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Dannel Schwartz at the former location of BlackJet, a private jet broker in West Palm Beach, Fla. Mr. Schwartz lost a $15,000 membership fee when the company shut down. Scott McIntyre/The New York Times
by Matt Krupnick | Jun 30, 2016 | Business
Dannel Schwartz was agonizing over his wife’s 60th birthday gift when she proposed an idea herself. “She said, ‘You know, I don’t want to wait on another T.S.A. line. I want a private plane,’” said Schwartz, a retired rabbi who splits time between Florida and Maine....
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Tools used by the Cate family at its welding shop in Belleville, Wis.- Lauren Justice for The New York Times
by Nicole Perlroth | Jun 13, 2016 | Technology
Drive past the dairy farms, cornfields and horse pastures here and you will eventually arrive at Cate Machine & Welding, a small-town business run by Gene and Lori Cate and their sons. For 46 years, the Cates have welded many things — fertilizer tanks,...