Philanthropy

Iron Chef Symon Serves Hanger Steak for Charity, Pens Cookbook While chef Michael Symon ran two restaurants, Lola Bistro and Lolita, in his native Cleveland this past decade, he also found time for charity work.

BofA Unit Cuts Web-Based Charitable Funds to $5,000 (Update1) To boost its philanthropic business, Bank of America Corp. will begin letting customers open donor- advised funds online with as little as $5,000, the company announced this morning.

Eloise Moves Downtown to Public Library With Proulx (Update1) The New York Public Library will become the permanent home of the personal papers of Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist E. Annie Proulx and Hilary Knight, the artist who drew the iconic character Eloise he co-created with author Kay Thompson.

Morgan Stanley’s Robey Trained as Baritone, Chairs Royal Opera Simon Robey spends his days orchestrating mergers and acquisitions, and his evenings at the opera.

Aston Martin DB2 Le Mans Racer Sells for $900,000 (Update1) A 1950 Aston Martin that raced twice at Le Mans sold for 550,000 pounds ($900,000) at an auction in London last night as demand contracted for other high-value classic cars.