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Bill Gates buys into British security firm G4S

Thomson ReutersJune 10, 2013 10:34

LONDON (Reuters) - Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has increased his stake in G4S <GFS.L>, the world's biggest security firm, which is looking to bounce back from a blunder over its staffing of the London 2012 Olympics. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust and Cascade Investment, an asset management firm owned by Bill Gates - one of the world's richest people - increased their combined holding in G4S to 3.2 percent last week by acquiring around 6 million more shares, G4S said on Monday.

Bill Gates hopeful of more aid from China

Agence France-PresseMay 28, 2013 01:32

The world's richest man Bill Gates Tuesday urged China to become a bigger player in foreign development following its success in lifting millions of its own people out of poverty. Speaking in Australia, where the Microsoft co-founder met with Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Gates said the Asian powerhouse was already giving foreign aid but there were "very little facts and figures" on how much. "I am hopeful that Chinese aid, both in terms of the quality of the aid and the quantity of the aid, will continue to increase," he told a lunch address in Canberra.

Innovation improves philanthropy -- Bill Gates

AsianetApril 10, 2013 17:02

If one thing is clear after Bill Gates' recent engagements in China, it is the Microsoft founder and philanthropist's belief in the importance of innovation in improving society.Gates, also co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, delivered a speech themed "investment for the poor" at the Boao Forum for Asia held in south China's Hainan Province from Saturday to Monday.During the address, he stressed that technological breakthroughs, such as in human health and agricultural productivity, could help change the lives of people living in poverty."I think innov

Tycoons Slim, Gates open Mexico agricultural research center

Thomson ReutersFebruary 13, 2013 23:30

By David Alire Garcia TEXCOCO, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Carlos Slim and Bill Gates, the two richest men on the planet, inaugurated a new agricultural research center outside Mexico's capital, touting the millions they have donated to bolster global food security. The two tycoons participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for new laboratories at the headquarters of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, known by its Spanish acronym CIMMYT.