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Billionaires Warren Buffett and Bill Gates will meet with Columbia University business students on Thursday and answer their questions about business and life.
Celebrities George Clooney and Oprah Winfrey and prominent lobbyists, corporate executives and Democratic fundraisers were among the first to score visits with President Barack Obama, his wife Michelle or top aides at the White House, newly released records show.
The billionaire co-founder of Microsoft is touting what he sees as an investment with enormous returns — the money spent to improve health care in poor countries and the millions of lives saved because of it.
Not content with shaping education directly through schools, the biggest player in the school reform movement has an eye on moving education policy.
The world can make huge strides in reducing hunger and poverty by helping the world's poorest farmers become more productive, Microsoft Inc. co-founder Bill Gates said Thursday.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is launching a campaign to highlight the U.S. government's efforts to improve global health.
Students who might be too glued to their televisions to keep up with homework are going to find channels like MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon prodding them to get on task and graduate.
Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, wanted to prevent Microsoft founder Bill Gates and other rich people from benefiting from the "cash-for-clunkers" program.
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on Saturday received the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development from India's president, a government statement said.
The U.S. must improve its educational standing in the world by rewarding effective teaching and by developing better, universal measures of performance for students and teachers, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said Tuesday.
Billionaire Bill Gates has picked up an honorary degree from Britain's Cambridge University.
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is visiting the World Health Organization to discuss the agency's work on polio, AIDS and the swine flu outbreak.
Stephen Colbert had an important question for an official with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: "Does Bill Gates ever talk about me?"
Bill Gates set a conference abuzz when he opened a jar of mosquitoes onstage to make a point about malaria prevention.
"Bill Gates just released mosquitos into the audience at TED and said, 'Not only poor people should experience this.'"
Bill Gates and other donors are giving more than $630 million to the international effort to eradicate polio, after the disease spiked and spread to seven countries that were previously polio-free.
LAS VEGAS - Bill Gates isn’t at the International Consumer Electronics Show.
Running out of money may seem unlikely for a private resort whose members includes billionaire Bill Gates and Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt, but that's the fate that will befall the ultra-exclusive Yellowstone Club this week unless it can line up another loan.
TV viewers can return to their favorite programs without fear of seeing Bill Gates shaking his tushie now that Microsoft Corp. has retired a bizarre two-week-old ad campaign featuring the software giant's chairman with comedian Jerry Seinfeld.
Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates said Tuesday that the dramatic growth of the Internet would eventually spark a software-writing revolution.
Microsoft founder Bill Gates and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg are pooling their piles of money to pour $375 million into a global effort to cut smoking.
On his final full day at Microsoft Corp., Bill Gates went on stage to reminisce with his longtime friend Steve Ballmer, and neither man could hold back tears as Ballmer handed Gates a large scrapbook as a farewell present.
It is almost unthinkable that any one human could pick up where Bill Gates leaves off when he ends his full-time tenure Friday as Microsoft's leader.
Now that Bill Gates is stepping away from his daily duties at Microsoft Corp., he's going to dive deeper into the work of his $38 billion charitable foundation, established a decade ago.
You may love or you may hate him, but you’d have to be living under a rock — without an Internet connection — not to know who Bill Gates is.
Bill Gates says people get paid too muchBill Gates is only worth $40 billion this year, according to the latest Forbes report - down $18 billion but once again the world's richest man.
Gates gives $120 million to help poor nations farmThe nine new grants include funding for legumes that fix nitrogen in the soil, higher-yielding varieties of sorghum and millet, and new varieties of sweet potatoes that resist pests.
Bill Gates' Dad: Raise Taxes On My Son!We already knew Bill Gates Sr, father of Microsoft (MSFT) founder Bill Gates Jr, was one heck of a toastmaster. But the old man also has some pretty strong opinions on tax policy too.
