Tech billionaire to buy Hawaiian island Lanai
June 21, 2012 in The Daily Republic
Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison hasn’t said what he plans to do with the vast majority of the island’s 141 square miles, but the sellers said he plans substantial investments that will create jobs and stimulate tourism to the island once owned in the 1920s by the founder of Dole Foods Co. Continue Reading
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