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politics
Democrats Aim for SALT Write-Off Expansion in Stimulus BillTwo New Jersey Democrats are leading an effort to expand a valuable tax break for state and local levies in the next virus-relief package, a long-shot effort as lawmakers continue to squabble over the size and scope of the next round of stimulus.January 27, 2021
business
U-Haul Delivers New Billionaire Shoen as Amerco SurgesDo-it-yourself movers have been renting U-Haul International’s 225,000 trucks and trailers at a quickening pace, helping its corporate parent, Amerco, close at a record yesterday. The surge made Edward “Joe” Shoen, the company’s chairman, a billionaire.May 30, 2014
pursuits
Hidden U-Haul Billionaire Emerges With Storage EmpireMark V. Shoen had to endure his father’s suicide, a sister-in-law’s murder and an internecine battle on his way to becoming the largest shareholder of Amerco, the parent of truck rental company U-Haul, North America’s biggest moving and storage business.December 5, 2013
business
You Can't Contain the Container StoreOnce upon a lifetime ago, on my first day of work for Goldman Sachs, I was asked to look into an upcoming initial public offering for something called EBay. I listened in to the deal call and Infoseeked everything I could about this site. My verdict: cool gee-whiz concept, but I couldn’t see such a faith-based, community-policed business going far. Our clients, I argued, could do worse than to pass on the offering.November 5, 2013
business
New Wrinkles on How Family Businesses Sabotage ThemselvesIf you run a family business, you probably already know research indicates family-owned businesses tend to have better long-term financial performance than their counterparts that aren’t run by blood relations. And you’re probably well aware infighting among family members can lead to breakups, selloffs, and bankruptcies, as this history of the Shoen family’s U-Haul trucking empire shows. Or as any of these tales of woe from the newspaper business (the newspaper business!) show, from the BancrofJune 17, 2013