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November 10, 2008

News Briefing: UN Using Food Aid as Lever to Lift African Farmers

  • Gerard Mortier, who was to become director of New York City Opera in 2009, parts way with the board.  [New York Times]
  • The U.N.'s World Food Program will spend $1 billion buying food for the hungry this year, in an effort to stimulate farmers in developing countries to produce more.  [Associated Press]
  • A medical trial involving 16,000 children across Africa may start as early as next month.  [Associated Press]

Posted at 10:09 AM in Africa, Arts, Gates | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

September 22, 2008

News Briefing: New Chairwoman Poised to Reform Smithsonian

  • The World leaders meeting at the U.N. this week face a global financial crisis that threatens the United Nation's efforts to generate billions of dollars to fight poverty.  [Associated Press]
  • Former head of the Gates Foundation is named chairwoman of the Smithsonian Institution.  [New York Times]
  • Willie Nelson, Dave Matthews, Neil Young, and John Mellencamp raise money for Farm Aid.  [Hartford Courant]

Posted at 10:13 AM in Celebrities, Gates, International | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

September 02, 2008

News Briefing: Former Microsoft Exec is New Gates Foundation CEO

  • A London-based coalition launches funding scheme to address concerns about existing trade in carbon credits.  [Reuters]
  • North Korea needs $503 million in food aid between now and November 2009, according to the U.N. World Food Programme.  [Reuters]
  • A humanitarian aid flight carrying 17 people crashes in eastern Congo.  [Associated Press]
  • Google.org will convene African health, weather, insect, and climate experts in Nairobi to identify research gaps and opportunities for collaboration.  [New York Times]

Posted at 10:03 AM in Africa, Environment, Gates, Technology | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

August 04, 2008

News Briefing: Not Many Speak Their Mind to Gates Foundation

  • After the long and bitter primaries, Clinton calls his foundation 'my life.'  [Washington Post]
  • Network for Good acquires ePhilanthropy, part of a strategy to expand its reach without draining money from other parts of the nonprofit world.  [Washington Post]
  • The Gates Foundation's clout and power worries some critics.  [Seattle Times]
  • Whole Foods shows its support for small-scale agriculture by offering grants to help firms that meet its quality standards.  [Los Angeles Times]
  • IBM's Corporate Service Corps program aims to stretch the company's global reach.  [Wall Street Journal]

Posted at 09:37 AM in Foundations, Gates, Technology | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

July 24, 2008

News Briefing: Billionaires Back Antismoking Effort

  • Bill Gates and Mike Bloomberg announce a $500 million pledge to stop people around the world from smoking.  [New York Times]
  • A lively debate in the arts world begins about just what cultural equity means.  [New York Times]

Posted at 09:42 AM in Arts, Gates, Healthcare | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

July 23, 2008

News Briefing: A $500 Million Home for Gates's Charity

  • The Gates Foundation breaks ground on its new $500 million headquarters.  [Associated Press]
  • Berea College in Kentucky accepts only applicants from low-income families, and it charges no tuition.  [New York Times]

Posted at 12:52 PM in Education, Foundations, Gates | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

July 01, 2008

News Briefing: The Challenges of Running the Gates Foundation

  • Bill Gates talks with the Seattle Times about moving full time to the Gates Foundation.  [Seattle Times]
  • Five Italian charity workers are kidnapped by Somali gunmen.  [Reuters]
  • A Chinese businessman bids $2.11 million for lunch with Warren Buffett.  [Reuters]
  • (RED) announces a digital music service that will deliver exclusive content to customers; half of the fee will go to the Global Fund.  [New York Times]

Posted at 10:51 AM in Africa, Gates, International | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

June 26, 2008

News Briefing: Gates Foundation Follows New Paths

  • The most generous philanthropists in Britain follow a simple formula:  make money, then give it away.  [New York Times]
  • Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie donate $1 million for educational aid to children impacted by the Iraq war.  [Reuters]
  • Mandela's comments about Zimbabwe may impact his charity concert, scheduled for Saturday.  [Reuters]

Posted at 10:19 AM in Africa, Celebrities, Foundations, Gates | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

May 13, 2008

News Briefing: Retiring Microsoft Official to Run Gates Foundation

  • Microsoft executive Jeffrey Raikes has been named the new chief executive of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.  [New York Times]
  • The United Nations presses the junta in Myanmar to accept international assistance.  [New York Times]
  • Jeffrey Raikes speaks about the transition from technology to nonprofits.  [Wall Street Journal]
  • The American Red Cross might relocate some of its employees to a satellite office in Northern Virginia to generate additional revenue.  [Washington Post]

Posted at 10:00 AM in Disasters, Foundations, Gates, Technology | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

April 03, 2008

News Briefing: Leader Quits at the Mount, Former Home of Wharton

  • The president of the Edith Wharton Restoration resigns; organization in financial trouble after unrealistic fundraising expections create an unsustainable level of debt.  [New York Times]
  • The Gates Foundation donates $26.8 million to Cornell University to combat the emergence of rust disease on wheat.  [Associated Press]
  • Brian McNamee sells dozens of personal items in an online auction and will donate the profits to his juvenile diabetes charity.  [Associated Press]

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