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But, with much of this wealth tied up in horrific stock markets, tycoons are a looking a little more threadbare.

Aware of how much they have already changed the world through their businesses, computer tycoons can turn into impatient broader reformers.

But now international interest in London property is no longer the preserve of a handful of peripatetic tycoons.

In a country where tycoons are often the children of politicians, Mr Ma stands out.

However, Mr Kuok also cautioned against the tendency of some Asian tycoons to see hotels as a vanity project.

Swamped with debt, Oleg Deripaska seemed the most likely of Russia's tycoons to fall victim to the financial crisis a year ago.

One of the most visible real-estate tycoons is Zhang Xin, who along with her husband controls the Sohu property empire.

It has faced criticism for allowing sectors such as electricity, property and supermarkets to be dominated by a few tycoons.

South-east Asia's economic miracle was the creation of the canny Chinese tycoons who dominate regional commerce, right?

Some of these young tycoons made fast and bold moves while others applied themselves slowly and steadily.

Some tycoons' children have been taking on increasingly high-profile roles as they prepare to assume control of businesses and networks.

While most of these tycoons choose to stay away from the media spotlight, some can't stand a low-profile life.

Tycoons: self-made adventurers who enliven the business landscape; as opposed to despots who have stolen their fortunes from the poor.

Recently, outraged fans have protested against the RBS, pleading with them not to extend the loan to the American tycoons.

The middle class is unusually broad, and corporate tycoons traditionally were embarrassed to be seen as being paid too much.

Defensive tycoons retort that giving should be a private choice and dismiss American philanthropy as little more than a tax-dodge.

Like the Japanese and South Koreans before them, Indian and Chinese tycoons want to build global businesses rather than just regional ones.

Property tycoons and private property owners wield huge influence on an undemocratic legislature.

Li Ka-shing, one of Asia's richest tycoons, has installed elder son Victor at his property flagship Cheung Kong.

Among them was Wang Shi, one of China's biggest real estate tycoons, who sent out regular microblog dispatches from political rallies.

And three tycoons, each with a pocket political party, have created an unhealthy overlap of business and politics.

The list indicates that China's wealthy have been buffered from the global financial meltdown, which has tycoons in other countries reeling.

How plausible are the numerous "rags-to-riches" stories put about by the tycoons and their fawning publicists?

At present, hundreds of tycoons all over the world have booked the space tour package.

As a result, tycoons whose remuneration is taken entirely in the form of dividends pay no tax at all.

The rising tide of affluence never floated all boats, but it did turn brick layers into property magnates, small entrepreneurs into tycoons.

That has made many foreign owners eager to unload their ailing assets; influence-hungry local tycoons have found plenty of bargains.

A good name, or you can create an image Xiongcaidailue politicians, or people think you are a smart and capable business tycoons.

Built a century ago as the Shanghai Club, it was frequented by British colonial tycoons.

As shareholders, however, they have the power to wreck the best-laid plans of the territory's most powerful tycoons.

Indeed, several of the most prominent early tycoons ended up being investigated by the authorities.

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One of China's richest tycoons is under police investigation for alleged share trading violations, according to local media reports.

There will be thousands of executives, bankers, politicians and tycoons.

As administrative officials, they are inextricably connected with local government officials and business tycoons.

Selling charity raffle tickets is hard; coaxing tycoons to pledge half their fortunes to philanthropy is near impossible.

When the state failed to repay, the tycoons were allowed to buy key state assets at knock-down prices.

He is one of five coal tycoons to make their first appearance on this top 40 list.

Despite his eccentricity, in many ways he is typical of the growing ranks of tycoons looking to spread their wings beyond China.

Current, IT tycoons the mood is upbeat, but they must look round, ability can discover now is not high-fed times.

Many business people and tycoons have donated money. Many groups have been raising funds.

But the financial crisis slashed the worth of assets against which he and other tycoons had borrowed.

Have Asia's dynastic tycoons suddenly been transported to Springfield, home of The Simpsons?

In one corner, ex-KGB tycoons are finding that slumps are a greater test of business ability than booms.

Since then, the tycoons have provided the capitalist engine driving Mr. Putin's Kremlin-dominated system.

Several of the tycoons topping the list added billions in wealth through share listings.

Many more second-generation tycoons are now set to join the Brothers Fok and inherit their fathers' vast fortunes.

Tycoons and their conglomerates are even raising money again on international markets.

Judging by the number of new tycoons, the rich have rebounded from the 2009 doldrums.

Asia's leading tycoons are wealthy and influential to an extent that sometimes appears godlike.

As importantly for Asia's privacy-fixated tycoons, the deals flew below the public radar.

Sidewalk peddlers and restaurant owners have different concerns from real estate tycoons and owners of Fortune 500 corporations.

A "consultative government" system, dreamed up by Britain, continues to award undue influence to those tycoons.

BuzzThirty-three tycoons are richer, including every one of the Philippines' top 10.

But President Lee's attitude towards errant tycoons may be stiffening.

Murdoch is one of the media tycoons in the world.

The Koch brothers, two libertarian tycoons from Kansas, back libertarian ones.

Following the example of Bill Viola and other American tycoons, Valdez enters a mystic trip in a southern Japan monastery founded in 1330.

