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...promised, he returned to Argentina in October with a couple of dozen volunteers to give away 10,000 pairs of Toms shoes along 2,200 miles of countryside. "I always thought I'd spend the first half of my life making money and the second half giving it away," says Mycoskie, who calls himself not ceo but chief shoe giver. "I never thought I could do both at the same time...
Well aware that the mountains are not exactly teeming with aficionados like Harsch -- she and her family spend upwards of $5,000 a season schussing--the ski industry is investing a good deal to woo a long-underserved segment: women...
...could have a good argument about whether adorable little sheep should be killed for sex research. As a gay man, I tend to believe the more we know about the complex interplay of biology and environment that shapes sexuality, the less time we will spend nourishing Old Testament anachronisms about...
Gate receipts are not the only reward of touring. According to San Francisco?based Winterland Productions, which handles merchandising for Springsteen, fans at a U.S. concert spend an average of $5 to $6 on souvenirs. Among the items: $15 T shirts, $5 posters and $2 buttons. Total merchandising sales for the last tour were at least $25 million, of which Springsteen is thought to have received more than $8 million...
...these homes are, they constitute considerably less than conspicuous consumption for a man of Simon's income. And he lives in them about as modestly as circumstances permit. He has a secretary-factotum on each coast and some domestic help. But he dresses simply, entertains infrequently and does not spend his life being waited on: he often answers his own telephone, greets people at the door, takes their coats and fetches their drinks. He husbands his money for his family, and has grown more cautious over the years. He invested the first $75,000 from Come Blow Your Horn...