Bono, Gates attend World Economic Forum
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Microsoft chairman Bill Gates announced Friday at the World Economic Forum that his foundation would give $306 million to use green technology and farming techniques to boost millions out of hunger and poverty.
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PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil -- Participating in the World Social Forum for the first time, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank tried to assure social and leftist activists yesterday that they are increasingly heeding calls for a more aggressive fight against poverty.
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Remarks about the U.S. economy and its possible effects on the world at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
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Bono, the Irish rock star and outspoken campaigner against poverty and AIDS, praised Japan's policies on those issues on Wednesday, in a departure from his usual criticism of rich nations for not living up to expectations.
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CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos and Declan McCullagh offer their thoughts on Bill Gates' call for businesses to help out more in the developing world.
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President Hosni Mubarak opened a World Economic Forum meeting Saturday with jabs at the United States and warnings that the world must overcome the widening gap between rich and poor and block escalating threats of terrorism.
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Apple is holding another of its special events - for which read high-profile product announcement - next week, where CEO Steve Jobs will be joined by U2&#39; Bono and The Edge to unveil U2-themed iPods, pre-loaded with the band&#39;s new album.
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Facing a global economy on the mend but threatened by surging oil prices and other factors, IMF and World Bank policymakers opened two days of meetings Saturday to discuss ways to keep the recovery on track.
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The next best thing to an invitation to the World Economic Forum in Davos is an invitation to one of its posh cocktail parties. Alorie Gilbert reports from Davos, Switzerland. In more news from Davos, YouTube says it'll pay for content.
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Across town from the United Nations General Assembly session, other world leaders, celebrities and scholars gathered Wednesday for the third annual Clinton Global Initiative conference to discuss subjects of global importance.
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DAVOS, Switzerland  - Microsoft Corp   Chairman Bill Gates called on Thursday for a new "creative  capitalism" to help the world's 1 billion poorest who live on  less than $1 a day.
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By Troy WolvertonSTAFF  CARLSBAD -- In a historic joint public appearance Wednes-   day, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs talked about their shared history and gave their views on what's ahead for the technology industry in an appearance that was low on fireworks and heavy with nostalgia.
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LOS ANGELES  - U2 frontman Bono has   signed on as the first guest on musician/producer David A.   Stewart's upcoming music-themed interview show for HBO.
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PARIS Bill Gates was in Paris on Wednesday to meet with President Jacques Chirac of France and to sign an agreement with a UN body to improve access to information technology and training in developing countries.
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Rock star Bono dropped in at the Pentagon for a 20-minute chat Tueday swith US Defense Secretary Robert Gates about Africa, the Pentagon said Wednesday.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will be headliners at next week's annual World Economic Forum, organizers said Wednesday.
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U2 singer Bono and The Duchess of York are to be guest editors of BBC Radio 4's flagship Today programme.