Intel is a such tycoons , its platform changes the strategy not only in chip set, outspread also arrived even software solution.

"Investors are quite capable of discounting for the risk of abuse, even if they know that tycoons will take an unfair share. "

His other big weakness was ties with the tycoons who dominate Romania's big business and media.

The total net worth of the territory's 40 richest tycoons increased 65 per cent over the past year to $135bn, according to Forbes magazine.

In addition to well-placed mainlanders themselves, very large blocks of stock are first offered to local tycoons and their companies.

Top three world venture capital tycoons jointly visited Chengdu.

Often it seems that the way prospective tycoons come together is almost random.

Despite their philanthropy, the new tycoons are not popular figures.

Several business tycoons are also being questioned.

For teenage tycoons, the lessons of capitalism begin at home.

There are also plans to arrest two very prominent Japanese tycoons who are linked to the Bush group, Japanese military intelligence says.

And the average wealth of the richest tycoons has doubled to $562-million (U. S. ) over the past year.

New Chinese IT Tycoons In The Making. The first trading day of China's Nasdaq equivalent gave rise to new tech tycoons.

Local tycoons, who boast of taking little or no salary from their companies, routinely cash in millions from untaxed dividends.

But larger-than-life oil tycoons like McCarthy are long gone, as is the Shamrock Hotel.

He connects easily with black slum -dwellers and white tycoons alike.

The collapse in share and commodities prices in 2008 cut sharply the fortunes of many of Russia's wealthiest tycoons.

Hollywood types, Silicon Valley tycoons and other big egos took note and started their own initiatives.

More than 40 impoverished Chinese tycoons, who have lost their platinum status thanks to the world's financial turmoil.

Forbes compiles a separate list for mainland tycoons.

Yet, if the hammer is falling in the west, Asian tycoons are still buying.

Not only it is Baidu, those Internet tycoons that provide fundamental service are enlarging Internet domain.

In fact, these five engaging in the "Forbes" as the Chinese mainland's real estate tycoons are not very precise Dives.

BP is facing a battle for control of TNK-BP, its joint venture owned 50: 50 with the Alfa-Access-Renova group of Russian tycoons.

Most Chinese tycoons nowadays prefer to keep a low profile.

As a result, some accused the Bush administration is spending taxpayer money to send Wall Street tycoons "golden parachute. "

It's also an economy of oligarchs; a handful of tycoons tower over it.

In some very prominent tycoons often long-term use of some known artisans at home and let them aged residential construction for themselves.

And now that a few tycoons have planes, others want them.

The media loves a powerful billionaire image, so many retired tycoons find a second job in TV or radio.

But China's tycoons continue to get into trouble.

"Once you behead someone, " he says, "you give a good example [to Russia's other tycoons] of how to behave. "

However, it is difficult to judge whether they are white-collar workers, CEO or business tycoons.

Future, a few big tycoons also can more absorption investment is made in product and brand respect.

It is owned by its members (socis in Catalan), who now number 150, 000, rather than by shareholders or foreign tycoons.

Dream homes fit for oil tycoons and film stars.

Few tycoons accept the need for change.

Why don't those "Wall Street tycoons" give in.

Tycoons such as Rockefeller, Carnegie, and DuPont set up offices which first looked after their personal financial affairs.

Of the 274 self-made tycoons on the Forbes 400, 14% either never started or never completed college.

Corporations and tycoons are increasingly shying away from Gongos, many of which are regarded as opaque and lumbering.

Mr Li is one of only a few Hong Kong tycoons to have built truly global empires.

Banks and real estate tycoons in Japan were corrupt, profligate and unsympathetic figures, and no one wanted to help them.

The balance of political power makes it more attractive for them to pay attention to the needs of tycoons.

Of the 128 tycoons, 9 are under the age of 40 and 11 are women.

The tycoons, in turn, have obliged by sometimes playing the role of whipping boy on state television.

Tycoons from developing countries have been particularly badly affected.

Many of the first foreign real-estate tycoons, such as Silas Hardoon and the scions of the Sassoon family, were Jewish.

Most Hong Kong tycoons or their families hail from neighbouring Guangdong province and made their money in property or manufacturing.

The property tycoons who benefit are deeply entrenched in Hong Kong's undemocratic political system.

Hong Kong tycoons are often top candidates for the favorable treatment, as are overseas sovereign-wealth funds.

Large blocks are reserved for Hong Kong tycoons, who in return agree not to flip their shares.

These include Hong Kong tycoons, Singapore government funds and Yale University.

You're quite right that some of Hong Kong's biggest tycoons are shareholders in the firm.

From long time ago, the most of tycoons have been to start from scratch.

In Hong Kong, many tycoons founded their businesses in the 1950s and 1960s and are still in charge.

He is also unusual in never having received an honour from the Queen, as so many of his fellow Hong Kong tycoons did.

Hong Kong tycoons exercise similar control through 51 per cent shareholdings.

But unlike most Hong Kong tycoons, who are masters of their own fates, Mr Yung served at the pleasure of the Chinese state.

Life is good again for Hong Kong's tycoons.

Adapting to this new world will be hard. Business tycoons who grew rich on cheap, sound money will need new skills;

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