[Am-info] REDMOND RICHES NO MATCH FOR 'OTTOMAN EMPIRE'
Fred Miller
fmiller@lightlink.com
Wed, 7 Apr 2004 18:07:07 -0500
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REDMOND RICHES NO MATCH FOR 'OTTOMAN EMPIRE'
How fitting that a furniture guy would be the one to unseat Bill
Gates as the world's richest man. A business magazine in Sweden
reports that Ingvar Kamprad, the frugal founder of the IKEA furniture
chain, is worth $53 billion -- $6 billion more than Microsoft's
co-founder. So does this mean that funky, Scandinavian-chic futons
and nightstands are outselling Windows? Not necessarily -- the
magazine blames Gates' "loss" on the devalued dollar. How Swede it
is.
http://news.com.com/2100-1014_3-5184773.html?tag=3Dnefd.pop
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"Steve Ballmer is no more designed for the art of persuasion=20
than the Abrams tank is for delivering meals on wheels."
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