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German industrialist commits suicide
Calcutta News.Net
Tuesday 6th January, 2009
A German billionaire has committed suicide due to money problems.
Adolf Merckle, broken by the financial crisis, saw his business empire run into trouble with US$535 million dollar losses due to poor share purchases.
He was ranked as the world's 94th richest person in 2008.
His family companies still control a number of German businesses which employ about 100,000 workers.
The 74-year-old's body was found on Monday near railway tracks in southern Germany.
Mr Merckle is survived by his four children.
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Anonymous
01-06-09, 11:36 PM |
German industrialist commits suicide
people with rich background will take his/her life if they lost their wealth because they felt they are a failure and they do not want to wash dirty dishes.
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balbalatong!!!
01-07-09, 07:45 AM |
Health is wealth
Enough is not Enough with this kind of people. A 74 year old man committing suicide just because he losses means not healthy he didn’t enjoy throughout his life.Greediness is a virus that will not give peace and happiness it creates fear.What is the difference between contentment and fullfilment?
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Joe Mccann
01-10-09, 12:47 AM |
Adolf Merkle
What’s so strange is he had only lost some of his money.He still had much more then he lost.There are so many people his age who live on nothing.He would have never have been poor,and still he couldn’t find the strength to keep living.
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ern
01-07-09, 03:21 PM |
it’s just money why kill yourself?your health is more important nowadays when you reach that age
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