Philanthropy
Royal Opera House Chief Tony Hall Appointed to House of Lords Tony Hall, the 58-year-old chief
executive of London’s Royal Opera House, has been named as a
peer in the House of Lords, the U.K. parliament’s upper
chamber, the House of Lords said on its Web site.
Activision’s Kotick Taps Video War Game Profits to Aid Veterans Activision Blizzard Inc., the world’s
largest video-game publisher, turned the war-oriented series
“Call of Duty” into a $3 billion franchise in the past six
years, a best-seller with more than 55 million units sold.
Jefferies, Carnival Lead Donations for Haitian Relief: Table U.S. companies donated tens of millions of
dollars to Haitian relief after the Jan. 12 earthquake that its government
said left 2 million people homeless.
Neapolitan Countess Talks Up Uffizi Museum at Sotheby’s Tonight Lisa Marie Browne, executive
director of Friends of the Uffizi Gallery Inc., was struggling
to promote the Palm Beach, Florida, nonprofit when she found a
savior in a man named Apostle.
Carlos Slim Speeds Ahead With Dazzling Art Palace by Son-in-Law For many years, Mexican
telecommunications billionaire Carlos Slim lived a deliberately
understated lifestyle. He toiled in a windowless, bunker-like
office surrounded by leather-bound history books, colonial-era
paintings, and baseball paraphernalia. His most personal
luxuries in the concrete structure appeared to be Cohiba cigars
and monogrammed shirts.