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The Big Corporate Rescue and the America That's Too Small to Save <[link removed]> Girish Patel doubts his small, 20-year-old shop will survive the pandemic economy. Thirty stories above, aerospace company TransDigm has sustained eye-popping profits thanks to steep layoffs and raised over a billion with help from the U.S. government. by Lydia DePillis, Justin Elliott and Paul Kiel

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