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Markets
Fast Asia Open: China trade data, Taiwan consumer inflation
...In a document dated August 2017, parts of which have been seen by the Financial Times, the 48-year-old former owner of Blackwater (now called Academi) proposes a two-year plan for fewer than 5,000 global...
August 7, 2017
US politics & policy
Erik Prince offers private military force in Afghanistan
...Mr Prince, the 48-year-old former owner of Blackwater, now called Academi, describes himself as a “disrupter”. He has discussed his ideas with White House officials on several occasions....
August 7, 2017
FT Live
FTWeekend Festival: U.S. edition
Where the Financial Times weekend paper comes to life
Saturday, 4 MayThe REACH, at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, F Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USA
News in-depthThe Big Read
Chinese private security companies go global
...Its growth has echoes of the prominent and often controversial part played by western contractors such as Blackwater, now known as Academi, and DynCorp in Iraq and Afghanistan after the September 11 2001...
February 26, 2017
News in-depthThe Big Read
Russia mobilises an elite band of cyber warriors
...According to cyber security analysts, previous targets have included Academi, the private military company formerly known as Blackwater; US defence and intelligence contractor SAIC; the French and Hungarian...
February 23, 2017
Companies
Empires taken to excess
...In conflict environments, private companies operate with the protection of the highly trained, heavily armed forces of their own private security companies, such as the US-based Academi, which was born out...
November 10, 2015
Aerospace & Defence
UK backs US code for security firms
...The issue rose up the agenda following an incident in 16 September 2007 when four armed guards with automatic rifles from a US-based firm formerly known as Blackwater Worldwide – renamed Academi – were involved...
December 18, 2012
FT Live
Global Private Banking Awards 2024
Celebrating excellence in wealth management
Thursday, 7 NovemberThe Landmark London, London, UK
FT AlphavilleEquities
Firm formerly known as Blackwater changes name
...Virginia-based Xe will unveil its new name, “Academi”, on Monday, the company’s president and chief executive told the newspaper....
December 12, 2011

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