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...Charlie Soong, a Chinese stow-away reared by North Carolina Methodists. Of the founding father's six children, four gate-crashed their way into history: Eldest Son T.V. (for Tse-ven) parlayed his career as a financial administrator into a fortune that made him, by some accounts, the richest man in the world; Eldest Daughter Ai-ling came to power behind the scenes by marrying H.H. Kung, a fabulously rich lineal descendant of Confucius; Middle Daughter Ching-ling wed Dr. Sun Yat-sen, godfather of the Chinese Revolution, and eventually became a Vice Chairman of Mao's People's Republic...
...gathered in Vienna, where they munched pastries, quarreled with one another for three days and then jetted home last week in a huff. Their only agreement was to hold more talks on July 22 in Geneva. Oil Minister Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani of Saudi Arabia, which has OPEC's richest reserves of both oil and cash, has reportedly threatened that if there is no progress in Geneva, his country will double its current production of crude, which could send the price below $20 per bbl., its lowest level since 1979. The oil producers' loss would be a big gain...
OPEC's troubles and the world oil glut are especially hitting Saudi Arabia, the organization's biggest and richest producer. Saudi output has dropped from a peak of 10.3 million bbl. per day in 1981 to 2 million bbl. per day in June, its lowest level in 20 years. Britain, a relative newcomer to the ranks of big-time producers with its North Sea fields, is pumping more oil than Saudi Arabia...
...Britain is no longer a relatively poor member state, as it was then, but one of the richest. Britain is set to take over the rotating six-month E.U. presidency in July, so optimists are hoping that current president, Luxembourg, can craft a workable compromise before then. Don't hold your breath. Cross-Border Bank Raid Italian banks are suddenly under assault from European rivals. ABN Amro of the Netherlands is expected to announce a bid for Banca Antoniana Popolare Veneta, Italy's ninth-largest bank, as early as this week. That follows this month's €6.5 billion...
With its kilometers of flashing neon and monster casinos that look like billion-dollar monuments to kitsch, the Las Vegas Strip might seem impossible?not to mention inadvisable?to replicate. But Sheldon Adelson, the CEO of Las Vegas Sands and the city's richest developer, thinks America's gambling mecca is ripe for cloning. Last week he flew to Macau, the only place in China where casinos are legal, to unveil a glittering scale model of the Cotai Strip, a $12-15 billion development modeled on Las Vegas' famed stretch of luxury hotels and gaming dens...