Prince Waleed bin Talal , a Saudi prince whose company interests encircle Euro Disney, Michael Jackson, Saks Fifth Avenue, the George V hotel in Paris and Canary Wharf in the Docklands of London, has built up a 5% stake in Apple Computer in recent weeks.

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"What we see at Saks 5th Avenue is an immediate uptick in the interest of a designer that is involved with this kind of event, " said Michael Fink, women's senior fashion director, Saks 5th Avenue.

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