Playing the Percentages

I love weird names. Here are a few to amuse you, from a cool web site called Devil's Derivatives Zine. Mr. Five Percent Living proof that size isn't everything. He allegedly owned five percent of the world's copper supply, his enormous trades moved the market, and he lost $2.6 billion for Sumitomo. Another nickname for Yasuo Hamanaka ("Mr. Copper"). Cf. "gigabite". (Thanks to Ann Van Mele of Lester Associates, Inc.) Mr. Ten Percent A number of men have assumed this title, including: 1. Pakistani President Benazir's Bhutto's husband, Asif Zardari, "originally known as 'Mr Ten Percent', had his name changed to 'Mr Forty Percent' after his appointment as Minister for Investments." 2. Mexican President Carlos Salinas's brother, Raul Salinas, had the nickname "Mr. Ten Percent", at least in Mexican business and political circles. There's also a cool list of place names from around the world with numbers in them, such as Nine Mile Point, New York or Ten Sleep, Wyoming. Find it at answers.com.