Word: investment
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...though we may be looking to find a livelihood and not a hobby, the essence of the event is the same. We need to make a decision about where to invest our energies, we're new to the area and we'd like to know our options. So why did it seem that all those glossy recruiting pamphlets contained fewer choices than did the tacky posters and ridiculous stunts of long ago? Why did it seem as if the same power suit, the same strong handshake, the same future sat behind each and every table...
...part of Harvard's problem last year was that it simply had too much money. Venture capital firms, which returned some of the highest profits for investors last year, often cap the amount any one institution can invest in them...
Although Harvard administrators have been wholly focused on fundraising for more than half a decade, now that the University has surpassed its $2.1-billion goal they can invest their time and energy into turning some of their visions for their schools into realities...
...school had a TFA backlash," Harding says. The message she got was, "If you're only here for two years why invest a lot of time into...
Your story "Rent-A-Jet Cachet" [BUSINESS, Sept. 13] missed the bigger picture in the business of renting jets. While fractional aircraft ownership is attractive to people and companies that are willing to invest millions of dollars to own a "share" of a plane, many people don't want to have their money tied up in such a costly asset and don't fly enough to justify the expenditure. For most people,"on-demand aircraft charter" is far cheaper than fractional ownership, especially if they fly fewer than 20 times a year. Aircraft charter varies in cost from...