In 2012, former Dole Food owner David Murdock sold the tiny Hawaii island of Lanai—once one of the country’s largest pineapple plantations—to Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison for $300 million.

David Murdock is an English instructor at Gadsden State Community College. He can be contacted at murdockcolumn@yahoo.com. The opinions expressed are his own.

David Murdock is an English instructor at Gadsden State Community College. He can be contacted at murdockcolumn@yahoo.com. The opinions expressed are his own.

Insite owned the land after its 2022 and 2023 acquisitions of David Murdock-led Castle & Cooke's land holdings in Kannapolis. M/I Homes is planning to build 231 townhomes at the site, which is ...

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