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...Periodic proposals to develop the islands — say with a resort — get voted down. I bump into a New Zealander who has married a Home Islander and converted to Islam....
...Within a couple of months, both were doing brisk trades; the bar regularly had a queue out the door....
...As fingers are pointed, and VCs get angry at themselves but mostly each other for destroying the goose that laid the golden egg, Silicon Valley’s partner of first and last resort — a much loved, appreciated...
...Anafi may go the same way, or the islanders might cling on for a little longer to a way of life that has all but disappeared in Greece....
...“What’s your CFO doing?” he asked. Doherty pushed back on that idea. “Things move fast in the early phases of a company: the focus is on making product and delivering it,” he said....
...But she’s doing it from her house alone. On June 1, Strand was sentenced to 32 months in prison for obstruction of an official proceeding as well as several misdemeanours....
...Dozens of islanders told the Financial Times they felt abandoned as trees and livelihoods were destroyed....
...The eye-opening numbers are the result of Bravo’s bullishness on the software sector, even as valuations skyrocket industry-wide. “We’re doing nothing different now than we used to....
...While Omar’s only means of leaving is to board a flight under an assumed identity, his Canadian friend doesn’t need to resort to any such guile....
...“No one has done what we are doing,” says Marc Rowan, who will soon take over as chief executive of the enlarged Apollo....
...“This virus is literally a dagger right through our hearts,” said Mr Whitton, who owns Rosie Group, a family business established in 1974....
...But it could take months for Ant to alter its business model based on Beijing’s yet-to-be-released draft regulations on fintech....
...(NYT) Doing justice Preet Bharara sits down with Dave Chang to talk about his tenure as the US attorney for the southern district of New York and being recognised as one of the most successful prosecutors...
...However, at the beach resort of Varadero, British holiday makers vented fury at UK travel agent Thomas Cook, claiming it continued to fly in visitors last Wednesday, even as Irma approached the island....
...“You have to live here for a certain period of time to actually call yourself an islander,” he says. “But everyone we’ve met in the past two years has been very welcoming....
...Ibiza’s clubbing business bangs on relentlessly, seemingly immune to changing musical tastes and the vagaries of the European economy....
...Hassan shrugged as he explained all over lunch. The Galawa Hotel used to close for a week whenever there was a coup, he said, then reopen for business as usual....
...The summit, which is taking place at a hot springs resort in Mr Abe’s home prefecture of Yamaguchi, began more than two hours behind schedule after Mr Putin was late....
...And, in doing so, the man regarded as one of the industry’s visionaries believes he has a blueprint for today’s hoteliers as they are squeezed by digital upstarts such as Airbnb and Expedia....
...There have been some signs of willingness to deal, however, with Tokyo reducing its demands as the number of former Japanese islanders still living dwindles....
...If I weren’t doing what I do, I would be a chef, as I love to cook, especially for others. It’s the only thing, other than jewellery, that I really know how to do....
...As an RV fanatic myself, the first question I asked at Chongming was: where is the park’s “dump station”. The reception staff looked blank: no one had ever asked that before....
...As a Long Islander myself, I can almost smell the blood in the water. gary.silverman@ft.com...
...It’s also the Paris Airshow, where suppliers to the aerospace industry are being told to cut prices or lose business as big manufacturers seek savings to help push aircraft programmes into profit....
...If optimising wealth was my goal, I certainly wouldn’t have picked the rocket business.”...
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