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The government alleged that employees were directed to tell African American lease applicants that there were no open apartments ... There was a lot of picking at me and trying to make me come out and be that overly aggressive, overbearing, scary African American male ... He did not want to see an African American as the outright and sole winner....

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Abu Dhabi's Gulf Capital, Waha Capital hold merger talks - sources

This is Money 08 May 2019

By Hadeel Al Sayegh and Stanley Carvalho ... The talks have taken place over the last few months and may or may not lead to a deal, the sources said ... Waha Capital's portfolio of investments includes stakes in aviation leasing firm AerCap Holdings, a major Middle East and North African oil and gas services provider and industrial real estate ... ....

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Abu Dhabi investment firms Gulf Capital and Waha Capital ‘holding merger talks’

Arab News 08 May 2019

Author. Reuters ID. 1557345980294486600 Wed, 2019-05-08 23.07 DUBAI ... Private equity firm Gulf Capital manages over $4 billion in assets ... Waha Capital’s portfolio of investments includes stakes in aviation leasing firm AerCap Holdings, a major Middle East and North African oil and gas services provider, and industrial real estate ... Main category....

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African American-owned bookstore moving to Over-the-Rhine

Business Journal 23 Apr 2019

Smith & Hannon Bookstore, which is believed to be Cincinnati’s only free-standing bookstore owned by an African American, is relocating to Over-the-Rhine. The bookstore is scheduled to open at 1405 Vine St ... The retailer, which sells African American literature, is leasing a nearly 1,150-square-foot space from Cincinnati Center City Development Corp ... ....

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African and Filipino grocery opens at former Jamestown bus depot

The Jamestown Sun 13 Apr 2019

Konah and Munah Tarr said the growing West African community in Jamestown enjoy their native foods and that a local store can save a long drive to shop ethnic markets in other cities. The couple pooled their resources to lease the building that is now Munah’s African Market at 119 2nd Ave....

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Nigeria: Govt Seeks Investors for Aircraft Leasing

All Africa 10 Apr 2019

Nigeria plans to set up an aircraft leasing company to help domestic and African carriers obtain new planes and is seeking private partners for the venture, the government said on Monday .......

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Cele 'vindicated' as court sets aside 2012 decision to axe him as top cop

Independent online (SA) 09 Apr 2019

Then public protector Thuli Madonsela tabled two reports concerning two lease agreements in Pretoria and Durban worth more than R1.7 billion that the South African Police Service (SAPS) wanted to sign with businessman Roux Shabangu between March and July 2010....

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Global Oil and Gas Bid Round Outlook, Q1 2019 - Africa and Asia Lead Licensing Opportunities - ResearchAndMarkets.com

The Oklahoman 26 Mar 2019

Advertisement ... In Q1 2019, 28 licensing rounds are open with 13 scheduled to close in the quarter ... Six countries in Asia are hosting eight licensing rounds, whilst five sub-Saharan African countries are hosting one round each. The Lease Sale 252' bid round in the US is offering the largest volume of acreage of 317,843 sq.km. Scope ... Reasons to Buy ... 1.1 ... 2....

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“An affordable emergency response measure”

The Capital Journal 22 Mar 2019

Criticism of prison labor dates to the years after the Civil War, when southern state prisons began to lease convicts out to private companies. Most of these convicts were African-American former slaves assigned multi-year sentences for nonviolent offenses laid out in the southern “Black Code” laws ... “They’re not allowed to unionize ... .......

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China’s Plans For World Conquest? Easy Credit

The Daily Beast 21 Mar 2019

The strain on Colombo has been so great that a 70-percent share of the island nation’s Hambantota Port was handed over to a Chinese state-owned firm on a 99-year lease ... On the African continent, China now owns 70 percent of Kenya’s foreign debt, a tenfold increase in five years....

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African Americans Bear Brunt of Subprime Crisis

Information Clearing House 19 Mar 2019

The African Americans community is used, bled dry, and then criminalized and blamed for the problem ... For more than 70 years thousands of African people were rounded up under Jim Crow laws, kept in work camps and leased out by state governments to plantations, limestone and phosphorus mines, road gangs and logging teams....

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SiSebenza partners with We Work to open first WeWork local location

Independent online (SA) 13 Mar 2019

SiSebenza has access to prime office space for the shared office environment and is working closely with WeWork to finalise possible leases across major South African cities ... The partners in SiSebenza all have long and celebrated track records of bringing business success and social good to the South African economy....

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What Happened (And What Didn’t) With Portland’s Creative Space Plan

Herald and News 11 Mar 2019

Parks has turned to a group of community stakeholders to help develop a new plan to lease out IFCC for arts events at below-market rates, with a preference for African-American arts groups ... Wonky stuff, but it’s a holy grail for many arts groups tossed from one leased space to another....