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...Berlioz is the founder of modern orchestration.” (Music...
...established to provide alternatives to Harvard’s current holdings.The group does not propose divestment from hedge funds and private equity—investments through which Harvard may also hold stakes in firms tied to Sudan—due to a lack of similar investment options.Alice W. Handy, founder and president of Investure, an investment group that advises non-profit institutions, echoes Campbell’s sentiments. Handy, who served as chief investment officer of the University of Virginia’s endowment from 1974 to 2003, says she can appreciate the student effort driving the divestment campaign...
...from the climate crisis, it's worth noting that he donates all his profits from the Inconvenient Truth movie and book to the alliance. He can afford to: he's a senior adviser at Google and sits on the board of directors at Apple. He's also a co-founder of Current TV, the cable network that was an early champion of user-generated content, and chairman of Generation Investment Management, a sustainable investment fund with assets approaching $1 billion. "I'm working harder than I ever have in my life," he says. "The other day a friend said...
...Seeing an opportunity to bring order to chaos, Joe Firmage, former USWeb founder and Internet whiz-kid, has founded Digital Universe - a rapidly evolving project supported by his Silicon Valley-based company ManyOne Networks...
...been called - "the Earth Portal doesn't have to be taken on faith," says Saundry. He points out that they have the cadre of experts and "quality control" that comes with the Encyclopedia Britannica, as well as the free access that comes with Wikipedia. (Larry Sanger, Wikipedia co-founder, was instrumental in making the Earth Encyclopedia happen...