1.   At one time, its publishing empire included several newspapers and Look magazine.

2.   At the height of his power, his empire included Spain, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, Naples and Spanish possessions in the Americas.

3.   But hard times have fallen on this slender, mustachioed Colombian, whose personal empire allegedly includes much of the cocaine trade in New York and New Jersey.

4.   But not Jean-Georges Vongerichten, the chef whose restaurant empire includes Jean Georges and Mercer Kitchen.

5.   But investors say they have complete confidence in Colangelo, whose sports empire includes the Phoenix Suns, Phoenix Mercury and Arizona Rattlers.

6.   DeLuca is controlled by the William Wirtz family of Chicago, whose half-billion-dollar business empire includes the Blackhawks hockey team.

7.   His empire also includes Morgans, the Royalton and the Paramount hotels in New York and the soon-to-be overhauled Mondrian in Los Angeles.

8.   His empire also includes two restaurants, a fashion line, a film development company and a technology company.

9.   His media empire includes the NTV television station, Ekho Moskvy, the newspaper Segodnya and magazine Itogi.

10.   Murdoch, whose media empire also includes the Fox television network, has been in a dispute with the Federal Communications Commission over his television holdings.