• The Indiana Jones of collapsed cultures: Our Western civilization itself is a bubble

    The Indiana Jones of collapsed cultures: Our Western civilization itself is a bubble

    Dec 22, 2014 05:04 PM EDT

    ... of foreign powers for 2,300 years. We see this pattern repeated continuously, and it is one that should make us nervous. I just heard Bill Gates say that we are living in the greatest time in history. Now you can understand why Bill Gates would think that, but even ...

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    Making Sen$e of New Credit Card Rules and More

    Oct 30, 2009 08:19 PM EDT

    ... shows featured here on the Business Desk, and play around with a collection of fascinating calculators that allow you to measure relative worth over time – what your first salary would be worth today, whether Andrew Carnegie was richer than Bill Gates is today, you name it. Have a great weekend.

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    Conversation: Ken Auletta, Author of "World War 3.0: Microsoft and Its Enemies."

    Feb 26, 2001 05:00 AM EDT

    ... and from Bill Gates down was offended that this trial was taking place. They thought they were being wronged. And the world's richest man, Bill Gates, thought he was a victim and honestly believed the government was wrong. I think it clouded... this passionate belief that Gates had clouded ...

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    Behind the Scenes at an Interview With 3 Powerful Women

    Mar 10, 2011 01:09 AM EDT

    ... organization, CARE, last week, asking if I'd be interested in interviewing CARE's president, Dr. Helene Gayle, former first lady Laura Bush and Melinda Gates of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, around the observance of International Women's Day. They wanted to discuss their shared concern for global programs ...

  • First data for Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine show it spurs an immune response

    First data for Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine show it spurs an immune response

    Jul 15, 2020 02:31 PM EDT

    ... first decoded the genome of SARS-CoV-2. “It’s amazing just how fast we’ve gotten to this point,” Penny Heaton, CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Research Institute in Cambridge, Mass., said in an interview. “It’s like six years of work has been compressed into six ...

  • Melinda Gates says Common Core pushback propelled by changing too much, too fast

    Melinda Gates says Common Core pushback propelled by changing too much, too fast

    Oct 07, 2015 08:12 PM EDT

    https://youtu.be/dROMKGnpwvc Tonight PBS NewsHour Anchor Gwen Ifill talks with Bill and Melinda Gates about their foundation’s influence on American public education and what they’ve learned in 15 years of supporting sometimes controversial reforms. The couple have been criticized in some quarters for pushing changes that ...

  • Is giving money to poor countries doing more harm than good?

    Is giving money to poor countries doing more harm than good?

    Jul 14, 2014 01:18 PM EDT

    ... Africa which is at those incredibly low-weight rates. Why is it not possible for modern enterprise to operate better? Paul Solman: So you mean Bill and Melinda Gates are doing more harm than good by keeping people alive longer so that their standard of living goes down? Greg Clark ...

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    Obama, Boehner Look Ahead to Next Budget Deadline

    Mar 04, 2013 02:00 PM EDT

    ... as director of the Office of Management and Budget on Monday. She's currently head of the Wal-Mart Foundation, and previously worked for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Burwell also served as the deputy budget director and deputy White House chief of staff in the Clinton administration. To ...

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    On Tuesday's NewsHour...

    Oct 05, 2010 10:14 PM EDT

    ... form of carbon just one atom thick but 100 times stronger than steel. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien reports. JOB TRAINING IN COMMUNITY COLLEGES | The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced it will donate $35 million in grants to U.S. community colleges. Philanthropist Melinda Gates will talk to Judy ...

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    Strategies for Preventing Hiv Debated At AIDS Conference

    Jul 12, 2004 05:21 PM EDT

    ... setback to the AIDS control effort," he argued. Ted Green, a member of Bush's council on AIDS, questioned the emphasis on condoms in an interview with Reuters. "If you are telling me that people can't stop AIDS unless they buy a product. I simply don't agree with ...