Time off: Sails around Lake Geneva in his yellow catamaran preparing for the Bol d'Or race, which he won last year.

FORBES: Europe

The German group already runs a book club in China and its Bol.com subsidiary is number three online after Dangdang and Joyo.com.

ECONOMIST: Selling books in China

Internal consolidation is another option: Bertelsmann is likely to buy out the rest of barnesandnoble.com, an online bookstore in which it has a 40% stake, and merge it with its wholly owned bol.com, which sells mainly in Europe.

ECONOMIST: Bertelsmann

Thanks to mentoring from former Miami Heat center Manute Bol, Deng honed the skills that helped him shine for the England national team -- his family received political asylum in London -- which prompted a move to the United States and the first steps to a glorious future.

CNN: The Luol Deng lowdown