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DENVER, Jan. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, personal finance blog FrugalDad (www.frugaldad.com) releases its latest infographic: "Bill Gates is Better than Batman." It posits a bold claim: that the Microsoft founder, Forbes 400 member and well-known philanthropist puts traditional superheroes to shame. The graphic lays out the astounding scope of the charitable work executed by one of the world's most famous and most wealthy entrepreneurs, and how his efforts warrant a...
SEATTLE, Jan. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Health leaders around the world today will acknowledge an important achievement in the fight against polio as India marks one year since the last recorded case of wild poliovirus in the country. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please visit: http://www.multivu.com/mnr/49366-gates-foundation-commends-india-on-one-year-polio-free (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120112/MM33841 ) This success...
A Washington-based company, created and funded by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, will work with Chinese scientists to jointly develop a new, novel type of nuclear reactor, various media outlets reported on Friday. According to the Associated Press (AP), the reactor -- which Gates said would be "very low-cost, very safe and generate very little waste" during a discussion China's Ministry of Science and Technology -- will run on depleted uranium. UPI and BBC News report that the...
REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Speaking at Microsoft Corp.'s annual shareholder meeting today, Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer highlighted the company's product momentum and business execution and outlined growth opportunities across the company's business groups, including search, mobile devices, entertainment, communications and cloud services. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20000822/MSFTLOGO) "Last year, we delivered record financial performance by...
Indian researchers said on Monday that they were close to developing an "electronic nose" that is capable of sniffing out tuberculosis on someone's breath. The device is a hand-held unit that is similar to a police breathalyzer used to detect blood alcohol levels. The "E-Nose" has sensors that pick up TB biomarkers in the breath droplets, resulting in an almost instantaneous and accurate diagnosis. "We hope to have a prototype ready for clinical testing by October 2013," lead...
Report Highlights Role of Innovation in Expanding Development Resources for the Future CANNES, France, Nov. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a report about financing for development delivered today at the G20 Summit, Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, urged leaders to commit to increasing the pool of resources dedicated to development or risk causing irreparable damage to the livelihoods of millions of the poorest people. Underlying these...
SEATTLE, Oct. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced that Dr. Christopher Elias has been named president of the foundation's Global Development Program. Elias is currently president and chief executive officer of PATH, a Seattle-based international nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the health of people around the world. "We are very pleased that Chris is joining the foundation to lead our global development...
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- READ (Rural Education and Development) Global announced today a major grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to strengthen the organization's capacity for future growth. This grant combines the foundation's unwavering commitment to public library systems with READ Global's unique approach to sustainable development and empowerment in rural Asia through Community Library and Resource Centers (READ Centers). "The READ Global model...
Previewing themes in his upcoming report to G20 leaders, Gates highlights innovations and partnerships as keys to development WASHINGTON, Oct. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, today accepted World Food Program USA's George McGovern Leadership Award for his foundation's efforts to help small farmers in the developing world overcome hunger and poverty. Gates said the famine in the Horn of Africa, rising food prices, and a...
SEATTLE, Oct. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On this year's World Polio Day (October 24, 2011), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and a global community of partners are calling for increased commitment and greater accountability from political leaders to end polio, and for supporters around the world to lend their voices to the fight. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click: http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/gatesfoundation/49365/ (Photo:...
