More crap on hidden Imam

While the Zionist plan targets Jerusalem, which is holy to us, the Safavid plan targets Mecca and Al-Madina. If you go back to their books – which they do not mention in the media, yet these books exist and are accepted by them – they claim that their Hidden Imam will come to Mecca and Al-Madina, destroy the Al-Haram Mosque and the Mosque of the Prophet, and dig in the graves of Abu Bakr and Omar and burn them both, and then he will command the wind to blow them away. He will also dig in the grave of Aisha, the Mother of the Believers, and will execute her. All this is part of their plan.”

http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=countries&Area=iran&ID=SP146507

 There is no Sunni mosque in Tehran, even though there are over two million Sunni Muslims there.”

former executive at New Century Financial speaks : ferrari for just showing up :-)

For Kal Elsayed, a former executive at New Century Financial, a large lender based in Irvine, driving a red convertible Ferrari to work at a company that provided home loans to people with low incomes and weak credit might have appeared ostentatious, he now acknowledges. But, he says, that was nothing compared with the private jets that executives at other companies had.

“‘You just lost touch with reality after a while because that’s just how people were living,’ said Mr. Elsayed, 42, who spent nine years at New Century before leaving to start his own mortgage firm in 2005. ‘We made so much money you couldn’t believe it. And you didn’t have to do anything. You just had to show up.’”

http://www.financialsense.com/editorials/daily/2007/0309b.html

You just lost touch with reality after a while because that’s just how people were living,’ said Mr. Elsayed, 42, who spent nine years at New Century before leaving to start his own mortgage firm in 2005. ‘We made so much money you couldn’t believe it. And you didn’t have to do anything. You just had to show up.’”

 

 

The world’s billionaires, according to www.thebillionaireslist.com

www.thebillionaireslist.com

Forbes says the research that when into compiling the rankings began in early 2006 and ended on Feb. 9, 2007.

