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Billionaires don’t go bankrupt, millionaires sometimes do. Ordinary people may wonder how people with wealth beyond what most of us can comprehend managed to file for bankruptcy. It can happen to anyone. Think that all those famous millionaires –popular actors and artists of extraordinary genius, professional athletes and legendary business founders, distinguished writers and accomplished

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According to Ellen Florian Kratz, Fortune writer, Brad Duke, 34, a manager for five Gold's Gym franchises in Idaho, pocketed a lump sum of $85 million after winning a $220 million Powerball jackpot in 2005. He spent the first month of his new life assembling a team of financial advisors. His goal: to use his winnings to become a billionaire. Here's what Duke has done with his money so far. $45

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As part of their defense in a messy SEC investigation, Goldman Sachs and investor John Paulson have trotted out a classic Wall Street defense: Their customers were "sophisticated investors."So buyers, beware -- this is just how the big boys roll. It's a high-stakes game for experienced players; they all know the real rules; the public shouldn't care. Don't fret over the higher workings of the

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A Los Angeles couple who hit the 266-million-dollar jackpot in a multi-state lottery said Thursday that the bumper payday would not change them.Jacki and Gilbert Cisneros became California's newest millionaires on Tuesday when they struck paydirt in the Mega Millions Lottery after the prize total had rolled over to an eye-popping 266 million dollars.The win instantly obliterated the couple's

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These days especially, state government could use a few million-dollar ideas. Now it's even willing to pay for them.A bill approved by the House and Senate last week will give state workers cash bonuses for their money-saving ideas. Original concepts that result in documented savings could earn their owners up to $25,000."You give away peanuts, you get monkeys," said Sen. Harold Giard, an Addison

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WHY IS it that clever ideas also seem to be simple ideas and that being innovative doesn’t necessarily equate to high tech? Innovative, money-making ideas can often be disarmingly low tech and yet enjoy substantial financial returns.I ask this in light of the launch last month by President Mary McAleese of the “Your Country Your Call” competition. Major money is on offer, two prizes of €100,000

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The family of Florida lottery winner Abraham Shakespeare has probably been dreading this day since they reported him missing last November.The Hillsborough County Sheriff's office confirmed Friday that remains found a day earlier were those of Shakespeare. Police used fingerprints to identify the 43-year-old truck driver's assistant who won a $31 million lottery jackpot in 2006.The body was found

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Germans, Austrians and other foreigners are heading into Italy to play the lottery ahead of a record euro131.5 ($186 million) jackpot, including some who flew into Milan for a few hours just for a chance to win Thursday night.Germany's top-selling Bild newspaper said 140 passengers aboard a chartered Air Berlin jet won a phone-in contest for free airline tickets aboard an early afternoon flight

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These days, keeping your budget in line isn't measured by the amount you spend, but by how much you save.Cut back on these 7 items and you could save roughly $1,000 a year.1) Music DownloadsFor the longest time, Apple iPod and iPhone owners were stuck downloading their music from iTunes, while consumers with other MP3 players couldn't put the service's content on their devices. But now, most

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Yet another story of lottery winner comes from Florida:Fruitland Park woman can now call herself a millionaire thanks to scratching off the right lottery ticket.Joanna Raulerson, 52, recently traveled to Tallahassee to claim a $1 million prize from the Florida Lottery, officials said Monday. Raulerson was one of two recent million-dollar winners in the lottery's new Billion Dollar Blockbuster

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Often, an idea which might not seem of interest to most people can have this special 'smell' for someone with creative skills. There seems to be some sort of instinct at work. However, it is more a sense of judgment developed through experience.At the early stages of an idea, the point of interest is difference. Something that is different, or perhaps the opposite, of the norm will always arouse

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As investment schemes, state lotteries are about as sound as a Bernard Madoff venture. But at least one lottery might be worth it — if you do the math. When the jackpot for the match-six-numbers Massachusetts Cash WinFall tops $2 million without a winner, the prize money rolls down to the lower-tier winners, dramatically increasing the value of a win for people who match 2, 3, 4, or 5 numbers.

