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美国第一家庭的装潢偏好
in Wangtam, on 2009-02-13
巴拉克•奥巴马(Barack Obama)成为美国第44届总统的就职典礼，令白宫(White House)翻开一页新历史。不过这个作为第一家庭办公、私宅以及正式庆典场所的廊柱型建筑，即将迎来的远不止是不同的主人。
第一家庭热衷留下个人印记
一旦新总统宣誓就职，这个坐落在华盛顿特区拉菲特广场(Lafayette Square)和椭圆形草坪(The Ellipse)之间的、有着208年历史的执政官官邸，将进行翻新改造，范围从入口大厅(Entrance Hall)直至林肯卧室(Lincoln Bedroom)。正如遴选内阁职位和移交国家机密一样，对白宫装潢的翻新历来是权力有序交接过程的...
Endowment Investing Options
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on September 2, 2008
... 100 Women in hedge funds is presenting Notre Dame's Scott Malpass to discuss how endowments approach investments and stay the course in these curious and uncertain times. The event is bein...
Six organizational pathologies
in Sox First, on July 10, 2007
...d "charis", a gift or reward. And in the classical Christian texts, a charism is a divine endowment from the Holy Spirit. In other words, charismatic leaders are almost seen as super-human a...
Hedge Funds & Business
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on May 2, 2007
...ference of the Chartered Financial Analysts Institute. Swensen achieved fame by managing Yale's endowment and producing a 15.4 percent-a-year return from 1985 on.
Swensen said that he has two ...
The ghost of Ken Lay and the university chair
in Sox First, on February 28, 2007
...n, dean of the College of Arts and Science, claiming that you can't just drop the name. Once an endowment has been established, he says, the only people that can change it are the donors. And with...
The Billie-anthropists ...
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on December 5, 2006
...mous philanthropist, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, continued to tap into his enormous $32 billion (endowment) Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to fight poverty and improve health and education aroun...
Tiffany Gives Gem Money
in The Jewelry Weblog, on June 9, 2006
...ler Harry Winston.
$1 million from the Tiffany gift will be invested in the Smithsonian Trust. The endowment will pay out about $50,000 per year at the start. The museum will also use part of the Tif...
Road Trip to celebrate Mother's Day
in The Flyaway Weblog, on May 2, 2006
...logy, astrology and spiritualism, Sedona would be your best bet. Sedona has an impressive natural endowment that you'd find lots of activities to keep you entertained. You can choose to hike and...
Yale and China: History Fosters Dragon Investment Opportunity
in China Venture News, on April 24, 2006
...might very well be related to " historical quanxi."
The decision allows Yale's endowment investors to tap one of the world's fastest growing economies. The university's en...
Winemakers Do Good
in Celebrate Wine, on April 19, 2006
...er 2004, Brian Talley and his wife, Johnine, established The Fund for Vineyard and Farm Workers, an endowment fund that provides grants to nonprofit organizations that benefit farmworkers in San Luis ...
International development news ...
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on April 10, 2006
...aise money from governments, international lending institutions and the private sector to create an endowment bearing interest that will cover those costs indefinitely.
"We're hoping that t...
About me
in China Venture News, on July 20, 2005
...onors in English and American Studies from the University of Maryland and have been a past National Endowment Fellow at Yale University. I presently divide my time between the Savannah River and the M...
the music industry is changing
in TJ's Weblog, on March 8, 2004
...to live music; music education is funded for all communities.
Musiclink fills a void. The National Endowment of the Arts no longer supports individual artists. The "Go Fish" granting proces...
are we pricing goods rational?
in TJ's Weblog, on September 7, 2003
...t into the neoclassical vs. behaviouralists economists battle.
The article elaborates on the "endowment effect ", which means that people place an extra value on things they own. It c...
pricing strategies
in TJ's Weblog, on July 28, 2003
...g from MIT is here .
I have written another entry about rationality of individual pricing and the endowment effect that might be of interest too - here ....