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Paul Newman Dead At 83 »
Posted by: TimALoftis 1 year, 1 month ago in News
Spokeswoman Marni Tomljanovic said Newman died yesterday.
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Newman finished chemotherapy treatment for cancer in August and it was widely reported in the US that he ...Read (4885) | Share | Discuss (29) | Read Full Story at news.sky.com
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Bill Gates Gives $12.5m to Bring Mobile Banking to 20 million of World's Poor »
Posted by: propelerboss 8 months, 4 weeks ago in Science & Technology
The charitable foundation set up by Bill Gates and wife Melinda is to donate $12.5million (£ 8.6m) to help bring mobile banking to the ...
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81 unusual projects get $100K in Gates grants »
Posted by: mafihotz 6 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Can tomatoes be taught to make antiviral drugs for people who eat them? Would zapping your skin with a laser make your vaccination work better?
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Philanthropy Project - Give and Glow - AOL News »
Posted by: TimALoftis 6 months, 1 week ago in News
Welcome to the Philanthropy Project's new state-of-the-art virtual gathering place. With the launch of this site, we're here to proclaim loud and clear ...
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Senate panel backs Clinton as secretary of state »
Posted by: mafihotz 10 months ago in Political News
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday voted overwhelmingly for Hillary Rodham Clinton to become the next secretary of state, endorsing President-elect Barack Obama’s ...
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The former Cat Stevens performs song for Gaza »
Posted by: PalestinianTruth 9 months, 3 weeks ago in Arts & Entertainment
The former Cat Stevens performs song for Gaza
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Edra Blixseth having financial trouble, court documents show »
Posted by: Deidre 10 months, 2 weeks ago in Business & Finance
A messy divorce and the national real estate and credit meltdown have converged to put Edra Blixseth, one of the Coachella Valley's richest residents ...
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Foundations help nonprofits hurt in Madoff affair - washingtonpost.com »
Posted by: Deidre 10 months, 1 week ago in Business & Finance
NEW YORK -- Nonprofits that are struggling because their donors lost money with Bernard Madoff are getting a bailout _ but not from the government. Richer ...
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How Obama can partner with philanthropy »
Posted by: Deidre 10 months, 2 weeks ago in News
With violence in the Mideast, the spreading economic crisis, the tragedy in Mumbai and the risk of state failure in troubled regions, President-elect Barack Obama ...
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GM Foundation yanks funding to art and cultural groups | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press »
Posted by: Deidre 10 months, 1 week ago in News
A decision by the General Motors Foundation to sharply cut back on its multimillion-dollar sponsorship of metro Detroit's top cultural institutions puts Michigan's ...
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Nonprofit laptop maker forced to cut staff »
Posted by: Deidre 10 months, 1 week ago in News
In another sign of the growing financial strain on nonprofit groups, the One Laptop Per Child program is cutting its work force in half.
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The Business of Giving | Bill Gates letter to a shaky world | Seattle Times Newspaper Blog »
Posted by: Deidre 9 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Exploring philanthropy, non-profits and socially motivated business, from the Gates Foundation to your donation. A fresh look at the economy of good intentions.
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Millionaire 'Lord of Manor' gave all money to charity - mirror.co.uk »
Posted by: goodnewsnow 6 months ago in News
Tycoon Brian Burnie is selling his £16million country mansion - and giving the proceeds to charity. Kind-hearted Brian, 64, wants to help cancer sufferers after wife ...
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Gates Foundation selling Pharmacuetical and Health Sector Stocks, Third Point buying »
Posted by: threebrothershealth 3 months ago in Business & Finance
According to recent regulatory filings, The Gates and Melinda Foundation has sold several of it's large pharmaceutical, health-care, and biotechnology investments last quarter. Chopping ...
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Report: $15M of local foundation's money missing | AP | 01/07/2009 »
Posted by: Deidre 10 months, 1 week ago in Business & Finance
PHILADELPHIA - A trustee of a suburban charitable foundation said the organization does not know what happened to more than $15 million it entrusted to a ...
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