merchant
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North Korea’s pre-Covid economy had increasingly centered on black markets selling goods smuggled from China or under-the-table local goods—and with it the rise of a “donju” merchant class who made their wealth outside state control.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
His father-in-law was a merchant who received the tea that provoked the Boston Tea Party in 1773.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Fellow analysts seemed to take the view that the company was essentially “bankrupt and didn’t even know it,” thanks to uncertainty around the eventual costs of the merchant suit, Maurer told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch • May 25, 2026
It's a small proportion of the 100,000-strong fleet of merchant vessels' operating around the world, but the union says it's a worrying trend.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
Some time after General Benedict Arnold took command in Philadelphia, he sent for Joseph Stansbury, a local merchant who was despised by Patriots.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
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