   1. William Gates III, Washington, 51, $56, Microsoft     2. Warren Buffett, Nebraska, 76, $52, Berkshire Hathaway     3. Carlos Slim Helu, Mexico, 67, $49, telecom     4. Ingvar Kamprad and family, Sweden, 80, $33, Ikea     5. Lakshmi Mittal, India, 56, $32, steel     6. Sheldon Adelson, Nevada, 73, $26.5, casinos, hotels     7. Bernard Arnault, France, 58, $26, LVMH     8. Amancio Ortega, Spain, 71, $24, Zara     9. Li Ka-shing, Hong Kong, 78, $23, diversified     10. David Thomson and family, Canada, 49, $22, inheritance     11. Lawrence Ellison, California, 62, $21.5, Oracle     12. Liliane Bettencourt, France, 84, $20.7, L'Oreal     13. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud, Saudi Arabia, 50, $20.3,  investments     14. Mukesh Ambani, India, 49, $20.1, petrochemicals     15. Karl Albrecht, Germany, 87, $20, Aldi     16. Roman Abramovich, Russia, 40, $18.7, oil     17. Stefan Persson, Sweden, 59, $18.4, Hennes & Mauritz     18. Anil Ambani, India, 47, $18.2, diversified     19. Paul Allen, Washington, 54, $18, Microsoft, investments     20. Theo Albrecht, Germany, 84, $17.5, Aldi, Trader Joe's     21. Azim Premji, India, 61, $17.1, software     22. Lee Shau Kee, Hong Kong, 79, $17, real estate     23. Jim Walton, Arkansas, 59, $16.8, Wal-Mart     24. Christy Walton and family, Wyoming, 52, $16.7, Wal-Mart  inheritance     24. S. Robson Walton, Arkansas, 63, $16.7, Wal-Mart     26. Sergey Brin, California, 33, $16.6, Google     26. Larry Page, California, 34, $16.6, Google     26. Alice Walton, Texas, 57, $16.6, Wal-Mart     29. Helen Walton, Arkansas, 87, $16.4, Wal-Mart     30. Michael Dell, Texas, 42, $15.8, Dell     31. Steven Ballmer, Washington, 51, $15, Microsoft     31. Kirk Kerkorian, California, 89, $15, investments, casinos     31. Raymond, Thomas and Walter Kwok, Hong Kong, ages unknown,  $15, real estate     34. Francois Pinault, France, 70, $14.5, retail     35. Suleiman Kerimov, Russia, 41, $14.4, stocks     36. Vladimir Lisin, Russia, 50, $14.3, steel     37. Jack Taylor and family, Missouri, 84, $13.9, Enterprise  Rent-A-Car     38. Vladimir Potanin, Russia, 46, $13.5, metals     38. Mikhail Prokhorov, Russia, 41, $13.5, metals     40. Oleg Deripaska, Russia, 39, $13.3, aluminum     40. Michael Otto and family, Germany, 63, $13.3, retail     42. Carl Icahn, New York, 71, $13, leveraged buyouts     42. Abigail Johnson, Massachusetts, 45, $13, Fidelity     44. Adolf Merckle, Germany, 72, $12.8, drugs     45. Barbara Cox Anthony, Hawaii, 83, $12.6, Cox Enterprises     45. Anne Cox Chambers, Georgia, 87, $12.6, Cox Enterprises     45. Mikhail Fridman, Russia, 42, $12.6, oil, banking     48. Vagit Alekperov, Russia, 56, $12.4, oil     49. Charles Koch, Kansas, 71, $12, oil, commodities     49. David Koch, New York, 66, $12, oil, commodities     51. Silvio Berlusconi and family, Italy, 70, $11.8, media     52. Nasser Al-Kharafi and family, Kuwait, 63, $11.5,  construction     52. Leonardo Del Vecchio, Italy, 71, $11.5, eyewear     54. Alexei Mordashov, Russia, 41, $11.2, steel     55. Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor and family, Britain, 55, $11,  real estate     55. Spiro Latsis and family, Greece, 60, $11, banking     55. Birgit Rausing and family, Sweden, 83, $11, packaging     58. Forrest Mars Jr., Virginia, 75, $10.5, candy     58. Jacqueline Mars, New Jersey, 67, $10.5, candy     58. John Mars, Virginia, 70, $10.5, candy     61. Viktor Vekselberg, Russia, 49, $10.4, oil, metals     62. Serge Dassault and family, France, 81, $10, aviation     62. Charles Ergen, Colorado, 54, $10, EchoStar     62. Michele Ferrero and family, Italy, 80, $10, chocolates     62. Naguib Sawiris, Egypt, 52, $10, telecom     62. Kushal Pal Singh, India, 75, $10, real estate     62. Alain and Gerard Wertheimer, France, ages unknown, $10,  Chanel     68. Susanne Klatten, Germany, 44, $9.6, BMW, drugs     69. Philip Knight, Oregon, 69, $9.5, Nike     69. Sunil Mittal and family, India, 49, $9.5, telecom     71. John Kluge, Florida, 92, $9.1, Metromedia     71. Vladimir Yevtushenkov, Russia, 58, $9.1, telecom     73. Rupert Murdoch, New York, 76, $9, News Corp.     73. Hans Rausing, Sweden, 81, $9, packaging     73. Reinhold Wurth, Germany, 71, $9, manufacturing     76. Ernesto Bertarelli, Switzerland, 41, $8.8, biotech     76. Pierre Omidyar, Nevada, 39, $8.8, Ebay     78. Maria-Elisabeth and Georg Schaeffler, Germany, ages unknown,  $8.7, ball bearings     79. Rafael del Pino and family, Spain, 86, $8.6, construction     80. Donald Bren, California, 74, $8.5, real estate     80. George Kaiser, Oklahoma, 64, $8.5, oil and gas, banking     80. George Soros, New York, 76, $8.5, hedge funds     83. Nikolai Tsvetkov, Russia, 46, $8.4, oil, banking     83. August von Finck, Germany, 77, $8.4, investments     85. Dan Duncan, Texas, 74, $8.2, energy     86. Mohammed Al Amoudi, Saudi Arabia, 61, $8, oil     86. Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair and family, United Arab Emirates, 53,  $8, banking     86. Kumar Birla, India, 39, $8, commodities     86. German Khan, Russia, 45, $8, oil, banking     86. Iskander Makhmudov, Russia, 43, $8, mining, metals     86. Sumner Redstone, California, 83, $8, Viacom     86. Shashi and Ravi Ruia, India, ages unknown, $8, diversified     93. Philip Anschutz, Colorado, 67, $7.9, investments     93. Galen Weston and family, Canada, 66, $7.9, retail     95. Enrique Banuelos, Spain, 41, $7.7, real estate     96. Stefan Quandt, Germany, 41, $7.6, BMW     97. Maan Al-Sanea, Saudi Arabia, 52, $7.5, construction, finance     97. Edward Johnson III, Massachusetts, 76, $7.5, Fidelity     99. Sulaiman Al Rajhi, Saudi Arabia, 87, $7.4, banking     100. Donald Newhouse, New Jersey, 77, $7.3, publishing     100. Samuel Newhouse Jr., New York, 79, $7.3, publishing     102. Leonard Blavatnik, New York, 49, $7.2, Access Industries     102. Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken, Netherlands, 52, $7.2,  Heineken     104. John Fredriksen, Cyprus, 62, $7, shipping     104. Philip and Cristina Green, Britain, 55, $7, retail     104. Stanley Ho, Hong Kong, 85, $7, gaming     104. Robert Kuok, Malaysia, 83, $7, diversified     104. Ronald Perelman, New York, 64, $7, leveraged buyouts     104. Viktor Rashnikov, Russia, 58, $7, steel     104. Tsai Hong-tu and family, Taiwan, 54, $7, finance     111. Johanna Quandt, Germany, 80, $6.7, BMW     112. Antonia Johnson, Sweden, 63, $6.6, diversified     113. Cheng Yu-tung, Hong Kong, 81, $6.5, real estate     114. Ramesh Chandra, India, 67, $6.4, real estate     114. Curt Engelhorn, Germany, 80, $6.4, drugs     116. Alexei Kuzmichov, Russia, 44, $6.2, oil, banking     116. Eric Schmidt, California, 51, $6.2, Google     118. Ng Teng Fong, Singapore, 78, $6.1, real estate     119. Anacleto Angelini, Chile, 93, $6, energy     119. Eli Broad, California, 73, $6, investments     119. Gustavo Cisneros and family, Venezuela, 61, $6, media     119. Erivan Haub and family, Germany, 74, $6, retail     119. Petr Kellner, Czech Republic, 42, $6, insurance     119. Ananda Krishnan, Malaysia, 