An eye-popping and unprecedented Powerball jackpot whose rise to $1.6bn (€1.47bn) became a USA national fascination will be split three ways.

Greencore expects to see a significant step-up in profits in its US operations over the next couple of years after seeing its ‘food-to-go’ policy generate impressive growth on both sides of the Atlantic over the past 12 months.

Greencore has said it remains confident of achieving 8%-14% growth in adjusted earnings per share this year, on the back of delivering a 6.2% annualised revenue rise in its third quarter.

Greencore’s US operations could have the capacity to generate annual revenues of $600m to $700m (€540m to €625m) within three years.

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Greencore hasn’t ruled out the prospect of making more acquisitions in the US as part of its ongoing growth and investment strategy.

Greencore’s first production facility on the west coast of the US could nudge overall long-term annual revenue capability from its American operations up to almost $700 million (€563m).

Greencore has reported a near 7% year-on-year increase in third-quarter revenues, adding that it remains on track to meet full-year earnings targets.

Greencore has said its US operations should have the capacity to generate up to $600m in annual revenues, once recently announced expansion plans come on stream.

Greencore is to adopta “two-pronged approach” of organic and acquisition-led growth in its US operations, telling shareholders yesterday that the prospects in that market are so strong that no opportunity can be ignored.

Greencore’s annual results have exceeded market expectations, despite this year’s horsemeat scandal wiping about £15m from its full-year revenues.

Four Russian nationals and a Ukrainian have been charged in the US with running a sophisticated hacking organisation, stealing at least 160 million credit card numbers and causing losses of hundreds of millions of dollars.

Davy Stockbrokers has ditched its long-held ‘neutral’ rating on the Greencore stock and upgraded to ‘outperform’, saying the US market could provide significant long-term growth potential for the Dublin-headquartered convenience food giant.

Greencore expects to meet its main targets for its current financial year, despite the recent horsemeat scandal knocking about £6m (€7m) off its revenues to date.

The father of the Boston bombing suspects, Anzor Tsarnaev, claims his sons were set up.

The two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing were from the Russian region near Chechnya, sources have told the Associated Press, as a massive police manhunt continues for the surviving suspect.

Sources have told the Associated Press that that the Boston bomb suspects are from a Russian region near Chechnya and have lived in the US for at least one year.

The wife of an Indian-born lottery winner who was poisoned with cyanide said she was devastated by his death and cannot believe her husband could have had enemies.

With no signs of trauma and nothing to raise suspicions, the sudden death of a Chicago man just as he was about to collect nearly $425,000 in lottery winnings was initially ruled a result of natural causes.

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Greencore has acquired US snacks producer HC Schau & Son for around €15.5m, of which€10.4m is being paid in cash.

The $36m (€27.3m) acquisition of Marketfare Foods by Greencore will increase the Irish plc’s US operations by 70%.

A McDonald’s employee claims she holds a winning ticket from the Mega Millions jackpot worth $640m (€480m) — and is refusing to share her winnings with her syndicate colleagues.

The largest lottery jackpot in US history — a whopping $656mn (€492m) — will be shared by the buyers of three winning Mega Millions tickets in Illinois, Kansas and Maryland, but their identities remained a mystery, lottery officials said on Saturday.

Thai troops clashed with protesters for a third day in Bangkok today, as streets in the centre of the city became battlegrounds and authorities struggled to contain Red Shirt demonstrators demanding the prime minister's resignation.

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A former US government informant was charged over the country’s largest case of credit and debit card data theft.

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Bill Murray has broken his silence over his alleged drink driving arrest in Sweden last month, insisting he was only "dropping people off" home following a golf tournament.

The Simpsons' fictional convenience store Kwik-E-Mart has become a reality thanks to a publicity stunt by 7-Eleven bosses in America.

STANLEY Tookie Williams, who was executed in California yesterday, maintained his innocence right up until his death, even when an admission of guilt may have spared him execution.

Convicted killer Stanley "Tookie" Williams, the Crips gang co-founder whose case stirred a debate about capital punishment and the possibility of redemption, was executed this morning.

Gov Arnold Schwarzenegger refused to block the execution of Stanley Tookie Williams, rejecting the notion that the founder of the murderous Crips gang had atoned for his crimes and found redemption on death row.

Gangster Stanley Tookie Williams will be killed by lethal injection today after California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger refused to block his execution.

Stanley Tookie Williams, co-founder of the Crips street gang, moved a step closer to the death chamber when the California Supreme Court refused to reopen his case in four murders and halt the state’s highest-profile execution since the death penalty was reinstated nearly three decades ago.

Technology firm Trintech has announced a major deal with 7-Eleven, the world's largest convenience retailer.

A Y2K-type computer bug hit cash registers in 7-Eleven stores in the US, causing them to read the New Year as 1901 instead of 2001.