Gates Foundation gives $10M to Smithsonian's Museum of African American History and CultureOctober 15th, 2009 Gates Foundation gives black history museum $10MWASHINGTON — The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is giving $10 million to the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture planned for the National Mall in Washington. The grant announced Thursday will support the capital campaign for design and construction of the new museum.
Alexander Friedman to step down next year as chief financial officer for Gates FoundationOctober 13th, 2009 Gates Foundation CFO to step down next yearSEATTLE — The chief financial officers of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation says he's leaving that post early next year to pursue other interests. The Seattle Times reports that Alexander Friedman made the announcement Monday in an e-mail to colleagues at the foundation.
VP Biden heading to visits with NATO allies Poland, Romania, Czech Republic in late OctoberOctober 6th, 2009 Biden heads to Poland, Romania, Czech RepublicWASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden is heading to Europe to meet with NATO allies. The White House on Tuesday said Biden will visit Poland, Romania and Czech Republic from October 20-24.
Gates Foundation launches campaign to highlight success of US spending to improve world healthSeptember 24th, 2009 Gates Foundation to promote US global spendingWASHINGTON — The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is launching a campaign to highlight the U.S. government's efforts to improve global health.
Bill Gates: Better data on student, teacher performance will raise achievement in US schoolsJuly 21st, 2009 Bill Gates: Better data mean better schoolsPHILADELPHIA — Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says the U.S. needs better ways to measure student and teacher performance to improve its schools.
Gates Foundation makes $6.5 million in grants for library computer hardwareJuly 16th, 2009 Gates Foundation offers $6.5 million for librariesSEATTLE — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is announcing $6.5 million in grants to help public libraries in 11 states improve the quality of the free computer access they offer. The money announced Thursday will pay for computer hardware updates at some of the 800 library branches in Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Vermont and Wisconsin.
UW-Madison says new Google deal will expand public access to library collectionJuly 10th, 2009 UW-Madison: New Google deal boosts access to booksMADISON, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin-Madison says a new agreement with Google will expand public access to its library collection.
EU nations tell Poland, Hungary, Romania, Latvia and Lithuania to curb budget deficitsJuly 7th, 2009 EU tells nations to curb deficitsBRUSSELS — The European Union on Tuesday gave Poland, Hungary, Romania, Latvia and Lithuania two- and three-year deadlines to curb their budget deficits, which have been swollen by the world financial crisis and its fallout in Eastern Europe. EU finance ministers gave Poland and Latvia until 2012 to bring the yearly gap between government spending and revenue under the maximum 3 percent of gross domestic product.
Billionaire Warren Buffett gives $1.25 billion worth of stock to Gates FoundationJuly 3rd, 2009 Warren Buffett makes gifts to charity worth $1.43BSEATTLE — Billionaire Warren Buffett has donated $1.25 billion in Berkshire Hathaway Inc. stock to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Billionaire Warren Buffett gives $1.53 billion worth of stock to Gates Foundation, othersJuly 3rd, 2009 Warren Buffett makes gifts to charity worth $1.53BSEATTLE — Billionaire Warren Buffett has donated $1.25 billion in Berkshire Hathaway Inc. stock to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Biden announces program to expand broadband Internet access for rural areas at Pa. stopJuly 1st, 2009 Biden announces rural broadband funding in Pa.WATTSBURG, Pa. — Vice President Joe Biden outlined a $4.7 billion loan and grant program Wednesday to develop the infrastructure needed to deliver broadband, or high-speed, Internet access to areas that are underserved or without access.
World's richest foundation suffers from recession, but remains the biggestJune 9th, 2009 Economic downturn hits world's richest foundationSEATTLE — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation may be the world's richest charitable foundation, but that hardly shields them from the economic downturn. Between January 2008 and April 2009, the foundation saw its assets drop from $39 billion to $27.5 billion.
Gates Foundation doesn't do fundraising, but took in $10.4M in donations last yearJune 6th, 2009 Gates Foundation gets $10.4M in donationsSEATTLE — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's annual report says it brought in $10.4 million in individual donations in 2008, without making an effort at fundraising. That dollar amount does not include new money from Bill or Melinda Gates or their friend Warren Buffett, who gave the world's richest foundation's trust about $1.8 billion worth of Berkshire Hathaway stock last year.
Foreign investment and tourists to Vietnam decline in first 4 months of 2009April 28th, 2009 Foreign investment to Vietnam declinesHANOI, Vietnam — The global recession has taken a toll on foreign investment and tourism to Vietnam in the first four months of the year, the government said Tuesday. Foreign investment pledges fell 72 percent to $6.4 billion as of April 20, the General Statistics Office said in a statement.
Gates Foundation helps Colbert's cause _ not bears, helping teachers pay for student projectsApril 23rd, 2009 Colbert: Does Bill Gates ever talk about me?SEATTLE — Stephen Colbert had an important question for an official with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: "Does Bill Gates ever talk about me?"
The host of Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" helped announce a $4.1 million donation from the foundation to donorschoose.org at a New York City high school Tuesday. Colbert is a board member of donorschoose, a Web site where teachers seek money for student projects and donors choose which projects they want to support.
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