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...MURDERED. LI HAICANG, 47, Chinese steel tycoon ranked by Forbes magazine as China's 27th-richest person in 2002, by a man who shot Li in the head before turning the gun on himself; in Yuncheng, Shanxi province. The alleged killer, failed businessman Feng Yinliang, was reportedly trying to persuade Li to purchase his factory's land...
...grandfather two years ago to be the heir apparent. Born in New York, Elkann carries his French father's last name and fondness for literature. But with his lanky good looks and Turinese work ethic, the wavy-haired 26-year-old reminds people here of the young tycoon who first sold the world on Italy in 1966. Yet if they love Fiat the way they claim, the Agnelli heirs will almost certainly be forced to let it go, choosing between keeping Gianni's inheritance intact and breaking it apart - a choice between blood and money. Bet money...
...deal in 1991 to underwrite the development of Foxwoods for the Mashantucket Pequots, a tribe of fewer than 200 members at the time, has proved similarly lucrative. While financial details have not been made public, one can estimate the tycoon's windfall. Lim provided two loans, one for $60 million, the other for $175 million. His company, Kien Huat Realty Ltd., will receive interest on the loans for years to come. But Lim really hit the jackpot with a clause that reportedly gives him 10% of Foxwoods' net income until 2018. Foxwoods' gross revenue is more than $1 billion...
ARRESTED. NINA WANG, 64, one of Asia's richest women, and widow of late property tycoon Teddy Wang; after a court ruled last month that she had "probably" forged her husband's will; in Hong Kong. Nicknamed "Little Sweetie" for her pigtails and flamboyant clothes, Wang says her husband, who was kidnapped in 1990 and declared dead in 1999, named her sole beneficiary in a will dated a month before he disappeared. But the court rejected that claim and awarded Teddy Wang's estimated $128 million estate to his 90-year-old father. Wang is out on $640,000 bail...
...have been published on the "petit caporal" and experts say he's been the world's most frequently portrayed character in theater and film. But the current French interest in Napoleon may also arise from nostalgia for the nation's former glory. Modern French world-beaters - from former business tycoon Jean-Marie Messier to the champion national football team - have suffered spectacular crashes. Napoleon did too, of course, but the new renditions of his life focus on his victories. "The events surrounding Napoleon's downfall and eventual death ensured his legend would only grow," comments de Caunes, whose film focuses...