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Over the last month, Kenya was gripped by the kind of fever usually seen only when a Mega Millions lottery jackpot creeps past the $100 million range. In the aftermath of the country's violent political spasm, the mania was perceived as a sure bet on prosperity: the initial public offering of East Africa's most profitable company, the mobile phone service provider Safaricom...
...themselves. And to maintain a social conscience, part of the new revenue will also be used to treat gambling addictions—which, thanks to Connecticut’s casinos, are nothing new. Though the plan may disgust a sheltered few, it looks to be a jackpot for Massachusetts and its citizens...
...thanks to Vincent DeDomenico, San Francisco has Rice-A-Roni. The sons of Italian immigrants, DeDomenico and his brothers began experimenting with food recipes at their parents' pasta business during the 1930s, mixing ingredients like long-grain white rice, pieces of vermicelli and chicken broth. Eventually they hit the jackpot, creating packaged, easy-to-make rice and pasta dishes. In 1986 they sold their company to Quaker Oats for about $300million. DeDomenico...
...play and not made the playoffs. On Sept. 12, the day the Mets led the National League East by seven games, Baseball Prospectus, the noted statistical Web site, rated New York’s chances of missing the playoffs at 500-1. On Sunday, the Mets hit the infamous jackpot.” I read that on ESPN right before leaving for Central Square. So I was in a foul mood when I got there, and it wasn’t getting any better when I saw a Phillies hat walk through the door. Watching your team implode...
...should ponder his future. Both suggestions seem unfair. The cash made available to the banks is being put up at a punitive rate, meaning those that access the funds will be charged interest well above the central bank's base rate of 5.75%. And it's hardly a jackpot; banks are limited in how much they can draw on. The cash boost, says David Buik at BGC Partners in London, is "purely symbolic." Besides, Buik says, how much help the funds would have been to a beleaguered Northern Rock is something "we'll never know...