With that popularity comes opportunity -- and not only for Internet land barons like self-proclaimed Second Life millionaire Anshe Chung, but also virtual builders, landscapers and interior decorators, designers of avatar clothing and accessories, and even community moderators and governors.
On Sept. 11, 2001 Fred Alger Management lost 35 staff members, including every portfolio manager but Chung, in its World Trade Center offices.
But Mr. Chung is having difficulty getting a government agency interested in his busts.
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But Mr. Chung draws a line at most contemporary business leaders, however.
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Various anti-spam programs use several techniques to spot and kill junk mail, but IBM believes the Chung-Kwei algorithm to be the only anti-spam tool that uses pattern discovery in this way.
In recent weeks, Mr. Chung has been meeting with local officials but so far nothing has been lined up.
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But compare it with Wal-Mart, Chung says, which is in a slow-growth, capital-intensive business and trading at 29 times free cash flow.
But as the time to gun for partner approached, Chung started looking for alternatives.
Elsewhere, Bolton manager Owen Coyle was given a hostile reception at former club Burnley but came away with a 1-0 win thanks to Chung-Yong Lee's 35th minute strike which rattled in off the underside of the crossbar.
Bolton struggled to create many chances at the other end but were unfortunate not to win a penalty when a cross from Chung-Yong Lee deflected off Terry's upper arm.
But the strength of the won has forced it to raise prices, and Chung Mong-koo's legal troubles have delayed the opening of new plants in America and Europe.
But Singaporeans care less about fuzzy notions of integration than their own jobs, says Chung Wai-Keung of the Singapore Management University.
But it will be quite a different matter to persuade Koreans to vote for him: Chung personifies the close relationship between government and business.
But if there is another attack and he does not retaliate forcefully, even supporters like Ms Chung will not forgive him.
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