68, $6, diversified     119. Lorenzo Mendoza and family, Venezuela, 41, $6, beverages     119. Hasso Plattner, Germany, 63, $6, SAP     119. Joseph Safra, Brazil, 68, $6, banking     128. Klaus-Michael Kuhne, Germany, 69, $5.9, shipping     129. Micky Arison, Florida, 57, $5.8, Carnival Cruises     129. James, Arthur and John Irving, Canada, ages unknown, $5.8,  oil     129. Masayoshi Son, Japan, 49, $5.8, Softbank     132. Steven Jobs, California, 52, $5.7, Apple Computer, Pixar     132. Karl-Heinz Kipp, Germany, 83, $5.7, retail     132. Akira Mori and family, Japan, 69, $5.7, real estate     132. Dmitry Pumpyansky, Russia, 43, $5.7, steel pipes     132. Julio Mario Santo Domingo, Colombia, 83, $5.7, beer,  diversified     137. Alexander Abramov, Russia, 48, $5.6, steel, mining     137. Charles Johnson, California, 74, $5.6, Franklin Resources     137. Esther Koplowitz, Spain, 56, $5.6, construction     137. Eliodoro Matte and family, Chile, 61, $5.6, paper     137. Pallonji Mistry, India, 77, $5.6, construction     142. Robert Bass, Texas, 59, $5.5, oil, investments     142. Michael Bloomberg, New York, 65, $5.5, Bloomberg     142. Terry Gou, Taiwan, 56, $5.5, technology     142. Vladimir Kim, Kazakhstan, 46, $5.5, mining     142. James Packer, Australia, 39, $5.5, media     142. Madeleine Schickedanz, Germany, 63, $5.5, retail     142. Thomas Schmidheiny, Switzerland, 61, $5.5, cement     142. Alisher Usmanov, Russia, 53, $5.5, steel     150. Robert Rowling, Texas, 53, $5.4, oil and gas, investments     150. Roustam Tariko, Russia, 45, $5.4, banking, vodka     152. Leonid Fedun, Russia, 50, $5.3, oil     152. Bradley Hughes, California, 73, $5.3, Public Storage     152. Michael Kadoorie and family, Hong Kong, 66, $5.3,  diversified     155. John Menard Jr., Wisconsin, 67, $5.2, home improvement  stores     155. Charles Schwab, California, 69, $5.2, discount stock  brokerage     157. Y.C. Wang and family, Taiwan, 90, $5.1, chemicals     158. Alberto Bailleres, Mexico, 74, $5, mining     158. Jean-Claude Decaux and family, France, 69, $5, advertising     158. Alicia Koplowitz, Spain, 54, $5, investments     158. Ralph Lauren, New York, 67, $5, fashion     158. Nicky Oppenheimer and family, South Africa, 61, $5, De  Beers     158. Onsi Sawiris, Egypt, 77, $5, construction     158. Samuel Zell, Illinois, 65, $5, real estate, private equity     165. Jorge Paulo Lemann, Brazil, 67, $4.9, beer     165. Edward Rogers, Canada, 73, $4.9, media     167. David Geffen, California, 64, $4.7, movies, music     167. Boris Ivanishvili, Russia, 51, $4.7, steel, banking     167. Nobutada Saji and family, Japan, 61, $4.7, beverages     167. Luis Carlos Sarmiento, Colombia, 74, $4.7, banking     167. Wee Cho Yaw, Singapore, 78, $4.7, banking     172. Rupert Johnson Jr., California, 65, $4.6, Franklin  Resources     172. Frank Lowy and family, Australia, 76, $4.6, malls     172. Andrei Melnichenko, Russia, 35, $4.6, banking, energy     172. Sergei Popov, Russia, 35, $4.6, banking, energy     172. Ricardo Salinas Pliego, Mexico, 51, $4.6, retail, media     177. Giorgio Armani, Italy, 72, $4.5, fashion     177. Otto Beisheim, Germany, 83, $4.5, retail     177. Martin and Olivier Bouygues, France, 54/56, $4.5,  construction, media     177. Lester Crown and family, Illinois, 81, $4.5, investments     177. James Goodnight, North Carolina, 64, $4.5, SAS Institute     177. Herbert Kohler and family, Wisconsin, 68, $4.5, plumbing  fixtures     177. Edward Lampert, Connecticut, 44, $4.5, investments     177. Sean Quinn