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Small business aid went beyond hard-hit companies, data show

by AP Business Writers
| July 7, 2020 12:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government on Monday identified roughly 650,000 mostly small businesses and nonprofits that received taxpayer money through a federal program that was designed to soften job losses from the coronavirus but also benefited wealthy, well-connected companies and some celebrity owned firms.

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