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...worth every dime. Buffett is the most successful investor in history, yet he has reached that pinnacle while also being supremely ethical. As remarkable for his philanthropy as for his stock-picking, he's giving the bulk of his billions to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; likewise, the fee for our lunch would go to the Glide Foundation, which helps the poor and homeless. Lunch with Buffett, we figured, would be a good way to give to charity, but it would also be the ultimate capitalist master class - a chance to see up close what makes the Sage of Omaha...
...borrow a SmartBike, users have to be over 18 and have a credit card. An annual fee of $40 lets riders tool around on a three-speed bike as often as they like for up to three hours at a time. Better be punctual: your second tardy return gets you booted from the system. The program keeps track of the bikes via tiny rfid chips, the same tamper-proof radio-frequency devices used to monitor everything from clothing inventories to office ID badges. Riders use a swipe card to unlock the bikes, and if they fail to return them...
...earns £105,000 (more than $200,000) a year, pays 40% to a snooty female "agent" and exchanges, ahem, services with her tax preparer. (She writes him a check and he gives her cash back, so that she can get a receipt and write off the tax-prep fee...
...Spencer said that, during his era, many of the students were there for financial reasons. But residents from the 1970s and beyond have described the reduced room and board fee as more of a pleasant bonus than a primary motivation...
Beyond the actual substance of the decision, its timing and lack of transparency were also troubling. The fact that the announcement was made well after the application deadline seems arbitrary considering how long the housing situation has been stagnating. Although the College will reimburse the application fee, applicants cannot be compensated for the loss of time, energy, or additional fees associated with applying to college. Ultimately, this amounts to a default rejection of some students who might have been among Harvard’s best, undermining the many recent admissions initiatives aimed at attracting the strongest, most diverse, and most...