In a very short time, this product has turned its manufacturer into a multi-billion-dollar empire.

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Yet many democrats shunned the man, flinching from his dubious past (he built a multi-million-dollar business empire through shady dealings and is known to have backed at least two coups).

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For Frankel, offering millions of strangers a front row seat on the often messy and exhausting roller coaster ride that is her life, proved the ticket to building her multi-million dollar business empire.

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She knows how hard it is to raise children in a culture where every time they're out of your sight, they're tuning into a multibillion-dollar music, computer game, Internet and film empire that promulgates messages frequently at odds with small-town American values.

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Wang's empire has grown into a multitiered, multimillion-dollar effort, a marriage of ready-to-wear and sportswear, as well as bedding, eyewear, fragrance, stationery, luggage, footwear, tableware and flower collections.

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