Bill Clinton And Bill Gates Testify At Senate Hearing On Global Health

2010-03-10T14:33:19Z

WASHINGTON - MARCH 10: Bill Gates (L), co-founder and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and former U.S. President Bill Clinton talk after testifying before the Senate

Homes...Or Economies?

2010-03-11T19:40:12Z

In the realm of real estate you can find houses that range in prices from a little one bed room shack in the squalor of the inner cities of poor third world countries,a couple hundred bucks, to the multi million dollar palaces that only the super rich can afford.<br><br>There are five houses in particular that cost quite close to the G.D.P. of some countries, and up to 2009 was listed as the most expensive houses in the world.<br><br>In the number five spot there in

Mexican Carlos Slim world's richest in new ranking

2010-03-10T18:15:29Z

<div><p>The world's new richest man, Mexican Carlos Slim, and a fresh crop of billionaires in Asia helped lead a comeback for the wealthiest few on the planet in 2010, Forbes magazine said Wednesday.</p><p>The publication's annual rich list reflected a resurgence of wealth after the financial turmoil of 2009, with th...

World's mega-rich adding wealth, Carlos Slim No. 1

2010-03-10T16:15:38Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim is the world's richest person, knocking Microsoft founder Bill Gates into second spot, as the wealth of the world's billionaires grew by 50 percent over the last year, Bill Gates (2nd L), co-founder and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, co-founder of Microsoft and one of the wealthiest people in the world, forgoes the microphones and reporters' questions before meeting with House Democrats at the U.S. Ca...

Clinton, Gates say US help abroad improves image

2010-03-10T13:00:10Z

<div><p>Bill Clinton and Bill Gates said Wednesday that U.S. investments in fighting AIDS, malaria and other diseases in underdeveloped nations save lives and play a vital role in improving America's image abroad.</p><p>Testifying before Former President Bill Clinton, second from right, and Bill Gates, second from left, pose with Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., right, and the committee's ranking

APTOPIX Global Health

2010-03-10T11:01:30Z

Former President Bill Clinton looks on as Bill Gates testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 10, 2010, before the Senate Foreign Relations Commi...

Malaria, AIDS, TB in retreat: Global Fund

2010-03-08T08:15:27Z

<div><p>GENEVA (Reuters) - Malaria could be eliminated as a public health problem within a decade in most countries where it is now endemic, an international organization that funds the treatment and prevention of killer diseases said on Monday.</p><p>The elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV -- the virus that causes AIDS -- is within reach by 2015, the Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis a...

AutoNation names 2 new directors

2010-02-24T14:45:42Z

<div id="subtitle">AutoNation expands board, appoints 2 new independent directors to fill seats</div><div><p>AutoNation Inc. said Wednesday that it appointed two new finance executives to its board of directors.</p><p>The nation's largest auto retailer said the addition of Michael Larson and Microsoft founder Bill Gates looks on during a panel discussion on "Meeting the Millennium Development Goals", at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Michel Eule...

Bill Gates makes $10 billion vaccines pledge

2010-02-22T13:36:37Z

<div id="subtitle">Gates says foundation will give $10 billion to research, deliver vaccines for world's poor</div><div><p>Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda say their foundation will donate $10 billion over the next decade to research new vaccines and bring them to the world's poorest countries.&am...

Future bleak without innovation: Bill Gates

2010-02-22T15:09:35Z

<div><p>Innovation can turn the world's foreboding future bright, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said Monday in an annual letter from a charity foundation he runs with his wife and father.</p><p>"If we project what the world will be like 10 years from now without innovation in health, education, energy, or food, the...

Bill Gates says innovation can leverage change

2010-02-22T15:19:11Z

<div id="subtitle">In 2nd annual letter, Bill Gates looks back at his first year full-time at foundation</div><div><p>The needs of the poor are greater than the money available to help them, but that's not enough to discourage Bill Gates in his work as co-chair of the world's largest charitable foundation.</p><p>In his second annual letter, issued Monday, Gates ...

Bill Gates says U.S. recovery to take years, taxes rise

2010-02-22T15:19:39Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bill Gates, the world's richest man, said on Monday the U.S. economy could take years to recover from recession and predicted taxes will have to rise to bring the federal budget into balance.</p><p>Speaking on ABC's Good Mornin...

Bill Gates says Internet needs to thrive in China

2010-02-22T15:19:45Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp Chairman Bill Gates on Monday said the Internet needs to thrive in China as an engine of free speech and described official online censorship by Beiji...

Gates Letter

2010-01-25T01:45:26Z

FILE - In this July 21, 2009 file photo, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates makes remarks at the National Conference of State Legislatures held at the Pennsylvania Convention ...

Bill Gates worries climate money robs health aid

2010-02-22T15:28:34Z

<div><p>SEATTLE (Reuters) - Bill Gates, the world's richest man and a leading philanthropist, said on Sunday spending by rich countries aimed at combating climate change in developing nations could mean a dangerous cut in aid for health issues.</p><p>Gates, the Utah (Reuters) - When Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, the richest man in the United States, came to the Bill Gates starts posting wide-ranging musings on new Web site, GatesNotes.com</div><div><p>When Bill Gates was at Microsoft's helm, his internal memos set the company's course for such radical shifts as the rise of the Internet.</p><p>Now, Gates is making his musings pu...

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