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Gates Gives $42 Million to Safe Sanitation Projects for Reinventing the Toilet
More than 2.6 billion people around the world don't have access to a toilet. Now, the world's largest charitable foundation is launching an effort...
Warren Buffett Gives $1.5 Billion in Stock to Gates Foundation
Investor Warren Buffett gave a gift of Berkshire Hathaway stock to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation worth about $1.5 billion (19.34 million shares),...
Bill Gates Funds Human Waste-To-Biofuel Project
Columbia University engineers were awarded $1.5 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for their project to develop a revolutionary new model that...
Big Pharma Follows Gates’ Lead; Slashes Drug Prices For Poor Countries
Last month in Geneva, Bill Gates laid out his vision for the impact that broadening access to vaccines can have on the world. Now,...
Talented 17 Year-old Artist and Investor Has the Ear of Buffett, Gates and Elton John
Jeffrey Hanson is a talented young artist who’s eager to put his money to work in a lot of different ways.
He's plowed profits from...
Gates Gives $20 Million for School Learning With Games
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced Wednesday it would be investing $20 million to bring new national education standards into the classroom using...
Gates Foundation Funds Bold Ideas Including Dirt-Charged Cell Phones and Human Waste Fertilizer
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Thursday announced 88 new winners of $100,000 grants to support innovative research that has the potential to dramatically...
10 More of America’s Richest Join Gates and Buffett in ‘Giving Pledge’
Yesterday, 10 more of America’s wealthiest families committed to giving more than half their wealth to charity, bringing the total number who have joined...
Does Food Dye Make Kids Hyperactive? FDA Panel Investigates Evidence
Doctors and consumer advocates have long argued over whether hyperactivity might be tied to certain dyes and additives used in processed foods. In a...
Gates Foundation Gives $50 Million to Smithsonian to Reach Youth
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has contributed $50 million to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC.
The gift, announced Wednesday night by the Smithsonian,...
Chinese Millionaires Give Generously at Gates, Buffet Dinner
Bill Gates and Warren Buffett held a dinner for around 50 ultra-rich Chinese men and women last week and received some "very generous" gifts....
Bill Gates’ Favorite Teacher
Sal Khan, you can count Bill Gates as your newest fan. Gates is a voracious consumer of online education. This past spring a colleague...
Inspired Biker Circumnavigates Africa: Dodging Bullets and Doing Good
When Spencer Conway decided to combine his love of motorbikes with his love for Africa by attempting to solo circumnavigate the continent on two...
World On Track to Cut Poverty in Half, But Turner and Gates Called in to Boost Other Goals
Despite the global economic downturn, the world is still on track to meet a key U.N. goal of halving the number of people living...
Gates and Buffett Are Pushing Billionaires to Give Away Wealth
Investor Warren Buffett and Microsoft founder Bill Gates announced on Wednesday that they have met with the top billionaire in the country asking them...
Gates Foundation Gives $1.5 Billion for Women’s Health
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledged $1.5 billion on Monday in a joint push with the United Nations to improve the health of...
Teenage Sailor Jessica Watson Circumnavigates Globe by Herself
She has battled mountainous seas, intense loneliness and cold gale force winds, but Jessica Watson, 16, proved her critics wrong by becoming the youngest...
Gates Foundation Pledges $10 Billion For Vaccines in Developing Countries
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledged $10 billion over the next ten years to help research, develop and deliver vaccines for the world’s...
Gateses Give $290 Million for Innovative Education
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on Thursday announced its biggest education donation in a decade, $290 million, in support of three school districts...
Gates Gives $120 million to Help Poor Farmers Boost Output
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation said it will donate a total of $120 million in a bid to boost agricultural production, marketing...