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Ex-Microsoft executive gets ND's highest honor
Fargo :: ND :: USA | 1 day ago
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N.D. — A philanthropist and former Microsoft Corp. executive who built a big-time company with small-town people is the recipient of North Dakota's highest honor, the Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider award. Gov. John Hoeven presented Doug Burgum with the...
Tags: North Dakota, Doug Burgum, highest honor, Microsoft Corp., Fargo, Bill Gates, Microsoft Dynamics GP, Microsoft, Business Finance, Tytsjerksteradiel, Burgum, Steve Ballmer, North Dakota State University, John Hoeven, Fargo-Moorhead, Human Interest
Mexican Carlos Slim overtakes Bill Gates as world's richest man
Mexico City :: Mexico | 2 days ago
Credibility Carlos Slim and President Bill Clinton �Hola! The Mexican telecom magnate surpassed Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates as the world's richest man...That's the rate at which Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim 's fortune has been multiplying this year.
Tags: Latin America, Carlos Slim, Bill Gates, richest man, Telefonos de Mexico, Mexico, Mexico City, Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett, Telmex, Microsoft, Mexican Stock Exchange, Arab Christians, Business Finance
DPS wins Gates Foundation grant for teaching study
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility The Measures of Effective Teaching project will examine the work of 3,700 teachers from across the country, using videotapes, surveys and student assessments to figure out what works and what doesn't. Denver is getting $880,000 and will seek 250 volunteer...
Tags: teacher effective, Los Angeles, Melinda Gates, Houston A+ Challenge, Bay Area Coalition for Equitable Schools, Bill Gates, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Charter school, Education, Teaching, Teacher, Rockefeller Foundation, Education in the United States, Bob Huff, Huff, California State Senators, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kennedy family, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County Pennsylvania, Detroit Public Schools, Alternative education
Not firing on all cylinders, Blazers still nip Pistons
Portland :: OR :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility It was almost two years ago to the day when the Trail Blazers built a 25-point third-quarter lead at Philadelphia, then watched it disappear before their very eyes in a 92-88 loss to the 76ers. So while what happened Wednesday night at the Rose Garden...
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Gates Foundation program aimed at schools
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility The Gates Foundation is donating millions for teacher improvement in three U.S. school districts and Los Angeles charter schools, officials said Wednesday. The districts are Pittsburgh, Memphis and Hillsborough County in Florida, which includes Tampa,...
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Microsoft alumni find productive niche in non-profits
Accra :: Ghana | 5 days ago
Credibility Exploring philanthropy, non-profits and socially motivated business, from the Gates Foundation to your donation...They've started at least 150 non-profits and given millions, if not billions, to causes from global health to education to equal rights....
Tags: Microsoft Alumni Foundation, PM Microsoft, Ghana, Accra, Grameen Foundation, Ashesi University, Grameen Bank, Non-profit organization, Melinda Gates, Bill Gates, Pierre Omidyar, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Microsoft co-founder Allen treated for lymphoma
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility Microsoft Corp. co-founder and billionaire investor Paul Allen has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and is undergoing chemotherapy. In a memo sent to employees, Jody Allen, Paul Allen's sister and the CEO of his investment firm Vulcan Inc.,...
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Gates Foundation helps Houston charter schools
Houston :: TX :: USA | 9 days ago
Credibility The Bill & Melinda Gates foundation is offering $30 million to help charter schools in Houston get $300 million in tax-exempt bonds to build more schools...The credit support agreement is the foundation's first attempt to use "non-traditional means" to...
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Warren Buffett: The financial panic is over
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Bill Gates Making Big Education Reform Impact
US Billionaire Bill Gates is making big education reform impact. He has actively made big money available in concerted drive to help overhaul the failing American education system. For starters,his charity arm. the Bill & Melinda...
Tags: US President Barack Obama, Bill Gates, US Education System Overhaul, US Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Focus on Big Education Reform Impact, US$250, 000 Grant
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