Office Depot’s Unexpected Role in a $350 Million Cuban Property Fight.

It sounds like a joke, but the story gets surprisingly close to reality. Office Depot isn’t actually operating a Cuban nickel mine, but through a complicated history of corporate acquisitions, it holds rights connected to old Cuban property claims involving assets tied to Sherritt International’s mining operations. Those claims could give Office Depot significant leverage in any sale of the troubled Canadian miner. So forget toner, paper and office furniture—Office Depot may have accidentally ended up with something much more valuable: a seat at the table in a Cuban mining deal. Who knew the road from printer cartridges to nickel could be this complicated? Click here to read more about this stories.