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美国第一家庭的装潢偏好
in Wangtam, on February 12, 2009
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...
$8 Billion Evaporates from Harvard's Endowment
in The Universities Weblog, on December 10, 2008
...sening recession and the crash of the U.S. stock market, the value of Harvard University's huge endowment has shrunk by about $8 billion , according tot he
That a lose in the last four months...
Recession Hits Harvard
in The Universities Weblog, on November 12, 2008
...Having a $37 billion endowment evidently isn't all it's cracked up to be. According to Reuters Harvard President Drew Faust is saying that "the school is looking at ways to cut spen...
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...
Massachusetts May Tax College Endowments
in The Universities Weblog, on May 11, 2008
..., the state legislature in Massachusetts is considering a plan to tax college and university endowments that are valued at more than a billion dollars, according to University Business .
The ...
College Endowments in the Crosshairs of IRS
in The Universities Weblog, on April 27, 2008
...Are college and university endowments hoarding their money? Senator Charles E. Grassley, (R-Iowa) thinks so. And he wants to do something about it. He wants to require colleges and universities to...
Yale's Endowment Ranks #1 in Earnings
in The Universities Weblog, on September 27, 2007
...While Ivy League rival Harvard may still have the largest endowment in America, Bloomberg reported today that the fastest growing endowment in America was at Yale . Yale University's endow...
Six organizational pathologies
in Sox First, on July 9, 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...
Antioch Closes...For Now
in The Universities Weblog, on June 18, 2007
...nancial problems could be solved and the campus rebuilt in a few years.
Low enrollment and a small endowment were blamed for the decision. For the coming fall semester, 125 new students had been expe...
Women of the Ivies
in The Universities Weblog, on May 7, 2007
...ity of Pennsylvania. Under her tenure, Penn doubled its research budget and tripled the size of its endowment. She is now president of the Rockefeller Foundation.
"Of course, it's been a gl...
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 27, 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...
More Thoughts on Princeton's Freeze
in The Universities Weblog, on January 29, 2007
...r, and in 2007 Princeton University did the same. In both cases, the institutions cited substantial endowment gains as a central reason allowing them to hold tuition constant for one year. What are we...
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...
Columbia Eyes $4 Billion Capital Campaign
in The Universities Weblog, on May 22, 2006
...n. Of course, not all of that $4 billion will be endowed, and most of the university's existing endowment is restricted for specific purposes.
Still, the point is that the rich continue to seek m...
Road Trip to celebrate Mother's Day
in The Flyaway Weblog, on May 1, 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...
What to Do With Arizona's Windfall
in Businesspundit, on February 17, 2006
...aps they shouldn't. I've always wondered why local Governments don't build up an endowment like universities. The ones that do well could eventually fund their activities without an...
Got Soap? Yale Does!
in The Universities Weblog, on January 27, 2006
... more than $100,000 a year.
"It seems like a lot of money, but the school has a $12.6 billion endowment," said junior Steven Engler, a member of the Yale student government and head of its ...
Endowment Rich Get Richer
in The Universities Weblog, on January 23, 2006
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(Source: Olin College) Nine colleges joined the billionaire club last year, as endowments climbed by an average of just over nine percent. Harvard still tops the list, at $25.5 billion---ne...
The Endowment Effect - Why We Overvalue What We Have
in Businesspundit, on November 14, 2005
A new study states that
it appears that sellers, in comparison to buyers, focus on and over-represent the positive features, and under-represent the negative features, associated with the item. Was there someone out there that didn't already know this? The last time I checked, over-re...
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...
Harvard Tops List of World's Best Universities
in The Universities Weblog, on December 1, 2004
...pected: that Harvard is in the position to which all leading universities aspire. The riches of its endowment will make the university hard to challenge, but its performance is not simply a matter of ...
Fewer Americans Reading
in The Universities Weblog, on July 25, 2004
...We're no longer a nation of readers (if we ever were), according to the National Endowment for the Arts. Fewer than half of American adults read literature, an NEA study found; among peop...
Thunderbird Ranked Best for International Business
in The Universities Weblog, on July 9, 2004
...ntly the school received a $60 million gift from a 1988 graduate. That money established an endowment to provide scholarships, support faculty and enhance the curriculum. Imagine that---number one and...
UVA Seeks a Mere $3 Billion
in The Universities Weblog, on June 15, 2004
...ds offset only eight percent of the annual budget. Most of the revenue comes from tuition and fees, endowment returns, and gifts and grants. Sounds like a private university, no?
So UVA has launched ...
The Online Poetry Classroom
in The Online Universities Weblog, on June 2, 2004
...From the National Endowment for the Humanities , mixing poetry and online learning.
When a poet visits his classroom, says Richard Cappuccio, students "find out that poets are alive."
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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 ....