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...The name of its registered owner in the Marshall Islands: Social Club Inc....
...There are sections on Berlin, China and Cuba, as you’d expect, but also Iran, Guatemala, Angola and even the Marshall Islands....
...But he added another layer of ambition: “I think we can certainly be the most innovative small island in the world . . . I think we just haven’t blown our trumpet.”...
...It is a humid August day on the Greek island of Samos....
...Holidaymakers appeared reluctant to maroon themselves on floating islands where new and old pathogens can jostle for pre-eminence....
...They look like a direct challenge to offshore centres such as the Cayman Islands. Now, the Cayman Islands is fighting back, DD’s Kaye Wiggins and the FT’s Mercedes Ruehl and Leo Lewis report....
...The deal forms a new listed entity with an enterprise value of $21.4bn and gives McMahon the role of executive chair on its board....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on February 3 2023. ©2023 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...Bonnie Glaser, a China expert at the German Marshall Fund, agreed that the US and China were “perilously close” to a fourth Taiwan Strait crisis....
...The Future of Geography by Tim Marshall (Elliot & Thompson) In the latest instalment of his popular books on the meaning of geography, Marshall looks to the stars and the new frontier where astropolitics...
...On any given day, the company’s representatives might be talking tuna with Marshall Islands leaders, helping the Rappahannock tribe reclaim ancestral land in Virginia or working with “bee relocation experts...
...Zack Cooper, an Asia expert at the American Enterprise Institute, said the Biden administration could view Chinese behaviour as undermining hopes for a peaceful settlement of the Taiwan issue....
...Michael Mullen, former chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff, flew to Taipei on Tuesday to reassure Taiwan — and remind China — that the US’s commitment to the island was strong despite its focus on Ukraine...
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on March 14 2022. ©2022 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...The Chinese companies trying to buy strategic islands Small businesses from China have scoured the globe for important strips of land....
...The investment group is led by Niccolo De Masi, a former executive at mobile and gaming companies, and Harry You, a veteran of enterprise technology and professional services companies such as EMC, Accenture...
...The deal, which Circle said gave it an enterprise value of $4.5bn, is supported by some of Wall Street’s most prominent investors, including Marshall Wace, Cathie Wood’s Ark Investment Management and Daniel...
...The owner of a mansion on exclusive Fisher’s Island, Lauria had used his Miami base to become friendly with various Florida business luminaries, most notably Icahn....
...Millions of small and medium-size enterprises also face significant funding gaps, the research states....
...This has mainly entailed short-term measures such as cash payments and soft loan facilities for small and medium-sized enterprises....
...John Thornhill says the island’s room for manoeuvre is becoming as thin as chip foundry TSMC’s wafers....
...His next act: VC start-up Animal Capital, with a little help from Ashton Kutcher and ex-Goldman banker Marshall Sandman....
...Public Service Enterprise Group’s Long Island utility reported 215,000 customers affected by power outages, while its utility in New Jersey had almost 70,000....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on December 1 2020. ©2020 Nikkei Inc....
...The shift will not happen instantly Sweden’s Riksbank is doing early testing on an e-krona, and the Marshall Islands announced plans last autumn to build a digital currency....
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