Gates Foundationâs Influence Criticized
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A memo at the World Health Organization expressed concern that the growing dominance of malaria research by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation could stifle a diversity of views among scientists.
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Net law professor Michael Geist takes a look at US criticisms of the way much of the world handles intellectual property.
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Bill Gates and Microsoft were in the news a lot this week, most notably with CEO Steve Ballmer claiming that Gates is the most spammed person in the world.
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The European Commission's Neelie Kroes told a Dutch newspaper this week that she was pressured by the United States government to go easy on Microsoft. In the article, she criticized government officials for interfering in an EU matter.
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He was vilified in U.S. industry and government circles for blocking the merger of General Electric Co. and Honeywell International Inc. in 2001 after the Justice Department had approved it. And when the European Union directorate he heads ordered Microsoft Corp. to remove a key feature from its Windows operating system, the U.S. antitrust community convulsed again.
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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation of Seattle has donated $43 million dollars grant dollars to Institute for OneWorld Health, a nonprofit drug company, to aid in the development of cheaper malaria treatment.
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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation of Seattle has given a $43 million dollars grant to aid in the development of a genetically engineered form of a Chinese herbal drug that is thought to be effective in curing malaria.
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Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates contributed $400,000 to the campaign backing a California ballot measure that would make billions of dollars available for human embryonic
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The $2 billion worldwide fund highlighted during Monday's State of the Union speech was called both a landmark proposal and an outdated approach.
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Microsoft's Bill Gates calls on firms to engage in creative capitalism that creates a profit while helping the poor.
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The CEO of the world's largest philanthropy would have stepped aside two years ago if co-chairs Bill and Melinda Gates hadn't asked her help to manage its growth after billionaire Warren Buffett asked them to give away his money as well, Patty Stonesifer said Thursday.
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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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Bill Gates&#039; decision to give up day-to-day duties at Microsoft Corp. puts more pressure on Steve Ballmer, Ray Ozzie and other executives to figure out the company&#039;s place in an industry increasingly focused on Internet-based services championed by Google Inc. and others.
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Bill Gatesâs Davos challenge to the worldâs capitalists last week did not mention some important work that is already under way in developing nations.
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Earlier this week, Novell boss Jack Messman lambasted Microsoft for being a $60bn drain on the IT industry. His assertion is that Bill Gates et al have set back the evolution of the whole industry by gobbling
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Microsoft's attempt to win over new users with a cut-down version of Windows has come in for strong criticism.
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The project has prompted criticism from those who worry that lawyers could skew new rules in favor of their clients.