• How the UK is reacting to the arrest of former Prince Andrew

    How the UK is reacting to the arrest of former Prince Andrew

    Feb 19, 2026 11:50 PM EDT

    ... K.?Katty Kay: What we have had in the U.S. is more private sector resignations and stepping back from public light. So you have Bill Gates not attending an A.I. summit, speaking at an A.I. summit in India, for example. But then you don't get the ...

  • WATCH: 'Overwhelming consensus' for artificial intelligence regulation, Musk says after Senate tech meeting

    WATCH: 'Overwhelming consensus' for artificial intelligence regulation, Musk says after Senate tech meeting

    Sep 13, 2023 06:17 PM EDT

    ... featured some of the industry's biggest names: Meta's Mark Zuckerberg and X and Tesla's Elon Musk as well as former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates. All 100 senators were invited; the public was not. "Today, we begin an enormous and complex and vital undertaking: building a foundation for ...

  • Larry King, broadcasting giant for half-century, dies at 87

    Larry King, broadcasting giant for half-century, dies at 87

    Jan 23, 2021 02:43 PM EDT

    ... Hussein of Jordan and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. He welcomed everyone from the Dalai Lama to Elizabeth Taylor, from Mikhail Gorbachev to Barack Obama, Bill Gates to Lady Gaga. Especially after he relocated to Los Angeles, his shows were frequently in the thick of breaking celebrity news, including Paris ...

  • Why we are so susceptible to misinformation

    Why we are so susceptible to misinformation

    Oct 28, 2020 10:40 PM EDT

    ... the Department of Homeland Security. William Brangham: Have you heard that voter fraud is rampant in the u.s? Well, it isn't. Or that Bill Gates is going to microchip Americans using the COVID-19 vaccine? That's also false. Or that President Trump didn't really have the ...

  • Many businesses cautious about restarting economy amid virus

    Many businesses cautious about restarting economy amid virus

    Mar 26, 2020 06:14 PM EDT

    ... of bodies over in the corner. We want you to keep spending because there’s some politician who thinks GDP growth is what really counts,''” Bill Gates, a major philanthropist to global public health efforts, said in an interview that was part of a series organized by TED.The travel ...

  • Rick Gates says he and former boss Paul Manafort disguised foreign income as loans

    Rick Gates says he and former boss Paul Manafort disguised foreign income as loans

    Aug 07, 2018 08:44 PM EDT

    ... 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 ...

  • If you're worried about the world, here’s reason to be hopeful -- and keep worrying

    If you're worried about the world, here’s reason to be hopeful -- and keep worrying

    Feb 22, 2018 11:30 PM EDT

    ... 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 ...

  • Trump's secretary of state choice sets up possible confirmation fight

    Trump's secretary of state choice sets up possible confirmation fight

    Dec 14, 2016 12:15 AM EDT

    ... 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 ...

  • Will the rich always get richer?

    Will the rich always get richer?

    May 16, 2014 04:40 PM EDT

    ... 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 ...

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    Reader Response: What Will Drive America's Future Growth?

    Jul 15, 2009 03:55 PM EDT

    Paul Solman: Viewer John David wrote these questions in an email back in April, responding positively to an interview with marketing expert Paco Underhill, which aired again last night. I only just got around to answering him, which began the following exchange. I thought it might be of general interest ...