merchant

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Before PayPal transformed into a multibillion-dollar company with 23,800 employees and 439 million active consumer and merchant accounts across roughly 200 markets, the startup weathered a lot of change.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

It means current attacks on military targets will go on, Iranian retaliation will continue, and the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed to most merchant traffic.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Born in 1962 in Tehran to an affluent conservative merchant family, Araghchi was in the streets backing the Islamic Revolution in 1979.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

The IMO council said in its declaration that members "strongly condemned the threats and attacks against vessels and purported closure of the Strait... by Iran, adversely affecting merchant and commercial vessels".

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

"Right, exactly. So if you want light, you have to buy it from a merchant who gets it from those towers. You have to go to the Light Market."

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat