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Bogdanov rules over the coldest, richest, most remote region of the Soviet Union. It is an area nearly twice the size of Texas, tucked into the farthest corner of the Soviet Far East, between the Sea of Okhotsk and the Bering Straits. Temperatures in some parts of the region fall to -95 degrees F in winter, and even in late March the central Kolyma basin recorded -35 degrees F on a crystal-clear...
Some economists have argued that the overall level of consumer debt is not alarming because the value of personal assets, including stocks and houses, has been rising just as rapidly. But Thurow pointed out that the wealth tends to be concentrated. The richest 10% of the population, for example, owns 72% of all stocks. Many of the families deepest in debt do not hold stocks or own homes...
...believe that no thriller can be too rich or too thin. But there is dark substance lurking here, like the avidity and contempt hidden in the all-American smile of its honeyed, moneyed murderer. That would be Catharine (Theresa Russell), who marries and fatally poisons some of the richest men in the world. Maybe she loves them, almost as much as she loves their portfolios. They certainly love her, and they pay for that commitment with their lives and fortunes...
...aircraft earlier this month. The arms dealer's growing financial woes, which stem in part from the failure of grandiose real estate and development schemes, seem certain to cause further cutbacks in a sybaritic life-style that once earned Khashoggi a reputation as the world's richest...
...billion worth of U.S. weapons left behind when America pulled out of Viet Nam. The most prominent of all, of course, is Adnan Khashoggi, the sybaritic Saudi Arabian whose jet planes, opulent yacht, lavish parties and glamorous companions seem intended to promote his image as the world's richest...