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Here is nice story from SmartMoney I've read today. Look at this:1. "You may think I'm rich, but I don't." A million dollars may sound like a fortune to most people, and folks with that much cash can't complain — they're richer than 90 percent of U.S. households and earn $366,000 a year, on average, putting them in the top 1 percent of taxpayers. But the club isn't so exclusive anymore. Some 10

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Once you've come up with tentatively satisfying answers to the originality, production and distribution, and saleability questions, it's time to consider protecting your idea. After all, it looks like you have something.If you do have a patentable item, it's time to look into trying to protect it under the patent laws. Here briefly are the steps you'll need to follow: * Obtain a patent

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1. Carry a notebook. Seriously, carry it everywhere. I can’t tell you how many awesome ideas I’ve lost simply because I forgot to bring my notebook. And you know why I can’t tell you? Because I didn’t write them down. Carry your notebook everywhere, always have some kind of writing implement, and write things down immediately. Of course, you may need to pull your car over to avoid an accident …

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I'll talk about new internet phenomenon today - probably, next Million Dollar Idea in the Web, called "The Social Millionaire".The overall idea of The Social Millionaire is very simple; the site is focused around a list of links where users can bid on keywords they would like to be associated with, and the highest bidder gets their keyword link displayed. At a first glance, the site seems

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Money doesn’t always bring happiness. People with $10 million are no happier than people with $9 million.” – Hobart BrownHow do you think?

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It's very popular question. Indeed, How do I copyright my million dollar ideas?That's right answer from Yahoo Answers:Ideas cannot be copyrighted, only the EXPRESSION of ideas.Federal statutory copyright comes into existence when you fix the idea in a tangible medium of expression. However, you gain additional rights by placing a copyright notice on it (either by placing the word "copyright", or

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Ok, you have your million dollar idea and you want to avoid an invention company scam. Look at the following tips how to do it. 1. Ask for their success rate: Ask for in writing the number of ideas they have represented and how many inventors made more money than they invested. 2. Ask for references: Ask for the names of three satisfied customers that you can talk to. 3. Avoid too much

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So, you've had an idea for an invention or an innovative way of doing something that will boost productivity, put more people to work, and make lots of money for you and anyone who backs you? As you've probably heard, you're the kind of person your country needs to compete in world markets and maintain its standard of living. You're the cutting edge of the future.You are another of those

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Million dollar ideas can have drawbacks. When information is freely shared, good ideas can stunt innovation by distracting others from pursuing even better ideas, according to Indiana University cognitive scientist Robert Goldstone."How do you structure your community so you get the best solution out of the group?" Goldstone said. "It turns out not to be effective if different inventors and labs

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One of the readers has just sent funny news from Denver.Producers of the Meow Mix Game Show will be in Denver over the weekendlooking for cat-testants to appear on game show that producers say will test howwell people can think like their cat.The audition processes includes a quiz on general feline knowledge aswell as a Hollywood style screen test to see how well cat and human appear oncamera.The

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My work requires me to interact with many types of people. And, during the course of my meeting them I have come up with three categories of people so far, based on my observations on how people manage their work: People who rely one-hundred-percent on their memory. These people remember each and every detail of what has been discussed. People who do not rely on their memory, and always carry a

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Here are 5 ways to profit from the million dollar ideas.Assume your idea is terrible. Assuming an idea is terrible can be quite liberating. This is not the same as not believing in what you are doing and it is not about being negative. On the contrary, it is about changing the frame of reference to give due consideration to the real operating conditions. Consider the advantage of having accurate

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More and more data go speeding along the information superhighway every day. Only trouble is, the roads in the U.S. are too narrow, and they're getting clogged. Unless carrying capacity increases rapidly, Internet users will experience more and more traffic jams in the form of slower service.So capital spending is going to have to ramp up. And no two companies should benefit more than Corning,

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