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Gates announces $23m grant to India

Desh — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:44:51 +0000

On the day he quits Microsoft to work for social sector projects, software pioneer Bill Gates announced $ 23-million grant to India to control HIV/AIDS in the country. The grant would be spent through the National AIDS Control Organisation in India...

Microsoft search Path Beyond Gatesâ€™s Legacy

Vikas — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:37:16 +0000

Bill Gates is retiring, sort of. He is still only 52, and he is going off to spend more time guiding the worldâ€™s richest philanthropy, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He will still be Microsoftâ€™s chairman and largest shareholder, but...

Ballmer and Gates bid farewell with tears

AP — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:31:14 +0000

On his final full day at Microsoft Corp., Bill Gates went on stage to reminisce with his longtime friend Steve Ballmer, and neither man could hold back tears as Ballmer handed Gates a large scrapbook as a farewell...

Gates moves on, but Microsoft keeps 'quests' alive

AP — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:31:24 +0000

It is almost unthinkable that any one human could pick up where Bill Gates leaves off when he ends his full-time tenure Friday as Microsoft’s leader.

Bill Gates moves on, but Microsoft keeps his 'quests' alive

AP — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:26:44 +0000

It is almost unthinkable that any one human could pick up where Bill Gates leaves off when he ends his full-time tenure Friday as Microsoft’s leader.

Bill Gates to dive deeper into foundation strategy

AP — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:25:35 +0000

Now that Bill Gates is stepping away from his daily duties at Microsoft Corp., he’s going to dive deeper into the work of his $38 billion charitable foundation, established a decade...

Gates voices worry over Afghanistan

AP — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:19:57 +0000

Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he has “real concern” about a sharp rise in attacks by insurgent forces in eastern Afghanistan and says it reflects infiltration of fighters from...

NY council seeks to shut down the 'Gates of Hell'

AP — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:23:44 +0000

A suburban city council is taking up a resolution to ban a defunct power plant’s nickname: the Gates of Hell.

Ousted Air Force chief cites dissension in Pentagon

AP — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:42:36 +0000

Two weeks after being ousted, Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne said Friday he had a “difference in philosophy” with his boss, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, on numerous issues _ not just on the nuclear slip-up that Gates said was his...

No list is a good list

Arjun — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:49:14 +0000

Annual list of billionaires is out and with that will follow the various analyses by the different “experts”. Let me present you with the few: 1. There are four Indians in top ten. Indians will be mad with praise for these people. The...