They hope a partnership with the unnamed chain will help fund the cinema and provide newly-released films.

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Supporters of the arts centre plans hope a partnership with an unnamed chain will help fund the cinema and provide newly-released films.

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First, the country dodged the hedge fund speculation that set off a chain of currency crises across Asia in the late 1990s.

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The chain, controlled by hedge fund manager Eddie Lampert, competes most with Wal-Mart and Target, as well as Costco and discount chains like Dollar General.

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Others arose from service on boards as diverse as those of Pacific Bell, California's huge telephone company, the NAACP Legal Defence and Educational Fund and McClatchy, a Sacramento-based newspaper chain that now extends across America.

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He controls department store chain Palacio de Hierro, insurance company Grupo Nacional Provincial and pension fund manager Grupo Profuturo.

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The three Brazilian musketeers took the hamburger chain private, sold 29% of it to American billionaire hedge fund manager William Ackman, then took it public again last summer.

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The fund supports small and medium-sized businesses that employ local people, or buy from them further down the supply chain.

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