  Raymond J. Donovan, who resigned as labor secretary in the Reagan administration while facing criminal charges of having earlier schemed to defraud New York City of millions of dollars when he was a New Jersey construction company executive — charges of which he was acquitted by a jury — died on …

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  Ahmed Zaki Yamani, Former Saudi Oil Minister, Dies at 90

  The New York Times - Robert D. McFadden

  Ahmed Zaki Yamani, Saudi Arabia’s powerful oil minister and architect of the Arab world’s drive to control its own energy resources in the 1970s and its subsequent ability to affect oil production, fuel prices and international affairs, died on Monday at a hospital in London. He was 90. His daughter …

• https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/02/business/paycheck-protection-program-coronavirus.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

  Charles Hanson

  Dec 2, 2020
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  The Coronavirus Pandemic Is Showing Us How Capitalism Is Amazing, and Inadequate

  The New York Times - Neil Irwin

  The bananas news cycle of November 2020 included a fascinating public spat that is essential for understanding modern capitalism. After Pfizer announced highly successful preliminary results for its coronavirus vaccine, Trump administration officials said the good news reflected the success of their …

• https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/11/business/economy/unemployment-benefits-cutoff.html

  Charles Hanson

  Nov 11, 2020
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  California’s Proposition 15 Would Undo Limits on Commercial Property Taxes

  The Wall Street Journal. - Peter Grant

  More than 40 years after imposing severe restrictions on property-tax increases, California voters might begin rolling them back next week, sending shivers through the state’s commercial real-estate industry. A measure on the Nov. 3 ballot would make the most significant changes yet to 1978’s …