Topic: Bill Gates
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20 best iPhone apps for starters
Here's a selection of some essential and not-so-essential apps that will help you get by in a world increasingly dependent on digital interaction.
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Five surprising facts from the new Steve Jobs biography
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In Pictures: The world's richest people
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Who are Forbes' 10 most powerful women?
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9 books Bill Gates thinks you should read
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Change Agent A different road out of poverty: saving instead of borrowing
Microloans get all the publicity, but the key to upward mobility for the world's poor may be to rely on simple savings plans, which offer a debt-free way to build wealth, make investments, and better one's life.
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Global News Blog Bill Gates sets South Korea abuzz with 'rude' one-handed shake
Bill Gates triggered a media uproar with a 'disrespectful' one-handed shake upon meeting the new South Korean president. What should Bill Gates have done?
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An unexpected hero in Boston relief efforts: Reddit
Reddit provided a forum coordinate aid for victims of the Boston Marathon bombings. Overnight, thousands donated everything from pizzas to transportation to housing.
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Global News Blog Forbes 2013 billionaire list: rich get richer, women ascend
The aggregate wealth of the world's billionaires is at an all-time high, and 210 new names, including 34 women, have joined the list.
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Change Agent Gates, Zuckerberg champion computer programming in a new nonprofit video
Bill Gates, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey lobby for the teaching of computer coding in a new video produced by the nonprofit group Code.org.
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The Monitor's View: Charitable tax deduction: What price for love?
In weighing tax reform, Congress has its eye on the charitable tax deduction – as a 'loophole.' It needs to first look at the changing ways that Americans give and then act to safeguard charity in all its forms.
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Africa Monitor Black billionaire in South Africa pledges to give away half his fortune
The ruling party praised the mining magnate, Patrice Motsepe, and said he was part of a 'patriotic bourgeoisie' of rich black South Africans with a social conscience.
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20 best iPhone apps for starters
Here's a selection of some essential and not-so-essential apps that will help you get by in a world increasingly dependent on digital interaction.
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Should estate tax rise in a 'fiscal cliff' deal? Why some ultra-rich say yes.
While much of the focus in the 'fiscal cliff' debate has been on income taxes, the group of wealthy Americans says an estate tax 'promotes democracy by slowing the concentration of wealth and power.'
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With Windows 8, Microsoft seeks to re-imagine PC industry
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that the new Surface tablet and the Windows 8 operating system will shake up the ailing PC market.
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Horizons Microsoft Surface already backordered in US, sells out in UK
Microsoft is bullish about the future of Windows 8 and the Surface tablet. Others aren't so sure.
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Windows 8 could baffle, perplex customers (+video)
Windows 8 represents a radical departure from previous Microsoft operating systems, one that some early users have found frustrating.
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Augusta National admits first women – all two of them (+video)
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and financier Darla Moore are invited to join Augusta National. The 80-year-old golfing club has been under pressure for 10 years to admit women.
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Toilet of the future? Runs on sun. Wins prize.
Toilet of the future wins $100,000 from Gates Foundation for solar-powered unit that recycles water and turns waste into energy. Foundation will spend $3.4 million on its 'toilet of the future' initiative.
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Tiny creatures with hip names
More new species to name means scientists are reaching out to pop culture.
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Dearie
Julia Child's great success was built on both a willingness to innovate and an utter devotion to her craft.
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Keep Calm Why Western sanctions on Zimbabwe may not matter anymore
Yesterday, the European Union announced it would lift sanctions on Zimbabwe if the country held a referendum on a new constitution. How much do sanctions affect the country?
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Decoder Wire Why Obama's 'you didn't build that' line may bite back
The line may have been taken out of context. But it plays into the Romney campaign's main point of attack against the president: that he puts more faith in government than in private enterprise.
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Comcast, NBC build a wall between MSNBC website, TV channel
Comcast and NBC draw a line between the liberal commentators of the MSNBC channel and the straight-news MSNBC website.
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New York to release teacher evaluations, without the names or the shame
New York teachers rally around the public release of teacher evaluations, but without a ranking that they (and Bill Gates) say won't improve education for kids.
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Change Agent Beyond standardized tests – teaching empathy
More than ever children need skills in how to work with changing teams of collaborators and how to seek solutions rooted in the needs of others, the author says.
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Change Agent Nigerian banker urges a businesslike approach to poverty in Africa
Tony Elumelu, who has become one of Africa’s most prominent philanthropists, calls his idea 'Africacapitalism' – an African-run effort that uses business concepts to fight poverty.
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The New Economy Top 40 richest list: Zuckerberg flames out as super-billionaire. Does it matter?
Top 40 richest list from Bloomberg drops Facebook CEO Zuckerberg as his company's valuation ebbs. But making the Top 40 richest list is probably not Zuckerberg's big concern right now.
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The New Economy Facebook IPO? Flat. Facebook future? Bright.
Facebook IPO generated no big stock gains on its first day of trading. But Facebook has many of the traits that made Apple, Microsoft, and Google great in the long run.
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Opinion: Mark Zuckerberg's IPO challenge: A company that can 'friend' the 99 percent
Will the new publicly traded Facebook cater singularly to its wealthy shareholders? Mark Zuckerberg must strive to include ‘we the users,’ who made such a megabillion dollar concept possible, in his corporate model. He can start by offering a free share to each Facebook user.
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