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• UPDATE 1-OCI parent cuts offer price in Egypt delisting plan Tuesday, 14 May 2013 | 6:03 AM ET

  *OCI NV to press ahead with plan held up by Egypt govt. OCI NV said on Tuesday it would offer holders of OCI's Egypt- listed shares the option of swapping them for OCI NV shares or a cash alternative of 255 Egyptian pounds per share.

• EXCLUSIVE-Elon Musk quits Zuckerberg's immigration advocacy group Friday, 10 May 2013 | 6:34 PM ET

  *Advertising tactics turn some groups against Facebook. *Musk and David Sacks removed from donor list on website.

• The 'Gatsby' Rally and Poopgate: Talking Squawk Friday, 10 May 2013 | 8:40 AM ET

  

  To get you ready for the latest "The Great Gatsby" movie, "Taking Squawk" looks at what we could call the "Gatsby" stock market. Plus, poopgate: Look out below!

• Zuckerberg's Political Effort Gets 'Blowback' Thursday, 9 May 2013 | 7:13 AM ET

  

  The advocacy group created by Mark Zuckerberg and others to push for immigration reform has bankrolled TV ads endorsing some conservative stands, prompting an outcry from liberals.

• CNBC Transcript: Warren Buffett and Bill Gates Wednesday, 8 May 2013 | 12:21 PM ET

  

  This is an unofficial transcript of Warren Buffett and Bill Gates appearing live on CNBC's Squawk Box on Monday, May 6, 2013 from 6 am ET to 9 am ET.

• 'Microsoft Needs to Get Into the Game': Pro  Tuesday, 7 May 2013 | 11:09 AM ET

  

  William George, Harvard Business School professor, explains why now is the time to put a succession plan in place for CEO Steve Ballmer.

• Gates and Buffett: Online Purchases Should Be Taxed Monday, 6 May 2013 | 7:05 PM ET

  

  Warren Buffett and Bill Gates said it's only fair that online retailers collect state sales taxes, just as brick-and-mortar stores do.

• Trading Microsoft's 52-Week High  Monday, 6 May 2013 | 11:04 AM ET

  

  CNBC's Becky Quick reports Bill Gates still thinks China piracy is a problem. And, Brent Thill, UBS analyst, has the play on Microsoft and the tech sector.

• Buffett, Gates: Capping Deductions Could Hamper Giving Monday, 6 May 2013 | 10:24 AM ET

  

  Billionaires Bill Gates and Warren Buffett said limits on charitable deductions could hurt giving—but only among the lesser rich.

• Cramer: Microsoft Has a Lot of 'Weapons'  Monday, 6 May 2013 | 9:07 AM ET

  

  CNBC's Jim Cramer explains why he would like to see Microsoft spin out the Xbox and buy Netflix.

• Buffett & Gates Talk Future of Berkshire Hathaway  Monday, 6 May 2013 | 8:55 AM ET

  

  Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway, chairman & CEO, shares his thoughts on changing investment strategies over time. Meanwhile, Bill Gates, Microsoft chairman, discusses Berkshire Hathaway's succession plan.

• Buffett & Gates on Immigration Reform & Internet Tax Fairness  Monday, 6 May 2013 | 8:39 AM ET

  

  Bill Gates, Microsoft chairman; and Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway, chairman & CEO, discuss the need to implement changes in the nation's immigration law. Also, Gates and Buffett weigh in on the debate over the "fairness" of online sales tax.

• Buffett & Gates on Charitable Giving & Chronic Disease Challenges  Monday, 6 May 2013 | 8:31 AM ET

  

  Bill Gates, Microsoft chairman; and Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway, chairman & CEO, discuss the importance of measuring innovation and intervention. Also, both business leaders take a look at increasing the awareness of philanthropy and the U.S. government's role in providing financial aid to poorer countries.

• Bill Gates & Warren Buffett on Interest Rates, HFT, & Corporate Boards  Monday, 6 May 2013 | 8:13 AM ET

  

  Bill Gates, Microsoft chairman; and Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway chairman & CEO, discuss the impact of interest rates on investment strategies, and global currencies. And, both men weigh in on why high frequency trading is really just a form of legalized "front running." Also, Gates explains why the software business is an "amazing" business to be in.

• @WarrenBuffett Joins Twitter—He's 'in the House' Thursday, 2 May 2013 | 1:44 PM ET

  

  Warren Buffett, famously slow to adopt new technology, has sent his first tweet.

• PREVIEW-Berkshire size, Buffett age cloud annual gathering Tuesday, 30 Apr 2013 | 12:02 AM ET

  *Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting set for May 4. April 30- Warren Buffett may be on safari for major acquisitions, which he likes to call elephants, but shareholders may wonder if his Berkshire Hathaway Inc has become the biggest elephant in the room.

• Dream Team of Philanthropists  Monday, 29 Apr 2013 | 4:50 PM ET

  

  Carlos Slim, joined by five other billionaires, is giving $100 million to the Bill Gates effort to eradicate polio, reports CNBC's Robert Frank.

• Food Becomes Venture Capital's Final Frontier Monday, 29 Apr 2013 | 8:10 AM ET

  

  The idea of food being "the next big thing" is enticing a wide group of venture capitalists in Silicon Valley into making big bets on food, The New York Times Reports.

• New $5.5 billion plan aims to rid world of polio by 2018 Thursday, 25 Apr 2013 | 7:25 AM ET

  LONDON, April 25- Health groups said on Thursday they could rid the world of polio by 2018 with a $5.5 billion vaccination and monitoring plan to stop the disease taking hold once more now there are only a handful of cases worldwide.

• FACTBOX-Key Microsoft executive departures in recent years Thursday, 18 Apr 2013 | 5:04 PM ET

  April 18- Microsoft Corp Chief Financial Officer Peter Klein will leave at the end of the current fiscal year, the company said on Thursday, adding to a lengthy list of top executives who have left the company in recent years. The software guru tapped by Bill Gates to take over his role as Microsoft's big-picture thinker left to start his own project in 2010..