Read more Bill Gates stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/760/bill-gates.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:40:17 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72999/celebs-execs-lobbyists-on-white-house-visitor-logs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGeorge Clooney, Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey and prominent lobbyists, corporate executives and Democratic fundraisers were among the first to score visits with President Obama, Michelle, or top aides at the White House, newly released records show. The White House late yesterday afternoon posted a list of roughly 480 records in...http://www.newser.com/story/72999/celebs-execs-lobbyists-on-white-house-visitor-logs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 31 Oct 2009 5:57:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70169/for-buffett-best-suits-are-made-in-china.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOne is America's most famous capitalist, the other leads China's Communist Party. But Warren Buffett and Hu Jintao have something in common—they both get their suits from Trands, an obscure northern Chinese menswear company not open to the public. Buffett, who recently recorded a promotional video for Trands' owners,...http://www.newser.com/story/70169/for-buffett-best-suits-are-made-in-china.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 24 Sep 2009 8:43:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65307/bill-gates-too-popular-for-facebook.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMicrosoft co-founder Bill Gates has signed off Facebook for good, saying so many people wanted to befriend him that it was difficult to tell who he knew or didn't know, reports AFP. There were "10,000 people wanting to be my friends," Gates said while accepting a philanthropy award in...http://www.newser.com/story/65307/bill-gates-too-popular-for-facebook.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 26 Jul 2009 5:17:16 CDThttp://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/59606/worlds-richest-people-held-secret-meeting.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWarren Buffett, Bill Gates, and David Rockefeller Jr recently convened a top-secret meeting of many of the world’s wealthiest people to discuss the financial crisis, according to an Irish Central report confirmed by ABC News. A total media blackout prevailed during the get-together, which took place May 5 at Rockefeller...http://www.newser.com/story/59606/worlds-richest-people-held-secret-meeting.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 20 May 2009 11:28:17 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/53070/gates-no-1-on-shrinking-billionaire-list.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThis may not elicit much sympathy, but Forbes ' annual list of billionaires has shrunk from 1,125 names to 793 this year. Bill Gates lost $18 billion but managed to regain the top spot from Warren Buffett, who lost $25 billion. Here's the top 10: Gates, $40 billion Buffett,...http://www.newser.com/story/53070/gates-no-1-on-shrinking-billionaire-list.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Mar 2009 19:34:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52305/melinda-keen-on-iphone-bill-says-no.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagApple products are banned in the Gates home, the New York Post reports—but Melinda “wouldn’t mind” picking up an iPhone, she told Vogue . There isn’t much “on the banned list in our household. But iPods and iPhones are two things we don't get for our kids,” she said. But...http://www.newser.com/story/52305/melinda-keen-on-iphone-bill-says-no.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Mar 2009 14:07:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/49944/sorry-tom-hanks-obama-most-influential-celebrity.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe nation’s leader is also its most influential celebrity, Advertising Age reports. President Obama bumped Tom Hanks from the top spot in the Davie Brown Index, a survey that determines how celebs affect consumer choices. The commander in chief ranked first in the categories of trust, influence, trendsetter, and breakthrough,...http://www.newser.com/story/49944/sorry-tom-hanks-obama-most-influential-celebrity.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Feb 2009 11:53:01 CST