This issue also features a profile of Brazil's high-energy septuagenarian billionaire retailer Abilio Diniz--his company is No. 701.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Since it emerged last month that Abilio Diniz, the chairman of CBD, had contacted Carrefour to discuss a possible tie-up, Casino and Mr Diniz have been at daggers drawn.

ECONOMIST: Supermarkets in Brazil

In 1993, an early-morning explosion in Managua below the workshop of a Basque mechanic revealed an underground bunker stuffed with weapons, forged passports, and documents, including plans for past kidnappings to raise money, notably that of a Brazilian industrialist, Abilio Diniz, in 1989.

ECONOMIST: Nicaragua