While the Rice family ventures aren't giant, they aren't tiny.
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The BlackRock spokeswoman says the fund's investment in Alpha had nothing to do with Mr. Rice's family ties.
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Like all the Gilan growers, the family eats rice at least twice a day.
In 2005, Mr. Rice founded and became the principal investor in Rice Energy, a family firm.
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Not only is the traditional suckling pig, generally served in times of celebration, available on many menus, but many additional dishes with special meaning highlight these holiday menus such as noodles which symbolize longevity, sweet rice dumplings symbolic of family unity, and shrimp which represents happiness.
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But Chandra, who quit high school to help out with his family's rice trading business, is not one to give up.
In 1979, Tolbert caused a riot by announcing an increase in the price of rice, from which his family stood to benefit.
"I have already let go about 20% of our employees, because I knew this day was coming about, " Mr. Ottis said, adding that his family had been involved in rice farming for almost 100 years and had lived through droughts, but none this bad.
"The Jackson family was groomed to be a team, " said Linda Johnson Rice, president and CEO of Ebony and Jet magazines' Johnson Publishing and a longtime family friend.
But after Alpha teamed up with his family firm in early 2010, Mr. Rice's BlackRock fund acquired another 3 million shares, topping out at 9% of assets.
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Although many family and educational factors can mold a man like Rice, you can be certain his experience in youth sports has played a major role in honing his understanding of acceptable behavior in sports as an adult.
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He's a rice farmer, and the price he is paid for his crop simply cannot support a family.
Hena's family hailed from rural Shariatpur, crisscrossed by murky rivers that lend waters to rice paddies and lush vegetable fields.
Mr Hale, speaking via satellite telephone, says his family is struggling with an old power generator and food that is not much more than rice and flour.
Luckily, as soon as we resettled, west of Camp Pendleton in San Clemente, my mother began cooking up a storm, recreating family favorites as she was able to find Vietnamese staples such as fish sauce and sticky rice.
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