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American billionaire investor George Soros, left, turns to look at journalists during his appeal hearing against a French conviction for insider trading, in the Paris justice court Thursday, Feb. 10, 2005. The Hungarian-born financier was fined 2.2 million euro (US$ 2.8 million) in Dec. 2002, matching the amount he was accused of having made from buying and selling shares of French bank Societe Generale with insider knowledge 17 years ago. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)