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Another way of saying it: men hold 98% of Fortune 500 CEO positions.
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Microsoft made most of its fortune this way, by becoming a gateway bully through which everyone had to pay a toll.
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But with the Warriors looking out of the game, an unexpected piece of fortune came their way when Colum Halpenny foolishly threw the ball away to give Wigan a penalty from which Ashton nipped over.
BBC: Wakefield 22-32 Wigan
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Arsenal clawed their way back into the game with a slice of good fortune as Denilson's shot took a deflection off Osman to leave Tim Howard stranded.
BBC: Arsenal 2-2 Everton
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Such pragmatism makes right-wing grandees worry that, if events have pulled Mr Cameron's coalition towards Conservative policies, a turn of fortune could yet lead it the other way.
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Carlos has nourished his part of the family fortune in very much the same way: Buying companies at low prices, he then builds them into profitable monopolies.
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Each of those activities is an important step along the way to fame and fortune for an author, and the bad news today is that traditional publishers now only consistently do one of those five activities: acquire books.
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As such, I avoid any investment that is in any way the focus of government or politics, because such a business is hostage to fortune and most likely destined for an unhappy outcome.
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Like other insiders of his day, he made another fortune playing shorts on the way down, then spent the Great Depression buying up underpriced assets at fire sale prices, using his cash hoard to quickly enter new businesses like liquor distribution the moment Prohibition was lifted.
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It's not going to make you a fortune but it's a living, it's a way of life'.
BBC: Mull tenant farmer Iain Mackay on his journey into farming
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On the way she picked up half a dozen languages and a taste for modern art, on which she spent much of her fortune.
ECONOMIST: Mona Karff