and family, Ireland, 60, $4.5, real estate,  insurance     177. David and Simon Reuben, Britain, ages unknown, $4.5,  investments, real estate     177. James Sorenson, Utah, 85, $4.5, medical devices, real  estate     177. Ty Warner, Illinois, 63, $4.5, Beanie Babies     188. Saleh Al Rajhi, Saudi Arabia, 95, $4.4, banking     188. Jeffrey Bezos, Washington, 43, $4.4, Amazon     188. Kunio Busujima and family, Japan, 81, $4.4, gaming     188. Henry Ross Perot, Texas, 76, $4.4, computer services, real  estate     188. Bernard (Barry) Sherman, Canada, 65, $4.4, drugs     188. Stef Wertheimer and family, Israel, 81, $4.4, tools     194. Jeronimo Arango, Mexico, 81, $4.3, retail     194. Shari Arison, Israel, 49, $4.3, inheritance, cruise ships     194. Hubert Burda, Germany, 67, $4.3, publishing     194. Walter Haefner, Switzerland, 96, $4.3, software     194. Simon Halabi, Britain, 57, $4.3, real estate     194. Kwek Leng Beng and family, Singapore, 66, $4.3, hotels     194. Leonid Mikhelson, Russia, 51, $4.3, natural gas     194. Johann Rupert and family, South Africa, 56, $4.3, luxury  goods     194. Michael and Rainer Schmidt-Ruthenbeck, Germany, ages  unknown, $4.3, retail     194. Hiroko Takei and family, Japan, age unknown, $4.3, credit     204. Robert Holding, Idaho, 80, $4.2, energy, resorts, ranching     204. Lim Goh Tong and family, Malaysia, 89, $4.2, gaming     204. Ronald McAulay, Hong Kong, 70, $4.2, diversified     204. David Murdock, California, 83, $4.2, investments     204. Jeffrey Skoll, Canada, 42, $4.2, Ebay     204. Nina Wang, Hong Kong, age unknown, $4.2, real estate     210. Matthew Bucksbaum and family, Illinois, 81, $4.1, real  estate     210. William Davidson, Michigan, 84, $4.1, glass     210. Adi Godrej and family, India, 64, $4.1, diversified     210. Lev Leviev, Israel, 51, $4.1, diamonds     214. Rinat Akhmetov, Ukraine, 40, $4, steel, coal mines     214. Paul Desmarais, Canada, 80, $4, finance     214. Aloysio de Andrade Faria, Brazil, 86, $4, banking     214. Michael Herz, Germany, 61, $4, coffee     214. Wolfgang Herz, Germany, 56, $4, coffee     214. Shiv Nadar, India, 61, $4, infotech     214. Richard Schulze, Minnesota, 66, $4, Best Buy     214. Harold Simmons, Texas, 75, $4, investments     214. James Simons, New York, 69, $4, hedge funds     214. Andreas Strungmann, Germany, 57, $4, generic drugs     214. Thomas Strungmann, Germany, 57, $4, generic drugs     214. Yitzhak Tshuva, Israel, 58, $4, real estate     226. Antonio Ermirio de Moraes and family, Brazil, 78, $3.9,  diversified     226. Sammy Ofer and family, Israel, 85, $3.9, shipping     226. Nassef Sawiris, Egypt, age unknown, $3.9, construction     226. Hiroshi Yamauchi, Japan, 79, $3.9, Nintendo     230. Anil Agarwal, India, 53, $3.8, mining, metals     230. Richard Branson, Britain, 56, $3.8, Virgin Media     230. Frits Goldschmeding, Netherlands, 73, $3.8, temp agency     230. Stein Erik Hagen and family, Norway, 50, $3.8, supermarkets     230. Eitaro Itoyama, Japan, 64, $3.8, golf courses     230. Jim Pattison, Canada, 78, $3.8, diversified     230. Anton Schlecker, Germany, 62, $3.8, retail     237. Vladimir Bogdanov, Russia, 55, $3.7, oil     237. Alexander Lebedev, Russia, 47, $3.7, stocks     237. Luis Portillo, Spain, 45, $3.7, real estate     237. Leonard Stern, New York, 68, $3.7, real estate     237. Joan Tisch, New York, 81, $3.7, Loews     237. Tadashi Yanai and family, Japan, 58, $3.7, retail     243. Pyotr Aven, Russia, 52, $3.6, oil, banking     243. Charles Cadogan and family, Britain, 