Not surprisingly, the first story will be about Mayor Bing and will appear in one of the Fortune Group's magazines, says the ad executive.

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Over the years his Travel Skills Group has consulted to Fortune Magazine, American Express, tons of companies, and been an on air personality for CNN Airport News and still appears regularly on CNN, HLN, and Fox News.

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Hack, President and CEO of beCause Global Consulting and currently Executive-in-Residence at IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland, has advised The Coca-Cola Company, Omnicom Group, Unilever and other Fortune 500 companies on rethinking stakeholder engagement.

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Kassoy, 40, reaped his own fortune at Michael Dell's private investment group, MSD Capital.

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In the meantime, one group looks likely to make a fortune out of all the uncertainty: the consultants.

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Now, the Sunday night dinner has been elevated and whether it is just you and your dining companion, the entire family, or a group of foodies who have the good fortune to convene at a top restaurant to savor the most luxurious of ingredients it is back with decadence.

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Logic dictates that the nature of Denmark's qualification for the Euro 2000 finals - coming back from a disastrous start, indeed a disastrous middle section too, to sneak the play-off spot in their group - owes nothing to preparation and everything to fortune.

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Another more visible retailing fortune in the region is that of Micky Jagtiani of the Landmark Group.

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Chen Ningning built an early fortune in the steel business but now most of her fortune lies in publicly traded Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Rare-Earth Group, where she is an investor (not an executive).

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The billionaire mayor has deployed both his public role and his personal fortune to fight for stricter gun laws, co-founding a group of hundreds of mayors to advocate and spending millions of his dollars to support candidates who share his views.

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This year Manchester United was eliminated in the group stages of the Champions League tournament, a change in fortune that contributed to a 35% drop from a year earlier in match-day revenue and a 37% decline in broadcasting revenue.

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Another group of optimists, however, places much more emphasis on the business cycle and good fortune.

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Hiatt is a member of the Democracy Alliance, a group of wealthy liberal donors led by Rob McKay, an heir to the Taco Bell fortune.

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We send top Fortune 500 executives, best-selling authors, top bloggers, and key networkers personalized messages explaining the group purpose and benefits.

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