Financial Exec Explains What His Firm Gets From Sponsoring Summer Opera

David Bulteel, a director of London firm Investec PLC, on its sponsorship of Opera Holland Park: “We like to be aware of how many new clients it brings in, and how much money they might generate. There are softer issues, however, and softer benefits, and you can’t measure those in pound signs. … The staff members love the fact that they can take clients, and it really helps them build relationships.”

Crowds Flock To Giant Marilyn Statue In Chicago (But The Critics…)

“Beyond the behavior the sculpture triggers, critics have seized on the subject’s lack of connection with the city. The film’s famous subway-grate scene is set in Manhattan, and the Amazonian replica of the pin-up was fabricated in New Jersey, where the artist, Seward Johnson, an 80-year-old grandson of a co-founder of Johnson & Johnson, maintains a studio.”