Gates Foundation Assets Plummet 20%No surprise that Bill Gates, along with everyone else, is getting hammered by the recession. But Dealbook breaks down the numbers: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is down 19%, and Bill's Cascade Investment is down another 18%.
A C Grayling: Good men in a mad, bad worldThe Prince of Wales and Al Gore may not practise as they preach, but they mean well, and that counts.
Top 5 Myths About MicrosoftThere's an iconic image of Bill Gates that might help explain our collective fascination with this legendary businessman and his most famous creation, the Microsoft Corp.
Bill and Melinda Gates FoundationBill & Melinda Gates Foundation must have the least user friendly Contact us page ever in the age of social networking. This is all about static email us page. If I wanted to give a $1Million gift, I bet someone will contact me.
Is Apple the New Big Brother?Twenty-five years after tech geeks were liberated from the PC Empire, they started turning on Apple this week for its technological tyranny. Douglas Rushkoff on how David became Goliath.
Microsoft: Losing Word? Talk about a "David and Goliath victory," said Matt Hartley and Barry Critchley in Canada's National Post. "Tiny Canadian company" i4i Inc. has taken software giant Microsoft down a notch, winning $230 million in damages in a U.S.
Bill Gates quits Facebook over 'too many friends'Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said he was forced to give up on the social networking phenomenon Facebook after too many people wanted to be his friend.
Bill Gates gives up Facebook 'It was too much trouble'Bill Gates gives up Facebook, announces 'It was too much trouble'
Bill Gates offers the world a physics lessonIt's been a year since Bill Gates left full-time work at Microsoft, but he's found plenty to keep him busy. In between trying to eradicate polio, tame malaria, and fix the broken U.S.
Bill Gates Patents a Device Aimed at Halting HurricanesFive patent applications for technology that aims to control the weather bear the signature of a man who knows how to think big: Microsoft founder Bill Gates. The applications made public by the U.S.
Bill Gates To Patent Technology That Will Fight Hurricanes (VIDEO)Microsoft's Bill Gates has already accomplished plenty in his life -- but now he's involved in an ambitious new venture -- a plan to tame hurricanes.
Fox News goes 10 for 10!Congratulations to everyone on the Fox News team. Obviously, it takes a total team effort to be the Leader on cable news. The best way Americans can honor the men and women serving overseas is to be informed about the issues confronting our country.
Gates buys Feynman's "Messenger" lectures, but why?Bill Gates recently bought the rights to a series of lectures by legendary Caltech physicist Richard Feynman. The former Microsoft head's purchase shows that the cultural and scientific legacy of Feynman remains strong even 21 years after his death.
Wealthy Nations Stiffing AfricaWealthy Nations are not keeping their words regarding the pledged aid made to Africa. Statistics and figures are staggering, as indicated within this article.
Obama has pledged to create 600,000 jobs by mid-summer. Even as I write these words those Republicans who have blamed me for my own misfortune and @!$%# about me not having a job are already praying for Obama to fail in this task.
Give it away, you'll enjoy it, Gates tells richMicrosoft founder Bill Gates said on Wednesday that billionaires ought to give away most of their wealth to charitable causes, and they would even find they enjoyed it.
'Give it away, you'll enjoy it,' Gates tells richMicrosoft founder Bill Gates said on Wednesday that billionaires ought to give away most of their wealth to charitable causes, and they would even find they enjoyed it.
Meeting of America's Richest About 'Need,' Attendee SaysUnder a cloak of secrecy, some of the world's wealthiest people gathered in an unprecedented meeting early this month in New York City "to see how they can join together to do more," according to one attendee.
UQ scientist gets research grant from Bill GatesThe University of Queensland has received a $100,000 grant from Microsoft founder Bill Gates to combat mosquito-transmitted diseases.
8 things you didn't know about the internet - New ScientistNew Scientist: It was born 40 years ago, in a lab at the University of California, Los Angeles. Today it wraps the entire planet and features in the daily routine of more than 1.5 billion people.
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