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Chinese electronics tycoon in court

Vocabulary

dropped out of school

left school without finishing his course of study

a market stall

a small open-air portable shop

a chain

a group of shops or businesses which are owned by one person or group

canny investments

cleverly putting money into a business in the hope of making profits in the future

estimated to be in excess of

thought to be more than

in detention

when someone is officially kept in a police station or prison without being first found guilty of doing anything wrong

insider trading

the illegal buying and selling of company shares by someone who has special information because they are involved with the company

bribery

the act of trying to get someone to do what you want them to do, usually something dishonest, by giving them money

a subsidiary

a company which is owned by a larger company

shareholder

someone who owns some of the equal parts into which the ownership of a company is divided, and who is awarded some of the profit (or loss) that the company makes