Over the past decade, however, the one-time McKinsey consultant has branched out from Silicon Valley, taking seats on Wal-Mart Stores in 2001 and comic book publisher Marvel Entertainment in 2006.

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Andre Champagne, who owns three companies including Hollywood Trucks and Scene Magazine, does not benefit from the motion picture tax credit, however employs 50 full time employees and has created over 300 indirect jobs with one of his companies alone.

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However, Chopra's time at the Stadium of Light has not been a happy one, slipping down the pecking order under then-manager Roy Keane and also admitting suffering from a gambling addiction.

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This time, however, one canton, deciding it had waited long enough, has broken the logjam.

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