EBayâs Founder Selects Philanthropy Director
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Pierre Omidyar named a new leader for his personal philanthropy as he explores ways to play a bigger role in shaping public policy.
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The Founders Fund, a venture capital firm launched by PayPal co-founder  and CEO Peter Thiel, announced today that Sean Parker will join as  managing partner.
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Warren Buffett, the world&#039;s  second-richest person, is donating about &#36;37 billion -- more  than 80 percent of his fortune -- to foundations run by his  friend Bill Gates and by the Buffett family.
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Founder and CEO David Kalt takes a bow.
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Berkshire Hathaway Inc., the investment company run by billionaire Warren Buffett, named another billionaire, Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Gates, as a director.
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(InfoWorld) - A Brooklyn, New York-based charity is using its position as first in line for the iPhone at the SoHo Apple Store to drum up more support for its plans to auction the gadget on eBay and use the money for charitable purposes. In addition to its iPhone plan, Keep a Child Alive, which supplies anti-retroviral medication and treatment for children with AIDS in Africa, has gotten corporate sponsors to donate other items for eBay auctions. What got the ball rolling was a decision by Johnny Vulkan, member of the group's public relations team, to begin standing in line for the iPhone at 7 a.m. local time on Tuesday, said Sarah Stabile from Anomaly, the public relations company that does pro bono work for Keep a Child Alive. Vulkan also works for Anomaly. Since then the campaign has taken a life of its own, she said. During an interview outside the store Thursday, Stabile got an e-mail informing her that ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live television show has offered the charity four tickets to the show and access for four to its green room to auction off on eBay. "Every five minutes more and more people" are pledging support, she said, standing in the brutal summer heat. Other corporate sponsors of Keep a Child Alive's iPhone campaign are Virgin Atlantic Airways, which is giving the nonprofit airline tickets to auction off; Aliph, which has donated Jawbone Bluetooth headsets that work with the iPhone; and the Rachael Ray daytime television show, which also has donated tickets. Six Flags Theme Parks amusement parks and Netflix also are donating items to be auctioned on eBay for Keep a Child Alive. eBay also has said it will match the iPhone's auction price and donate the amount to the charity, Stabile said. Apple, however, has not yet pledged any kind of charitable support for the group's campaign, though she believes the company will eventually donate something for the cause. When contacted by Keep a Child Alive, "they said, 'We love what you're doing,' but not much more," Stabile said. She added that because of all the media attention the iPhone is getting, it's not surprising Apple would choose to stay out of the campaign for now. "They'll probably do something quietly later," she said. Mia Riddle, a Keep a Child Alive staff member, is one of 80 volunteers who is keeping the group's place in line. Sitting on a chair on the hot sidewalk Thursday, she said the staff of the Apple Store has been more than hospitable to the people braving the heat to stand in line, "bringing us water and letting us use the bathroom." Riddle said the nonprofit uses Apple computers at its office, but an interest in the company's technology is not the reason for the iPhone campaign. "It's more about using the media frenzy around the iPhone to communicate things that are a little more important," she said. Keep a Child Alive's eBay auction is expected to begin at 6 p.m. EDT Friday and end at the same time on Tuesday, July 3. Donations to the nonprofit and more information about it can be made on its Web site.
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EBay Inc Chief Executive Meg  Whitman, one of the most powerful women in business, is  preparing to retire from the online auctioneer, The Wall Street  Journal said on Tuesday.
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced Wednesday that Henry Cisneros, a former housing secretary in the Clinton administration, will serve as national chairman of his charity that supports after-school programs.
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Berkshire Hathaway Inc. BRKa.N, the  conglomerate run by billionaire investor Warren Buffett, on  Tuesday said it elected Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft Corp.  MSFT.O, to be a director.
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An era at eBay is about to end.  Meg Whitman, chief executive of eBay for the past 10 years, is retiring.
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Meg Whitman, the chief executive of online auction website eBay, announces she will step down on 31 March.
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Online auctioneer eBay Inc. will plug a recently purchased China site into its global network on Friday, creating new opportunities for a nascent but fast-growing operation, its chief executive said.
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Online charitable gift cards allow the recipient to choose the organization that will receive the money given in his or her name.
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Meg Whitman will soon step down as chief executive of eBay Inc., the online auction company that went from wobbly startup to multibillion-dollar household name in her 10-year tenure.
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By Dana Knight, The Indianapolis Star  Dec. 18--Roxanne Hylton's loyalty to online shopping has a name: eBay.    She likes the variety , the prices and how easy it is to navigate the Web  site.
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The head of one of the world's largest funders of biomedical research is has said that he's set to substantially increase funding.
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EBay announced that its Q4 earnings and revenues exceeded Wall Street expectations, confirmed that CEO Meg Whitman plans to retire.