Gates Foundation News
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What You Don't Know About the Most Valuable Brands in the WorldHow Google Surpassed Apple as the Most Valuable Brand
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Hillary Clinton on Nigeria, Benghazi and 2016 in Robin Roberts Interview… this so passionate about philanthropy and that it's what we ..... Well first let let me York philanthropy and Ford for hosting this ..... Is partnering with the gates foundation we are doing a comprehensive ..... with the number of other philanthropy is with the United Nations …
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'This Week': Sebelius Steps Down… the dumbest thing I have ever heard in my life. This woman's a Rhodes scholar, she was the director of obm. Ran the Gates foundation . She's daughter from west Virginia. Her dad is an optometrist. Probably one of the most competent people who's ever …
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9 Things You Might Not Know About HHS Nominee Sylvia Burwell… company's labor policies) and prior to that, as chief operating officer and head of the global development program at the Gates Foundation . Her neighbor inspires her In an interview with The Seattle Times , Burwell named her neighbor Margie Hank as one of the …
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Sylvia Mathews Burwell Nominated to Replace Kathleen Sebelius… president for global development of the gates foundation . So we worked on the cutting edge ..... private sector roles including at the gates foundation the Wal-Mart foundation and I think ..... involved with the organizations like the gates foundation of course only be as well. And there …
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Bill Gates on Whatsapp Acquisition: Zuckerberg 'Bold' and 'Aggressive'… During an interview on "This Week," Microsoft Founder Bill Gates told George Stephanopoulos that Facebook Co-Founder Mark ..... curriculum called Common Core. Through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation , Gates has invested about $75 million in the fiercely controversial …
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Love (And Obama) Are In The Air
… she spoke in support of the "No Ceilings" project - a joint venture of the Clinton Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation that seeks to empower women and girls by aggregating the best data on their contributions to society and security. "One …
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Hillary Clinton Wants Young Women To 'Grow Skin Like A Rhinoceros'
… she spoke in support of the "No Ceilings" project - a joint venture of the Clinton Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation that seeks to empower women and girls by aggregating the best data on their contributions to society and security. "One …
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Divorce of One of World's Richest Men Entangles American Execs… But a person familiar with Potanin's charitable giving called that "ridiculous," noting his "long history of philanthropy " in Russia and the United States, beginning well before the marriage fell apart. Last year, he joined The Giving Pledge , a global charity effort launched by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett. A hearing on the divorce is set for Feb. 25 in Moscow. Asked whether the two executives will …
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What Is the Strongest Odor?… decide whether the pot. People were growing was too offensive to neighbors now it's being used by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to tell whether or not with need to be changed out. We figured in New York City what better place to use …
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Instant Index: The Great Escape Out of a Bathroom at Work… by a woman stuck in an office bathroom for 8 hours who digs her way out. It was late at night in the ladies room at the gates foundation in d.C. Her cell phone still at her desk, the lock stuck. So she slipped paper towels one by one under the door hoping …
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Amazon Prime Air, Sushi-Delivery and More Ways Drones Might Be Used… Humanitarian Aid Drones can also be used to deliver medicine and food to those who can't easily get it. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has given grants to groups that are hoping to use drones to deliver vaccines to remote areas. Matternet, a start-up …
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Gates Announces 'Next Generation Condom' Challenge Finalists… key components in condoms of the future. Microsoft founder Bill Gates announced 11 finalists in his "next generation condom ..... which he launched in March through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation 's Grand Challenges in Global Health. The finalists each …
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The Wealthiest People in Each State Are 19 Percent Richer Than Last Year… by Microsoft founder Bill Gates in Washington state ..... Richest Americans Led by Bill Gates , According to Forbes ..... the 50 states: 1. Bill Gates : $70.8 billion Microsoft ..... of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation 2. Warren Buffett …
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Major Microsoft Investors Want Bill Gates Out as Chairman… Major Microsoft shareholders are calling for founder Bill Gates to step down as the company's chairman. Three investors ..... 2008 to work full-time with his Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation . Gates is Microsoft's largest individual shareholder …
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'House of Horrors' Abortion Doctor Defends His 'War Against Poverty'… reading the Bible, perfecting his Spanish, exercising, and has been contacting charities, such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Clinton Global Initiative in attempts to be heard on issues like prison and justice reform. "He believes that …
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Google Tests Internet-Filled Balloon in California As Bill Gates Criticizes the Project… tests is a new critic of the ambitious project: Bill Gates . "The purpose of these flights is to allow ..... the $300K Test-Tube Burger Gates runs the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation , which is dedicated to improving education and …
