The run up in business school applications during the recession has created a windfall for essay writers.

Another great strategy is to direct any windfalls that you receive into your emergency fund until it's fully funded.

So the market price of online storage, at least for email, has now fallen to zero (see "Webmail Windfall").

The country has vast foreign-exchange reserves and has in recent years ring-fenced its gas-revenue windfall by directing excess revenues into the national development fund.

All of which is a roundabout way of saying that Yao's career has been a financial windfall for the NBA, making the organization truly one of the great success stories of American business in China.