70, $3.6, real estate     243. Bernard Ecclestone and family, Britain, 76, $3.6, Formula  One     243. George Lucas, California, 62, $3.6, Star Wars     243. Gordon Moore, California, 78, $3.6, Intel     243. Stephan Schmidheiny, Switzerland, 59, $3.6, investments     249. Bjorgolfur Thor Bjorgolfsson, Iceland, 40, $3.5,  diversified     249. Richard DeVos, Michigan, 81, $3.5, Alticor     249. Kenneth Hendricks, Wisconsin, 65, $3.5, building supplies     249. Hui Wing Mau, Hong Kong, 56, $3.5, real estate     249. Ray Hunt, Texas, 64, $3.5, oil, real estate     249. Manuel Jove, Spain, 65, $3.5, real estate     249. Saleh Kamel, Saudi Arabia, 65, $3.5, diversified     249. Peter Kellogg, New Jersey, 65, $3.5, investments     249. Leonard Lauder, New York, 74, $3.5, Estee Lauder     249. Paul Milstein and family, New York, 84, $3.5, Emigrant,  real estate     249. Reinhard Mohn and family, Germany, 85, $3.5, media     249. Husnu Ozyegin, Turkey, 62, $3.5, banking     249. Stephen Schwarzman, New York, 60, $3.5, investments     249. Patrick Soon-Shiong, California, 55, $3.5, generic drugs     249. Karl Wlaschek, Austria, 89, $3.5, department stores     264. Isak Andic, Spain, 52, $3.4, textiles     264. Heidi Horten, Austria, 66, $3.4, department stores     264. Gerard Louis-Dreyfus and family, France, 74, $3.4,  commodities     264. Rosalia Mera, Spain, 63, $3.4, Zara     264. Melvin Simon, Indiana, 80, $3.4, real estate     264. Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi, Thailand, 62, $3.4, alcohol     264. Stephen Wynn, Nevada, 65, $3.4, casinos, hotels     271. Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, Denmark, 59, $3.3, Lego     271. Dmitry Rybolovlev, Russia, 40, $3.3, fertilizer     273. William Cook, Indiana, 75, $3.2, medical devices     273. Nicolas Hayek, Switzerland, 78, $3.2, Swatch     273. John Simplot and family, Idaho, 98, $3.2, potatoes,  microchips     273. Friede Springer, Germany, 64, $3.2, publishing     273. Steven Udvar-Hazy, California, 61, $3.2, International  Lease Finance     273. Leslie Wexner, Ohio, 69, $3.2, Limited Brands     279. Nadhmi Auchi, Britain, 69, $3.1, diversified     279. Elena Baturina, Russia, 44, $3.1, construction     279. Khalid Bin Mahfouz and family, Saudi Arabia, 60, $3.1,  banking     279. Edgar Bronfman Sr., New York, 77, $3.1, liquor     279. Albert Frere, Belgium, 81, $3.1, investments     279. Dilip Shanghvi, India, 51, $3.1, pharmaceuticals     279. Michael Ying, Hong Kong, 57, $3.1, Esprit     279. Chaleo Yoovidhya, Thailand, 75, $3.1, Red Bull     287. Abdulla Al Futtaim, United Arab Emirates, age unknown, $3,  auto dealers, investments     287. David and Frederick Barclay, Britain, ages unknown, $3,  media, retail     287. Lee Bass, Texas, 50, $3, oil, investments     287. Sid Bass, Texas, 64, $3, oil, investments     287. Clive Calder, Britain, 60, $3, record label     287. Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone, Italy, 64, $3, diversified     287. Steven Cohen, Connecticut, 51, $3, hedge funds     287. Jesus de Polanco, Spain, 77, $3, media     287. Maurice Greenberg, Florida, 81, $3, American International  Group     287. Otto Happel, Germany, 59, $3, engineering     287. Henry Hillman, Pennsylvania, 88, $3, industrialist     287. Indu Jain, India, 70, $3, media     287. Bruce Kovner, New York, 61, $3, hedge funds     287. Ronald Lauder, New York, 63, $3, Estee Lauder     287. Fredrik Lundberg, Sweden, 55, $3, real estate, investments     287. Dietrich Mateschitz, Austria, 62, $3, Red