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...injected another kind of novelty into the region: stock fever. The newspapers were filled with ads offering loans - usually with exorbitant interest rates - to help Kenyans buy shares. Poor people who didn't even have bank accounts complained about a minimum investment requirement of 10,000 shillings (just over $150). And on the first day of the IPO, thousands of people lined up in downtown Nairobi to snap up shares. It was perhaps most emblematic that one Kenyan newspaper the Daily Nation, referred to potential investors as "punters," as if by buying Safaricom shares they were betting on a racehorse...
...deeply unpopular among supporters who wanted to invest. "Mr. Odinga has always supported the privatization of Safaricom but has objected to secretive manner in which it was conducted," Odinga spokesman Salim Lone said. "He did not want his supporters not to buy something that other people in the country - poor people with 10,000 shillings to spare - were going to be buying...
...these stories—while of more immediate importance to students and more persistent concern nationally—are nowhere near as sexy or provocative as religious clashes, especially when those clashes involve Muslims. Instead, they involve in-depth reporting and nuance; they take time and dedication, making them poor candidates for filling space on short notice...
...Friday with a 3-1 victory (26-30, 30-20, 30-24, 30-16), Harvard could not overcome NYU (19-6, 7-1), falling to the Violets for the second time this season, 3-0 (30-24, 31-29, 31-29).“It definitely ended on a poor note with the loss to NYU yesterday,” senior Brian Rapp said. “We really got our team back on track with the win at Sacred Heart. We were looking to use that game to work out our lineup situation and go into NYU and beat...
Down 5-4, the Crimson comeback attempt was permanently finished as the Lancers reeled off four straight goals in the last quarter to ice the victory. Poor shooting accuracy and missed opportunities spelled doom for Harvard. The team was only two of eight from its man advantages and despite shooting 20 times at the net the Crimson only had four goals to show...