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telegraph.co.uk at 9 Jun 2009 04:07 pm
The Bill ? Melinda Gates Foundation may be the world's richest charitable foundation but that has not shielded them from the economic downturn.
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MELINDA GATES STEPS DOWN FROM DRUGSTORE.COM
Melinda Gates announced late August 21, 2006 that she is stepping down from the board of Bellevue, Washington-based Drugstore.com Inc., an online seller of health, vision and pharmaceutical products. Melinda resigned in order to spend more time running the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where she serves as co-chair with husband and Microsoft founder Bill Gates. Melinda had been on the board since 1999. (UPI Photo/Ezio Petersen/FILE)
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IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 18 (UPI) -- One of the world's richest couples, Bill and Melinda Gates, have donated $1.7 million to the University of California for a study of the world's poorest people.
NEW YORK, July 25 (UPI) -- New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Microsoft founder Bill Gates said they will invest $500 million to help governments in developing countries combat tobacco.
REDMOND, Wash., June 27 (UPI) -- Friday is the last day at work at Microsoft for Bill Gates, one of the must iconic success stories in the history of the U.S. business world.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 14 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists are questioning how millions of dollars dedicated to malaria prevention are being spent since annual deaths from the disease are increasing.
SEATTLE, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation says it is expanding its charity work in agricultural development with $306 million earmarked for six farming programs.
SEATTLE, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle is attempting to help poor farmers around the world by offering agricultural assistance.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Efforts to wipe out polio have stalled in recent years and eradication of the crippling disease remains a question mark, U.S. and world experts say.
NEW YORK, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- The Weill Cornell Medical College in New York has received grants totaling $2.4 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for tuberculosis research.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A U.S. Senate panel is examining claims a top official at the Gates Foundation tried to cover up a diabetes drug's potential side effects in his previous job.
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