| 1 | GOME said there are 381 such stores owned by Mr. Huang under its management, including Jinan Wansheng and Kunming Hengda. | |
| 2 | Trading in shares in Gome, the country's largest appliance chain, was halted amid talk that its billionaire founder, Huang Guangyu, had been detained. | |
| 3 | As usual in China, Huang' s ascent and his downfall seem to have coincided with influence wielded by powerful men inside the government bureaucracy. | |
| 4 | Earlier this week, local media reports said Huang was being questioned in connection with an investigation into share price manipulation involving a company controlled by his brother. | |
| 5 | Successful businesspeople often are linked to Communist Party figures and prosecutions can be prompted by political struggles, though it is unclear what triggered Huang's case. |