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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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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.
sfgate.com at 9 Jun 2009 03:24 pm
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation may be the world's richest charitable foundation, but that hardly shields them from the economic downturn. Between January 2008 and April 2009, the...
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Although its value fell around 20 percent last year, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will increase its giving this year to $3.8 billion, from 3.3 billion in 2008.
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