The donation by Mr. Bass, the youngest of four billionaire brothers from Texas, was one of the biggest ever received by Yale and is believed to be the biggest that a university has ever agreed to give back.

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Bangladesh is second only to China in the supply chain of billionaire brothers Victor and William Fung's global sourcing giant Li & Fung Ltd, a Hong Kong-based company.

"The billionaire brothers," according to the campaign's official website, "bankroll a vast network of organizations that work to undermine the interests of the 99% on issues ranging from Social Security to the environment to civil rights."

The action was sparked in part by attention given to Charles and David Koch, billionaire brothers who support Wisconsin's Republican Gov. Walker and have spent millions of dollars on conservative causes.

But Forge, an imprint of St. Martin's Press, was in no hurry to throw a big-bucks bash for an author without a track record, no matter how many billionaire brothers and jet-setting friends she had.

Yet, if you look at his political DNA, it seems more accurate to describe Cain as the spawn of the billionaire brothers.

Except for the hubris of believing running for president because one has the backing of billionaire "brothers of another mother" and because God told you to do it, there might be an equivalency.

Maybe the top guys at Koch Industries, the billionaire brothers themselves, didn't know about the skimming game; maybe there was a good explanation.

Mrs. Bass, who is 65, is the ex-wife of Sid Bass, one of four billionaire brothers from Texas whose family fortune was initially made in the oil business.