Did an impostor create an extensive Facebook profile of Brazilian commodities magnate Eike Batista?
Friends formed fan clubs around the page, saying Batista should run for governor of Rio.
"Someone was very dedicated, " marvels a Batista spokeswoman during a phone call this morning.
Through EBX, Batista controls companies spanning from mining, shipbuilding, energy, logistics, tourism and entertainment.
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Batista told Exame that he had begun having conversations with two Asian suppliers to Apple.
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Batista is keen on building up Brazil as a country while he builds his own businesses.
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Selling his projects, and himself, so hard was a conscious decision, says Mr Batista.
According to Veja, a Brazilian weekly, Brazil's newly minted millionaires model themselves on Mr Batista.
It wants to join Mr Batista in his plans to take the firm private again.
"There, our electronic machines first leave Manaus by plane, " said Pedro Batista, TSE Director for the Amazon.
But when Mr Batista rode a borrowed donkey through town on Tuesday, no-one tried to stop him.
In 1959, Fidel Castro seized power in Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista fled to the Dominican Republic.
Billionaire Eike Batista has embraced Rio as his home and is one of its greatest ambassadors.
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Batista thought it was on his way to dethroning Carlos Slim as the richest man in the world.
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In 1996 Batista brought on Jeremiah O'Callaghan, now JBS' investor-relations director, with the charge of taking JBS global.
Even now JBS wouldn't necessarily pass on a new acquisition, should the "right opportunity" present itself, says Batista.
Just like Ludwig, Batista has always invited scrutiny by thinking in grandiose terms.
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And just like his historical counterpart, Batista is in a lot of trouble.
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Eike Batista, the wealthiest man in Brazil, is trying to promote bullish business people, rather than beautiful soccer stars.
But Mr Batista's detractors dismiss him as the only person besides Bill Gates to have made billions from PowerPoint.
People like Eike Batista, the richest man in Brazil, seem to think so.
Batista played alongside Maradona at the 1986 World Cup, which was won by an Argentina team managed by Bilardo.
Like other great salesmen, Mr Batista sold not the sausage, but the sizzle.
Argentina Under-20 coach Sergio Batista has been appointed caretaker boss following Maradona's departure.
Topping off his public holdings, Batista also owns various private companies and other assets (ranging from investments to real estate).
PortX, a port terminal company owned by Batista and formerly publicly traded: gone as of Monday from the stock exchange.
As much as Batista does for Brazil, as many people as he employs, the man has a severe case of bad luck.
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Batista acknowledged to Exame that Apple would have to approve the deal.
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Batista was the most vocal Brazilian businessman in lobbying the Olympic Committee to choose Rio de Janeiro to host the Olympic games.
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Now Batista is pulling a family of X companies off the market.
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