PayPal's business is similarly self-feeding not least due to eBay.

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What's more, some of the pursuits of these venture philanthropists seem more like self-serving science projects: Never mind feeding the poor, let's wire up schools for Web surfing.

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From this perspective, it is only logical that the heir you felt was best suited to succeed you would be too insightful to not reject the baton you tried to pass to him since it came loaded with self-esteem problems and the care-and-feeding demands of Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dum.

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