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John McCain's Dwindling Outside-the-Box V.P. Options
Yesterday, Barack Obama lost one of his better V.P. options when Jim Webb backed out of the running, apparently deciding that the rigorous vetting process and the intense scrutiny of a national...
View ArticleBloomberg and Gates Take on World Smoking
Michael Bloomberg has joined Bill Gates in Times Square this afternoon to announce a $500 million initiative to curb tobacco use in developing countries. “I’m delighted Bill and Melinda Gates are...
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Jerry Seinfeld to Hawk Windows Vista
Microsoft Corp. has retaliated against Apple's clever, youth-targeted ads by writing a $10 million check to Jerry Seinfeld to appear in its new ad campaign, according to The Wall Street Journal. The...
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Microsoft Dumps Jerry Seinfeld for Pharrell and Eva Longoria
Less than a month ago, Microsoft announced that it had tapped comedian Jerry Seinfeld for its "hip" new Windows Vista ads (also featuring Microsoft chairman Bill Gates) that were going to finally stand...
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It’s Geek to You, but Not to Them: Meet the Early Adopters
Matthew Caldecutt's first cell phone was the size of a brick. During the mid-’90s, as a teenager in Rego Park, Queens, he bought an Audiovox model from Verizon—a clunker of a phone that could make...
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The Daily Show, Cap and Trade, and Scientific Literacy
Watching Jon Stewart use Capn’ Crunch as the logo for climate cap and trade regulation the other night started me thinking about the need for our society to get more sophisticated about its...
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The Giving Pledge: ‘We Have More Money Than Our Family Will Ever Need’
"I've long stated that I enjoy making money, and I enjoy giving it away," T. Boone Pickens said in his letter pledging to give roughly $200 million to charity. "I like making money more, but giving it...
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The Right and Honorable Kerry Propper
Last week, with a rollout that included an endorsement from George Lucas and a letter from Larry Ellison, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett announced that dozens of billionaires had pledged to give away...
View Article“Reality Distortion Field Remains Strong with Steve Jobs After Antennagate”
Though a bit more on the fantastical side, this clip shows Steve Jobs defeating Bill Gates in a light saber duel, taking the Darth Vader helmet from him, and then becoming the villain himself. It's...
View ArticleBill Gates, Kofi Annan Beg Mercy for Rajat Gupta; Caxton Associates Trims...
Bill Gates and former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan are among the friends of Rajat Gupta who have penned letters to Judge Jed Rakoff seeking leniency when the convicted insider trader is...
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