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Microsoft chief Bill Gates (C) meets with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav (R) at his official residence in Lucknow on May 30, 2012. Gates is on a day long visit to the northern Uttar Pradesh state.
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At a Glance: Forbes magazine's top 10 billionaires
magazine 's top billionaires worldwide by rank in net worth Carlos Slim : $69 billion, telecommunications Bill Gates : $61 billion, Microsoft Corp. Warren Buffett : $44 billion, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Bernard Arnault : $41 billion, LVMH Moet HennessyArmancio Read more »
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Bill Gates company starts music service for pros
Corp co-founder Bill Gates' privately held Corbis, which provides photos and film video for advertisers, is expanding further into entertainment by launching an online music service with songs from the four largest publishers.The GreenLight Music service went Read more »
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Microsoft's future riding on Windows 8
touches on Windows 8 -- perhaps the most important piece of software the Redmond, Wash. company has designed since co-founder Bill Gates won the contract to build the first operating system for IBM Corp. 's personal computer in the early 1980s.A test, or "beta", Read more »
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Summary Box: Gates urges UN to aid poor farmers
NEWS: Bill Gates pressed U.N. food agencies to become more efficient in helping poor farmers and to set up a kind of accountability "report card" system for countries receiving aid.THE SUPPORT: The Microsoft founder also announced Thursday nearly $200 million Read more »
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Apple's Jobs was 'happy' about Tim Cook's passion for charity
to pay shareholders a dividend and to contribute money to charity. Jobs was not known as philanthropist, unlike Microsoft’s Bill Gates. In fact, Jobs is said to have eliminated all corporate philanthropy programs initially when he returned to the company in 5/29/12 from Macworld UK Read more »
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Bill Gates Helps Both Children and the Environment in One Shot
Bill and Melinda Gates foundation recently made public its decision to invest in the health of children living in remote areas of the globe. Given the living conditions in these areas, the toddlers living here require regular vaccination so as to have an up-and-running 3:46 AM from Softpedia Read more »
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'We see fresh opportunity in UP with a new leadership'
the Foundation finding it difficult to work in UP. Possibly, there was also talk of pulling out of the state. Now, with Bill Gates visiting, things appear positive. What is the main Agenda? A. I wouldn't say we were considering pulling out of UP. In fact, 5/29/12 from Times of India Read more »
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Big Government's PR Problem
relations consultants have a line they like to trot out - that Bill Gates once said “If I was down to my last dollar, I’d spend it on public relations.” That might not be a bad idea, business-wise, but in the case of the federal government, our last dollar 5/29/12 from Government Bytes Read more »
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Bone-Break, Bill Gates, Ft. Detrick and GSK; US Army Dengue Fever Vaccine Trials in Thailand
above Born in a laboratory at Fort Detrick, Maryland, home to the USA’s biological warfare program, the US Army created, Bill Gates Foundation funded and GSK administered Dengue “Bone-Break” Fever vaccine is reported to be in advanced trials in Thailand. Dengue 5/29/12 from Mareeg Online Read more »
