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Uline’s core business, selling boxes, is so boring there’s an entire Simpsons bit devoted to its dullness. But tax records obtained by @propublica.org show the company, which does not publicly disclose financial results, has experienced an astonishing boom. www.propublica.org/article/ulin...

Apr 28, 2025, 10:03 PM

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