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Bill Gates wants to help the third world with cellphone banking
crunchgear.com - 2/17/2009
Bill Gates wants to help the third world with cellphone banking
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The GSMA, a worldwide consortium of mobile industries, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (owned by the guy who used to run Microsoft and his lady wife) have teamed up to found the the Mobile Money for the Unbanked (MMU) initiative, allowing folks in developing countries to carry ...
gsmworld.com - 2/17/2009
GSMA and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Partner to Expand Availability of Financial ...
— gsmworld.com — GSMA and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Partner to Expand Availability of Financial Services through Mobile Phones 17 February 2009, Barcelona, Spain The GSMA, which represents the interests of the worldwide mobile communications industry, and the ... (more) GSMA and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ...

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foxnews.com - 2/23/2009
Microsoft Lets Fired, Overpaid Employees Keep Extra Cash - Science News | Science & ...
— foxnews.com — Monday, February 23, 2009 What Bill Gates giveth, Bill Gates can taketh away. On Monday, it was revealed that Microsoft accidently overpaid some of the 1,400 employees it laid off last month and asked them for the money back. The company reversed ... (more) Microsoft Lets Fired, Overpaid Employees Keep Extra ...

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blogs.barrons.com - 2/18/2009
Bill Gates Takes 5.2% EK Stake; A Look At His Holdings
— blogs.barrons.com — Is there still hope for Eastman Kodak (EK) ? The company continues to struggle with the rapid transition of the photography market to digital images from film. Kodak’s Q4 sales were down 24% from a year ago, and ongoing losses have the ... (more) Bill Gates Takes 5.2% EK Stake; A Look At His Holdings

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Last Bytes: Google-MySpace, Pirate Bay, Cellphone Banking
Tech Observer — ... It's clear that the agreement was a one-time only affair. [All Things Digital] The Pirate Bay trial continues, though many of the copyright infringement charges have been dropped as Universal, Warner Brothers, MGM, EMI, 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures, and Sony BMG continue to try to prove wrongdoing on the part of the torrent site. [TechCrunch] Bill and Melinda Gates want to help the developing world with cellphone banking, but how would it work? [CrunchGear] iPhones make card counting for games like blackjack easier than ever, which ...

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Bill Gates expands stake in photo empire (Kodak) — D' Technology Weblog
Bill Gates has acquired a 5.2 percent stake in Eastman Kodak, according to a regulatory filing today . The Microsoft chairman owns the shares through his Cascade Investment LLC investment arm and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, reports  Microsoft Blog .