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Product Promises New Age of Mosquito Prevention
… California at Riverside paired up to create this unique technology with help from benefactors such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. The patch is designed to be durable and affordable everywhere and it is certainly …
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Urine-Powered Cellphone Is No Pee-Pee Joke… this isn't just something for the science journals and books. The project is in part funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation , with the goal that the research and technology can have real-world applications, especially in the developing world …
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President Obama's 'Smarter Government' Plan… part of a team OMB that presided over three years of budget surpluses in the 1990s. After a Philanthropic work of the gates foundation and Wal-Mart foundation she's come back to help us move this effort for. She's not only one. We've also welcomed …
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Bill Gates : Richest Man and Also one of the Most GenerousLast week, Bill Gates , the co-founder of ..... with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation . Thus far, 105 millionaires ..... director of its Project on Philanthropy and Civil Society, told ..... and personal style of philanthropy is characteristic of Slim ..... the group Hispanics in Philanthropy . For centuries, the ..... leading philanthropists like Bill Gates and Warren Buffet are …
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Bill Gates Regains Title of World's Richest Person
Image credit: Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images Bill Gates has regained his title as richest man in the world after ..... of Microsoft and co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation , hit a five-year high on Thursday at $72.7 billion …
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U.S. Worst Place in Industrialized World for Babies… has access to healthcare. It is not an easy thing to solve. But as Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation , wrote in the report's foreword, "Saving newborn lives will prevent incalculable suffering."
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Bill Clinton Says Hillary 'Hasn't Mentioned' 2016 Run to Him
… titans like President Bill Clinton and Microsoft founder Bill Gates share the same stage, the subject inevitably turns to the ..... is also the co-chair and trustee of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation , has advocated for an immigration system that attracts …
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Bill Gates Offers Grant for 'Next Generation Condom'(Image Credit: Grott, Vegard/AFP/Getty Images) Bill Gates ' latest project gives a whole new meaning to the old Microsoft ..... the "next generation condom" through The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation 's Grand Challenges in Global Health. The estimated 80 …
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The New Normal (The Note)
… Foundation, the retailer's charity division, and previously ran the global development wing of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation . http://abcn.ws/Z8GJc5 WHERE IN THE WORLD IS JOE BIDEN? Vice President Joe Biden delivers remarks at AIPAC's …
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New Cabinet Nominees to Tackle Budget, Climate Change… under Jack As deputy director norm being part of a team that presided over three budget surpluses in a Later she helped the gates foundation grow into a global force for good. And then she helped the Wal-Mart foundation expand its charitable work. So Soviet …
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Obama Announces Trio Of Cabinet-Level Positions
… Burwell previously served with new Treasury Secretary Jack Lew as deputy director of OMB and later held a top position at the Gates Foundation and led the Walmart Foundation. As Obama put it, "Sylvia knows her way around a budget." She understands "our goal …
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Obama to Nominate Walmart's Sylvia Mathews Burwell as Budget Director
… Foundation, the retailer's charity division, and previously ran the global development wing of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation . Burwell's appointment has not been unexpected. In her, Obama's pick clearly indicates a mesh of corporate resume …
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Richard Branson, 11 Other Foreign Billionaires, to Give Wealth to 'Pledge' Charity… 1 billion. "The approach of my wife, Susie, and I to philanthropy is very simple," his letter begins, suggesting that ..... demonstrate to the world that the Russian traditions of philanthropy are coming back."
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The 50 Most Influential Networking Tycoons… net worth individuals. For Bill Gates , the first person on the list ..... according to Wealth-X: 1. Bill Gates category: $261 billion Co-chairman of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and founder of Microsoft 2 …
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The 10 Wealthiest Networking Kings and Queens
… Wealth-X: 1. Bill Gates category ..... co-chairman of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and founder ..... their wealth to philanthropy . Wealth-X ..... the country, Bill Gates , donating ..... dollars to the Gates Foundation and other causes …
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Khan Academy: Learn Everything, Online… doing some unbelievable 15-minute tutorials. Reporter: Bill gates did more than look at the kahn academy videos. He helped ..... 2009, kahn finally quit his day job and partnered with the gates foundation and google to form the kahn academy. Here's how it works …
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Khan Academy: Taking Learning Out of 'One Pace Fits All' Classroom… the world have noticed, including some heavy hitters like Bill Gates . Gates did more than look at the Khan Academy videos, he ..... in 2009, Khan finally quit his job and partnered with the Gates Foundation and Google to form the Khan Academy. Here's how it works …