Read more Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/11295/bill-and-melinda-gates-foundation.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:29:17 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/60913/giving-away-billions-feels-great-gates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBill Gates is touting the feel-good benefits of giving away money, telling a crowd in Oslo that “all billionaires should give away the vast majority of their fortunes.” Leave enough for the kids, he says, but, “I’m a great believer that great wealth should go from the richest to the...http://www.newser.com/story/60913/giving-away-billions-feels-great-gates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 03 Jun 2009 15:58:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59497/the-most-creative-minds-in-business.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCreativity is a tough thing to put your finger on, but Fast Company takes a shot at picking world’s top 100 business innovators. The first five: Jonathan Ive : Apple’s design chief—responsible for the iPhone, iPod, MacBook, and iMac—ushered in an era of “design perfection” that became “the benchmark...http://www.newser.com/story/59497/the-most-creative-minds-in-business.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 19 May 2009 15:00:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57171/bill-gates-senior-bill-junior-was-a-brat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBill Gates stopped being a kid right about age 11, his father tells Wall Street Journal . And then he turned into a royal pain, at least for a while. In the most famous bit of family lore, Bill Gates Sr. says he had to chuck a glass of cold water...http://www.newser.com/story/57171/bill-gates-senior-bill-junior-was-a-brat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 25 Apr 2009 10:24:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/49931/gates-lets-mosquitoes-fly-at-audience.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBill Gates had the audience buzzing yesterday as he released a jar of mosquitoes at the TED2009 conference in California during a presentation on eradicating malaria, reports MSNBC. The bugs were not carrying the disease. "Not only poor people should experience this," Gates explained, according to a witness who Twittered...http://www.newser.com/story/49931/gates-lets-mosquitoes-fly-at-audience.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Feb 2009 8:49:30 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44768/watershed-vaccine-may-end-malaria-toll.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScientists have developed a promising vaccine against malaria, a devastating disease that kills a milion people a year, most of them young children. Trials of the breakthrough vaccine enter the final phase next year and it could be widely available by 2012, reports the Los Angeles Times . Successful trials have...http://www.newser.com/story/44768/watershed-vaccine-may-end-malaria-toll.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 09 Dec 2008 1:45:59 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43608/big-players-reel-in-charity-spending.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCharities used to getting much of their money from major corporations and private foundations are feeling the economic downturn, the Wall Street Journal reports. Bill Gates’ foundation plans to give fewer grants next year, and other large donors are honoring existing pledges but refusing to make new ones. “You can’t...http://www.newser.com/story/43608/big-players-reel-in-charity-spending.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 25 Nov 2008 12:14:56 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41449/nonprofit-workers-favor-dems.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPeople in the charitable world lean heavily Democrat and love Barack Obama, but try to keep their affiliation low-key to avoid insulting the other side, the Chronicle of Philanthropy reports. A new study shows that 88% of foundation worker donations went to Dems, enriching Obama's effort by $399,000 and...http://www.newser.com/story/41449/nonprofit-workers-favor-dems.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 31 Oct 2008 20:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/40700/gates-gambles-big-on-bold-medical-probes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Gates Foundation has awarded more than $10 million to medical researchers with quirky ideas that might not be funded otherwise, the Washington Post reports. The initiative, dubbed Grand Challenges Explorations, offered a simple 2-page application and vetting by entrepreneurs, not medical professionals. “Peer review—by definition almost—excludes innovation...http://www.newser.com/story/40700/gates-gambles-big-on-bold-medical-probes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 23 Oct 2008 14:13:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38500/malaria-fight-gets-3b-booster-shot.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe global fight against malaria will get an unprecedented $3 billion push from a global alliance of nonprofits, financial institutions, and governments, the Wall Street Journal reports, with a focus on prolonging the effort beyond initial successes. The Global Malaria Action Plan aims for multibillion-dollar yearly funding through 2020, and...http://www.newser.com/story/38500/malaria-fight-gets-3b-booster-shot.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 27 Sep 2008 12:05:00 CDT