And even if they are having to work more to stay in the same place, they see their own fortunes as better than the nation's are.

The flamboyant chief executive of the semiconductor maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is seeing his company's fortunes rise after a $53.6 million loss last year.

Newly elected KMT chairman Ma Ying-jeou saw his political fortunes bolstered by his party's election success.

In contrast, several returning council members have seen their fortunes wane with the change in speakers.

Seeing his fortunes at an end, he determined to close his career by a signal act of vengeance.

Indeed, politicians have already begun to see their fortunes shifting, with Republicans predicting a rosy future among the land of malls and Democrats bemoaning their fate.

They see their fortunes as being linked.

If Bolton were able to fix/add some defensive steel they could see their fortunes turn around quite quickly.

But the state of his lawyers' thinking on the subject revealed more than warring tactics; it has been a barometer of how they see their fortunes faring.

As Japan's longtime financial ambassador to the world, the Bank of Tokyo became used to seeing its fortunes mirror the international successes of corporate Japan.