Amid ad slump, Fortune redesigns business magazine

Fortune is embarking on an ambitious redesign of its business magazine, as a vicious advertising slump is forcing the publication to cut the number of issues published and ditch old standbys like CEO covers to become more competitive.

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Financial reports: Kennedy wealth tens of millions

Annual federal financial disclosure forms give a glimpse into Sen. Edward Kennedy's wealth at the time of his death. Kennedy, like other members of Congress, was required to report assets held by himself, his wife and any dependents.

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Fortune helped fuel Kennedy family legacy, agenda

Sen. Edward Kennedy's family fortune not only fueled his brothers' presidential campaigns and his eight terms in the U.S. Senate, it also helped drive the family's liberal legacy and forge Kennedy's lifelong crusade for universal health care.

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Sept. 11 victims pursue bin Laden family fortune

As the United States continues its long manhunt for Osama bin Laden, victims of Sept. 11 are in the midst of their own bin Laden pursuit: for his family's vast fortune.

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Feng Shui Master in Hong Kong Court

The battle for the fortune of Asia's wealthiest woman moved into the courtroom Monday, with a feng shui master, a charity and the dead woman's father-in-law all claiming the right to her billions.

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Will of Asia's Richest Woman in Dispute

Nina Wang, Asia's richest woman at the time of her death, left her $4 billion fortune to a master of feng shui, the Chinese belief that fortunes can be improved by timing and the layout of objects, such as furniture, according to the man's lawyer.

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Retiree Flushes Money Down Toilet

A retiree in northern Germany flushed some 30,000 marks (euro15,300, US$18,900) down the toilet, believing the old bank notes were worthless, police said.

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Exxon Dethrones Wal-Mart on Fortune 500

Skyrocketing energy prices propelled Exxon Mobil Corp. to the top of the 2006 Fortune 500 list, and consigned Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to the No. 2 spot on the magazine's annual ranking of the nation's largest publicly traded companies.

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X-Rated Fortune Cookies Top Off Fundraiser

There is great embarrassment in your future. A box of X-rated fortune cookies was mistakenly delivered to a fundraiser hosted by a Brooklyn politician.

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Superlatives have attached themselves to Jobs since he was a young man. Now that he's 54, merely listing his achievements is sufficient explanation of why he's Fortune's CEO of the Decade (though the superlatives continue).

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Leona Helmsley's dog, Trouble, may be living quietly enough in Florida, but back in New York there's a lot of barking about the way the late hotel queen's millions are being given away.

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The Perils of Having Fame Without Fortune as a Writer! :o(

Having been established in Britain with my own training magazine, I joined Ezine.com in January 2007 as one of their new writers seeking global exposure for my writing.

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Unless corporate leaders take charge of their fate, government will become more and more a master.

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A Mandarin pharmacy was recently struck by a thief who made off with a small fortune in prescription narcotics after hiding in the business while police scoured the crime scene.

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Berkshire's (BRKA, Fortune 500) shares have taken a beating. The A stock dropped from $142,000 at yearend 2007 to $96,600 a year later, and in 2009 it has fallen further, closing at $78,600 yesterday. From its top of $151,000, hit in late 2007, the stock is down 48%.

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Preview Aggregate 001: Among Thieves

Preview Aggregate 001: Among Thieves Aggregate Preview is a collection of details and information, in the form of a videogame preview, gathered from all across the web.

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In Pictures: They've been transformed into average folk by computer wizards for a new viral email. It also features mock-ups of how Jo-Lo, Tom Cruise and Britney might have looked without fame and fortune.

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The top 100 best places to live and launch a small business named by Fortune Small Business-

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Germany's richest woman Susanne Klatten has said she is being blackmailed by a man who threatened to release pictures of them together if she did not pay him millions of euros (dollars), according to her spokesman.

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I will never forget Edward Fabish; he made me rich.

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Scott Storch is apparently still broke. Billboard.com says the hip hop producer is "hobbled by debt" and "mismanagement" after owing more than $500,000 in real estate taxes.

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The multibillion fortune of New York's "Queen of Mean" could be going to the dogs.

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A woman born out of wedlock to a direct descendant of the family that struck it rich marketing Jell-O more than a century ago has been denied what she considers her just desserts.

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Venture capitalist, former Apple executive and writer Jean-Louis Gassée takes issue with Peter Elkind's rip on Steve Jobs in the recent issue of Fortune.

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Once again, Steve Jobs is on the cover of Fortune magazine. He is there because Apple is the most admired company in America. No, wait. He is there because investigative reporter Peter Elkind wrote a 12-page takedown of his Steveness. It turns out both are true.

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LOS ANGELES — Britney Spears's klieg-lighted meltdown sent her to the psychiatric ward twice, and left her long-divorced parents, her brother, and a SWAT team of lawyers and accountants grappling with how to protect her from predatory hangers-on, from the paparazzi who dog he …

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LOS ANGELES — Britney Spears's klieg-lighted meltdown sent her to the psychiatric ward twice, and left her long-divorced parents, her brother, and a SWAT team of lawyers and accountants grappling with how to protect her from predatory hangers-on, from the paparazzi who dog he …

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Some are empire builders. Others are hired guns. But if they truly have world-class oomph, they're on Fortune's subjective - yet really quite accurate - list of the most powerful businesspeople in the world.

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NEW YORK - Another Spears baby is reportedly on the way — and it's not Britney's. Jamie Lynn Spears, the 16-year-old "Zoey 101" star and sister of Britney, told OK! magazine that she's pregnant and that the father is her boyfriend, Casey Aldridge.

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A pampered pooch who inherited $12 million has fled to Florida under an assumed name after receiving death threats.

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The CEO of the largest U.S. cable company talks about his company's ailing stock, competition from satellite and phone rivals, and ongoing tussles with the NFL. Don't call him the cable guy.

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....some of the world's wealthiest people aren't so flashy. They're frugal--for billionaires, at least.

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Constellation Brands Inc., the world's largest wine maker, has agreed to buy Fortune Brands Inc.'s wine unit for $885 million (U.S.).

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The messages in fortune cookies are typically vague, banal and optimistic. But some cookies are now serving up some surprisingly downbeat advice. "Today is a disastrous day. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em," reads one fortune showing up around the country.

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