German billionaire commits suicide due to financial crisis (People's Daily)

German billionaire Adolf Merckle has committed suicide after his business empire was plunged into difficulties due to the financial crisis, his family said Tuesday. Merckle, 74, threw himself under a train on Monday evening at his hometown of Blaubeuren, a small town near southern Germany city of Ulm, and a railway worker found his body by the side of the track, German news agency DPA reported. ...

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