With a fortune valued in the billions of dollars that includes large holdings in Walt Disney Co.
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Meanwhile compatriot, Ioan Niculae, returns with a fortune buffetted by growth in agriculture and fertilizers, both strong sectors across the globe.
In 1906, at the age of 50 and with a fortune amassed during his years Marshall Field to his name, he built a new London department store.
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He left with a comfortable fortune and a desire to spend his money helping others.
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"I learned how to make a small fortune in the baseball business-by starting out with a large fortune, " says Steve G.
Zhu Yuguo, ranks at 102 on the Forbes China Rich List, with a personal fortune of 5.71 billion Yuan and has invested heavily in the wind power industry.
His plan is to install these dead serfs on the tax rolls of a far-away estate, on which he will then be able to get a generous government mortgage and come away with a small fortune.
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In an e-mail, Edra Blixseth emphatically denies allegations of attempting to drive the market value of the property down so she can better afford to buy out her husband and says she initially refused to speak with a reporter for Fortune magazine, which published a long article in February detailing the club's troubles.
United immediately responded with a goal for Fortune and despite prolonged haranguing by the Boro players, the linesman refused to back down from a controversial decision not to give the South African offside.
Between 1998 and 2000, a senseless war with neighbouring Eritrea cost a fortune and prised many of the strongest hands off hoes and on to rifles. (In Eritrea, the aftermath has been even bleaker: 2.3m people now need food aid, out of a population of only 3m.) Ethiopian peasants are also burdened with taxes on the land they lease from the state, and levies for clinics, schools and roads.
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About 3 years ago, I had an opportunity to discuss a critical change imperative with the leadership of a Fortune 100 company.
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Expect that to change soon with a carefully orchestrated PR campaign, beginning with a major sit-down interview with Fortune Magazine.
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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.
With Price Club, Sol Price single-handedly grew a new industry and with it, a perpetual harvest of good fortune.
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Nine years later I moved to DC and, after failing to score a job with USAID as my intention had been, I had the fortune to land a position with a private company who was hired by the U.S. government to help train the Afghan National Army.
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Frank, a former school teacher, had started out with nothing, built a small fortune, and lost a large chunk of it in the crash.
By the 1980s, when the Getty Museum began to hoover up old private collections including one belonging to Sam Wagstaff, a legendary collector with an original eye and a personal fortune collectors and curators all had to know exactly who was who, and who had changed the medium.
MacFarlane appears to be taking his newly acquired fortune with a sense of humor.
However, Tepper is a bankruptcy specialist and has made a fortune with correct calls in similar situations.
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Mann, who made a fortune with various medical devices, remains confident--some say stubborn--about his latest and most quixotic venture.
Optimism clearly knows no international boundaries either because it is not just dot.com domains that people were looking to make a fortune with.
The university lacked money for clinical trials, so Clifford, who had made a fortune with a chain of Canadian oil-change stores, stepped in to help.
Secondly, this research reminds me of a conversation I was having with a global leader in a US-headquartered Fortune-500 company a couple of weeks ago.
Despite the low value ranking, the Saints have been a good investment for Benson, who amassed a fortune with car dealerships, banks, and real estate.
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Unilever made a fortune with the Dove campaign and revived the brand, despite the fact that the Campaign for Real Beauty could not keep the momentum going.
With a fresh bracket for each round, the random format means that a no-name team with some good fortune can advance deep into the tournament before having to face one of the game's behemoths.
The people who know him best cannot fathom how the 24-year-old heir to a South Korean leather-goods fortune descended with such dizzying speed from a life of privilege and Ivy League education to a cell at Rikers Island prison.
Utility companies could make a fortune there with nuclear, which is relatively cheap to produce.
Lady Grantham brought a large fortune with her when she married Lord Grantham.
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