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4. Jeff Stein and Yeganeh Torbati.  “Trump’s Former Treasury Secretary Expected to Launch Investment Fund, Seeking Backing of Persian Gulf State Funds.”  Washington Post.  23 Feb 2021

5. Jesse Drucker.  “The Tax-Break Bonanza Inside the Economic Rescue Package.”  New York Times.  24 Apr 2020

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19. Jim Tankersley, Peter Eavis and Ben Casselman.  “How FedEx Cut Its Tax Bill to $0.”  New York Times.  17 Nov 2019

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43. Christopher Ingraham.  “Dozens Of America’s Biggest Businesses Paid No Federal Income Tax – Again.”  Washington Post. 5 Apr 2021