The Bill and Melinda Gates foundation increased its holdings in Waste Management, Coca Cola, McDonald's and Berkshire Hathaway Class B in the third quarter, causing the total value of the fund to rise by about $2.6 billion, according to an SEC filing.
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Bill Gates said on Wednesday he believes Wall Street pay is "often too high" and that U.S. government ownership of American International Group worries him because it has devalued the giant insurer.
Thursday, 25 Jun 2009 | Source: The Associated Press
U.S. foundations saw their investments drop by an average of 26 percent in 2008 amid the economic downturn and stock market collapse, but that hasn't slowed their charitable giving, a new survey has found.
It was an extraordinary sight: Warren Buffett and Bill Gates walking around the Columbia University campus in Manhattan with CNBC's Becky Quick, and three TV cameras.... Read More
This is an online video of the complete CNBC Town Hall Event Warren Buffett and Bill Gates: Keeping America Great, hosted by Becky Quick, as aired on Thursday, November 12, 2009... Read More
This is the unofficial transcript of the CNBC Town Hall event Warren Buffett and Bill Gates: Keeping America Great, taped Thursday, November 12, 2009 at Columbia University in New York City... Read More
These are excerpts from the unofficial transcript of CNBC's town hall interview today (Thursday) with Warren Buffett and Bill Gates from Columbia Business School in New York City, as released by CNBC.... Read More