[lbo-talk] Billionaire Allen to invest in Bangladesh

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On 5/7/05, uvj at vsnl.com <uvj at vsnl.com> wrote:
> Reuters.com
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> Billionaire Allen to invest in Bangladesh
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> Fri May 6, 2005
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> DHAKA (Reuters) - The billionaire co-founder of Microsoft plans to spend $1.6 billion building Bangladesh power and fertilizer plants, marking the second-biggest investment into the poor but fast-growing nation.
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> Paul Allen, the world's seventh-richest person according to Forbes magazine, will make the investment through Global Vulcan Energy International, a wholly-owned subsidiary of his personal investment vehicle, Vulcan Capital.

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Gee, he just managed to suck $350million out of the WA legislature for
his biotech fantasies rather than ponying up all the cash himself
[with his rich friends] after pillaging same for stadiums and
elections. No wonder he has so much cash available...........Socialism
of costs/risks, corporatization of gains.................

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