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A look at key events in Donald Trump’s business career

FILE - In this June 8, 1989, file photo, entrepreneur Donald Trump, second from left, holds a ribbon at Logan International Airport in Boston, as Massport deputy-executive director Patrick Moscaritolo cuts it to officially open the Trump Shuttle airline terminal. To his supporters, Trump's business career shows he’s got the decisiveness and smarts to lead the country. To critics, his exaggerated claims, burned customers and four bankruptcies suggest a man wholly disqualified for the office. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
FILE - In this June 8, 1989, file photo, entrepreneur Donald Trump, second from left, holds a ribbon at Logan International Airport in Boston, as Massport deputy-executive director Patrick Moscaritolo cuts it to officially open the Trump Shuttle airline terminal. To his supporters, Trump's business career shows he’s got the decisiveness and smarts to lead the country. To critics, his exaggerated claims, burned customers and four bankruptcies suggest a man wholly disqualified for the office. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

NEW YORK (AP) – A look at key events in Donald Trump’s business career, as voters head to the polls on Super Tuesday:

-1978: Opens glittering $100 million hotel at Grand Central Station in New York to replace decaying Commodore Hotel.

-1980: Breaks ground on Trump Tower, his soaring Fifth Avenue luxury condo building.

-1984: Gambles on casinos, opening Trump Plaza in Atlantic City. Trump’s Castle follows a year later; next, the $1 billion Trump Taj Mahal.

-1987: Publishes “The Art of the Deal,” a New York Times best seller.