Bull     287. Patrick McGovern, New Hampshire, 69, $3, IDG     287. Arnon Milchan, Israel, 62, $3, New Regency     287. Mario Moretti Polegato, Italy, 54, $3, shoes     287. A. Jerrold Perenchio, California, 76, $3, Univision     287. Cyrus Poonawalla, India, 65, $3, biotech     287. Stefan Schorghuber, Germany, 45, $3, real estate     287. Steven Spielberg, California, 60, $3, movies     287. Teh Hong Piow, Malaysia, 77, $3, banking     287. Tsai Wan-Tsai and family, Taiwan, 77, $3, banking     287. Klaus Tschira, Germany, 66, $3, SAP     287. Peter Woo and family, Hong Kong, 61, $3, real estate     314. Mikhail Goutseriev, Russia, 49, $2.9, oil, real estate     314. Martha Ingram and family, Tennessee, 71, $2.9, Ingram  Industries     314. Lee Kun-Hee and family, South Korea, 65, $2.9, Samsung     314. Hiroshi Mikitani, Japan, 42, $2.9, e-commerce     314. Robert Miller, Canada, 61, $2.9, Future Electronics     314. Quek Leng Chan, Malaysia, 66, $2.9, banking     314. Moise Safra, Brazil, 72, $2.9, banking     314. Bruno Schroder and family, Britain, 74, $2.9, banking     314. Donald Trump, New York, 60, $2.9, real estate     323. Pierre Bellon and family, France, 77, $2.8, food services     323. Carlo Benetton, Italy, 63, $2.8, Benetton     323. Gilberto Benetton, Italy, 65, $2.8, Benetton     323. Giuliana Benetton, Italy, 69, $2.8, Benetton     323. Luciano Benetton, Italy, 71, $2.8, Benetton     323. Barbara Piasecka Johnson, United States/lives abroad, 70,  $2.8, inheritance     323. Richard Kinder, Texas, 63, $2.8, pipelines     323. Victor Pinchuk, Ukraine, 46, $2.8, steel pipes     323. Mitchell Rales, District of Columbia, 50, $2.8, Danaher  Corp.     323. Haim Saban, California, 62, $2.8, television     323. Takemitsu Takizaki, Japan, 61, $2.8, sensors     323. Dennis Washington, Montana, 72, $2.8, construction, mining,  transportation     323. Mortimer Zuckerman, New York, 69, $2.8, real estate, media     336. Juan Abello, Spain, 65, $2.7, investments     336. Riley Bechtel, California, 55, $2.7, engineering,  construction     336. Stephen Bechtel Jr., California, 81, $2.7, engineering,  construction     336. Charles Dolan and family, New York, 80, $2.7, Cablevision  Systems     336. David Gottesman, New York, 80, $2.7, investments     336. Graeme Hart, New Zealand, 51, $2.7, investments     336. Amos Hostetter Jr., Massachusetts, 70, $2.7, cable  television     336. Ann Walton Kroenke, Missouri, 57, $2.7, Wal-Mart     336. Hugo Mann and family, Germany, 93, $2.7, retail     336. Sergio Mantegazza, Switzerland, 79, $2.7, travel     336. Axel Oberwelland, Germany, 40, $2.7, candy     336. Steven Rales, District of Columbia, 55, $2.7, Danaher Corp.     336. Kjell Inge Rokke, Norway, 48, $2.7, shipping, seafood     349. Abdullah Al Rajhi, Saudi Arabia, age unknown, $2.6, banking     349. Heinz Bauer, Germany, 67, $2.6, publishing     349. Chen Din Hwa, Hong Kong, 84, $2.6, real estate     349. Heinz-Horst Deichmann, Germany, 80, $2.6, shoes     349. John Dorrance III, Ireland, 63, $2.6, Campbell Soup     349. Gabriel Escarrer, Spain, 72, $2.6, hotels     349. Masatoshi Ito, Japan, 82, $2.6, retail     349. Henry Kravis, New York, 63, $2.6, leveraged buyouts     349. Lee Shin Cheng, Malaysia, 67, $2.6, agriculture     349. Lui Che Woo, Hong Kong, 77, $2.6, construction, gaming     349. Kalanithi Maran, India, 41, $2.6, media     349. Wallace McCain, Canada, 77, $2.6, food     349. George Mitchell, Texas, 87, $2.6, Mitchell Energy     349. Carl Pohlad, Minnesota, 91, $2.6, banking     