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...possibility of years of deficit spending because of a stagnant endowment payout. Then, in a seeming reversal, the Harvard Corporation relented and increased the FAS endowment payout first by 2 percent, then later by 4 percent. This year, the University is again warning that it might have to forgo any increase in endowment payouts, though this seems particularly extreme considering what a wildly successful year Harvard’s investments...
...those merged entities resulting from takeovers by huge conglomerates that demand a fast return on their investment. He works in close contact with his employees. When the air conditioning broke down, he dashed out to buy Good Humors for the entire staff ... FS&G's authors seem glad to forgo the ritual overpriced lunch (Straus takes writers to modest neighborhood restaurants) for the opportunity to work closely with underpaid four-star editors. [Scott] Turow, who turned down a proffered $275,000 advance elsewhere to take $200,000 at FS&G, says the house's cachet 'made it an honor...
...CONCERNS. You'll forgo some tax benefits associated with investing in real estate, says Islandia, N.Y., financial planner Michael Kresh. You usually can't deduct depreciation, and when you begin withdrawing money from a traditional IRA or SEP-IRA, those funds will be taxed as regular income. Since a Roth IRA lets you withdraw funds tax free after age 59 1/2, that may be your best option...
...Jury is part of Fox's strategy to forgo the summer-rerun season. The network launches six new shows this month, even though the summer has been friendlier to escapist confections like The O.C. and, especially, reality series. Then again, consider how many great reality-show moments--tribal councils, boardrooms--are just people sitting around talking. As on many reality shows, The Jury ends in a dramatic "reveal": a flashback, after the verdict, to the crime (or noncrime), which lets the audience see whether the jury got it right. It makes for provocative, thoughtful endings, the kind that could just...
...position,” Reischauer says. “He is representing a great and diverse institution—that’s his day job, which you don’t want to jeopardize. At the same time you don’t want to forgo an opportunity to make the world a better place...