[Am-info] Dork?

[Erick Andrews]

Well, I guess we should be very impressed.

See:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2806759.stm

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Microsoft weaves wealth magic

Bill Gates has, once more, been
named by Forbes Global magazine as
the richest man in the world, as
Microsoft continued to weave its spell
of riches. 

The Microsoft chairman is worth $40.7bn, $10bn
more than investment legend Warren Buffet,
ranked second in Forbes' annual billionaires league.

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Moscow magnates 

But it was the rising number of Russian tycoons which attracted particular attention from Forbes. 

Russia possessed 17 tycoons, 10 more than last year, taking it past the UK, France, Hong Kong
and Saudi Arabia in the country table, and putting it only two magnates behind Japan. 

"Considering the modest size of the Russian economy these days, Russia may well have the highest
billionaire to [economic output] ratio in the world," a Forbes article said. 

Forbes credited the increase to economic stability, and the tightening of corporate governance. 

The richest Russian was Mikhail Khodorkovsky, head of _oil_ [my emphasis] giant Yukos. 


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Erick Andrews