Word: payout
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...billion—more than double Harvard’s—when Buffett’s pledge of $31 billion is realized, will direct the money toward promoting global health and development, according to its Web site. To accommodate the new schedule, the foundation will ramp up its payout, aiming to spend $3.5 billion per year beginning in 2009 and continuing through the decade, as compared to $1.3 billion spent last year, according to its Web site. It has committed itself to grants totaling $11 billion in its seven years of existence thus far. The Gates Foundation has already...
...rejuvenated the Strip by going upmarket in tone with the Bellagio, which showcased Van Goghs and Cezannes and Degas's dancers instead of topless showgirls. He lost the place to raider Kirk Kerkorian, who took over Wynn's company, Mirage Resorts, and booted Wynn, who scored a $6.4 billion payout but still had a score to settle. Last year Wynn returned with the new Wynn Las Vegas: more hushed, more exclusive...
...members,” he said. The Coop pays out rebates to its more than 60,000 members—of whom approximately 18,000 are students from Harvard and MIT—every year. The average rebate this year is around $25, said Murphy. But despite the payout, several students said that the rebate has little effect on where they buy books and does little for their wallets. “It does little to mitigate the cost of ludicrously expensive books,” said A.J. Motgi ’10. Ronan M. Devlin...
...Business School is where the magic (i.e. the payout) really happens—my favorite study was an Appprentice-esque brainstorming session, where for $20, I spent an hour with three other people trying to think up an advertising campaign for an imaginary brand of flavored water. Another time I received $23 for negotiating a contract with another student...
...Bramble fetches Mark Williams, at 45 the group's young 'un. A while ago, Williams' employer let him go with a good payout, and he decided to live modestly and not work again. Separated from his wife and children, he lives alone in Cundle Flat-an hour's ride west of Taree. For Williams, the rides with Bramble's group these past two years have been a weekly highlight. It's the camaraderie, he says, and the joy of riding, in his case atop a BMW 1200 GS. Williams has loaded a digital music player with the bands he loved...