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...After a rainy start to the year, the hillsides were, unusually, brilliant green. Bright orange poppies, California’s protected state flower, dotted the verges....
...For Musk, the ruling creates financial risks and makes it harder for him to fund his business empire by borrowing against Tesla shares....
...Several centuries of Venetian rule protected the Ionian Islands from the Ottoman Empire, which occupied much of modern-day Greece from the 15th century....
...Two floors above the buffet, the Solstice restaurant is a more subdued, reservations-only affair, albeit still a massive space....
...Rooms are small, but there is a lovely conservatory garden-restaurant, and a rooftop bar, The Shed, to compensate....
...For this we descend to the coast, zipping along a winding road, past hillsides studded with colourful beehives, with the scent of sage and oregano carried on the breeze....
...Walton’s understanding of our inability to resist a bargain built the empire that now employs 2.3mn people, stretches from India to South Africa and commands a market value of roughly $350bn....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on August 12 2022. ©2022 Nikkei Inc....
...Houston billionaire Tilman Fertitta is returning his business empire to the public markets after a gap of more than a decade....
...“The investors, with the exception of Discovery [Inc, which has a significant stake], they all love Nigel Farage, they regard him as huge, a big, big character....
...Even some of those who have fallen foul of his empire-building say that Fink is probably up to the task....
...Rodríguez keeps 400 goats of a rare local long-horned variety at her farm on a hillside overlooking the ocean....
...The billionaire’s personal investments include property in Manhattan’s Tribeca district and Long Island restaurants. He also once owned a stake in the Beats headphone brand....
...Inspire, based in Atlanta, controls $14.6bn in annual sales and 11,000 restaurants through a network of more than 1,400 franchisees....
...in the third quarter; sales of its yoghurts and bottled water through restaurants and cafeterias have been especially hit....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on January 29 2021. ©2021 Nikkei Inc....
...Uber, whose ride-hailing empire was built on challenging local regulations, is close to the centre of this shake-up....
...It is hard to overstate the change that company symbolises for Hollywood and the old media empires....
...Food delivery services have also come under scrutiny for the commission fees they charge restaurants to list on their apps — a growing problem as restaurants rely on delivery to make ends meet during the...
...Their empire now spans a retail line at Target and an upcoming TV channel and streaming service with Discovery, while in Waco they’ve launched stores and restaurants embodying the show’s rustic-chic look...
...There’s more to this growing empire....
...But what seems a simple, elegant architectural reminder of the days when the Ionian archipelago was part of the Venetian Empire is in fact the work of one of the greatest living designers....
...Other companies have stricter rules, including McDonald’s restaurants, where managers are barred from relationships with subordinates....
...A version of this article was first published on May 20 by the Nikkei Asian Review. ©2020 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...His first job was working for his father’s barbecue restaurant chain, Hanamasa....
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