DAVOS, Switzerland, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- The global economic crisis could continue for up to four years, Microsoft founder Bill Gates told the BBC during an interview in Switzerland.
NEW YORK, June 25 (UPI) -- Billionaire Warren Buffett plans to begin next month giving away 85 percent of his wealth, Fortune magazine reported.
SEATTLE, June 28 (UPI) -- International scientists have been given 43 grants worth $436.6 million to find new ways to fight disease in poor countries.
GENEVA, Switzerland, May 16 (UPI) -- Microsoft head Bill Gates says his Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has raised its funding for improving global health to $450 million.
LONDON, March 2 (UPI) -- Besides being the world's richest man, Microsoft's Bill Gates Wednesday added another title to his name when he was knighted by British Queen Elizabeth II.
SEATTLE, July 20 (UPI) -- Microsoft founder Bill Gates has pledged about $3 billion expected from a one-time special stock dividend to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
REDMOND, Wash., July 13 (UPI) -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which has distributed $6 billion since its founding four years ago, has pledged half of that to the developing world.
NEW DELHI, Nov. 11 (UPI) --