349. Grandhi Rao, India, 57, $2.6, infrastructure     349. George Roberts, California, 63, $2.6, leveraged buyouts     349. David Rockefeller Sr., New York, 91, $2.6, Standard Oil,  banking     349. Clemmie Spangler Jr., North Carolina, 74, $2.6, investments     349. Henry Sy, Philippines, 82, $2.6, malls     349. Jaime Zobel de Ayala and family, Philippines, 72, $2.6,  diversified     369. Majid Al Futtaim, United Arab Emirates, age unknown, $2.5,  real estate, retail     369. Khalaf Al Habtoor, United Arab Emirates, 57, $2.5,  construction     369. Roland Arnall, California, 68, $2.5, mortgages     369. Edward Bass, Texas, 62, $2.5, oil, investments     369. Ronald Burkle, California, 54, $2.5, supermarkets,  investments     369. Ray Dolby, California, 74, $2.5, Dolby Laboratories     369. Ennio Doris and family, Italy, 66, $2.5, insurance     369. Wesley Edens, New York, 45, $2.5, Fortress Investment Group     369. David Filo, California, 40, $2.5, Yahoo     369. Leona Mindy Rosenthal Helmsley, New York, 86, $2.5, real  estate     369. Joachim Herz, Germany, 64, $2.5, coffee     369. Paul Tudor Jones II, Connecticut, 53, $2.5, hedge funds     369. Min Kao, Kansas, 58, $2.5, navigation equipment     369. Joseph Lewis, Britain, 70, $2.5, finance     369. T. Boone Pickens, Texas, 78, $2.5, oil and gas, investments     369. Richard Pratt, Australia, 72, $2.5, packaging     369. Richard Rainwater, Texas, 62, $2.5, real estate, energy,  insurance     369. Stephen Ross, New York, 66, $2.5, real estate     369. Evgeny (Eugene) Shvidler, United States/lives abroad, 42,  $2.5, Millhouse Capital     369. Ronda Stryker, Michigan, 52, $2.5, Stryker Corp.     369. John Whittaker, Britain, 65, $2.5, real estate     390. Gianluigi and Rafaela Aponte, Switzerland, ages unknown,  $2.4, shipping     390. Charles Bronfman, Canada, 75, $2.4, liquor     390. Dhanin Chearavanont and family, Thailand, 67, $2.4,  agriculture     390. Yan Cheung, China, 49, $2.4, paper manufacturing     390. Alexander Frolov, Russia, 42, $2.4, mining, steel     390. Victor Fung, United States/lives abroad, 62, $2.4,  distribution

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how to extract info and retrieve it from written text?? for later analysis

1/what leads to what type of thing   2/ how to “store” building blocks of imporatnt events which are recorded only as a written text  ( politics, press conference statements etc.)

 im thinking about it a lot, but have no clue how.  let me here your opinion on it! 

FORMULA ONE: Decision-making software

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/911beaa2-c587-11db-9fae-000b5df10621.html

What distinguishes SmithBayes Playmaker software from other decision support systems is its heritage. It was conceived and nurtured in the high-speed world of Formula One racing.

World’s Oldest Newspaper Goes Digital

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6395622,00.html

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) – For centuries, readers thumbed through the crackling pages of Sweden’s Post-och Inrikes Tidningar newspaper. No longer. The world’s oldest paper still in circulation has dropped its paper edition and now exists only in cyberspace. The newspaper, founded in 1645 by Sweden’s Queen Kristina, became a Web-only publication on Jan. 1. It’s a fate, many ink-stained writers and readers fear, that may await many of the world’s most venerable journals.

Where is the window-dressing?? from Biriniy Associates

 

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