... companies and bank accounts in Cyprus to funnel the money, all while concealing the accounts and the income from the IRS. Under questioning from Downing, Gates acknowledged he had to plead guilty to false statements after lying during a February interview with federal investigators. At one point, as Gates had ...
... society and of a downward spiral. Paul Solman: But in his new book, "Enlightenment Now," Pinker accentuates the positive, to the delight of super fan Bill Gates, for instance, who's dubbed it his favorite book of all time, even produced a trippy video about it. BILL GATES, Founder, Microsoft ...
... getting their perspective, their detailed perspective, then you are flying blind. JUDY WOODRUFF: Back at Trump Tower today, the president-elect met with Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates. BILL GATES: We had a good conversation about innovation. JUDY WOODRUFF: Others he met with, pro football greats Jim Brown and Ray Lewis ...
... this caricature, however. In the U.S., the two richest people are Bill Gates and Warren Buffett. Most of their fortunes are going to the Gates Foundation, whose main mission is eliminating disease in the developing world -- perhaps the greatest cause of global poverty and inequality. Neither Gates nor Buffett ...
... good personal qualities (on time, reliable, does good work, gets along with others, doesn’t steal, etc.) My students are always amazed to hear that Bill Gates was a college dropout and Rush Limbaugh never got past high school. I’m not anti-higher education, just education with no purpose ...
... imagine what would happen if his launderer tried to play golf while Tiger washed the clothes. Similarly, as economist Robert Lawrence likes to point out, Bill Gates should hire house painters even if he wields the fastest brush in the west. And so on. Thus we should each specialize in ...
... in the world. To date, the Gates Foundation has put more than $10 billion into education and global health initiatives. During the trio's TV interview today with PBS's Charlie Rose, Melinda and Bill Gates talked about the impact Buffett's donation could make. MELINDA GATES, Wife of Bill ...
... by Bill Gates. Gates was intent on collecting the visual arts, photography especially, for the digital age. He sketched out his ideas in an interview right after he bought Bettmann. BILL GATES: Having the largest digital archive will make it easy for people who have images to make them ...
... that the printer issues provided a pretext for unleashing misinformation? And do you have any regrets about not staying more on top of the equipment? Bill Gates: Well, we stayed on top of the equipment. We tested them in advance. And we were obviously surprised by these issues with the ...
Editor’s Note: Computer coding -- it’s the skill in demand in seemingly all professions these days. But back before Mark Zuckerburg and Bill Gates were household names, knowing programming languages wasn’t such a big deal. Nor was it considered a viable career. Avi Flombaum knows that firsthand. He ...
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