Bill Gates-backed fund supports carbon capture startup Deep Sky
Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Catalyst programme has committed $40 million to Deep Sky Corp., a Montreal-based…
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Technology giants dominate Forbes 2024 billionaire list
Bernard Arnault, the luxury goods kingpin behind LVMH, remains the world's richest person according to the 2024…
Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos-backed KoBold Metals to develop Zambian copper mine
KoBold Metals which is based in California announced that it may consider partnerships to expedite the development…
UAE signs agreement with Bill Gates’ nuclear firm
Bill Gates' nuclear reactor firm, TerraPower LLC, signed a deal on Monday with the UAE's nuclear company, ENEC, to…
Bill Gates: This is what you need to know about a coronavirus vaccine
U.S. Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates laid out what the world needs from a coronavirus vaccine in order to…
Bill Gates outlines what is needed to do to stop coronavirus, reopen economy
Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates explained in a blog post on Thursday what the world needs to do to stop the…
Alibaba’s Jack Ma, China’s richest man, plans to retire
China’s richest man and co-founder of e-commerce giant Alibaba, Jack Ma said on Monday he planned to retire to…
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos passes Bill Gates to become the richest person in the world
A post-earnings rise in Amazon.com Inc. shares on Friday pushed Jeff Bezos to the top of the Bloomberg…
Bill Gates pledges $4.6 billion, his largest since 2000
Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates, who has long been the world's richest man, has made his largest donation in…
Bill Gates could be the world’s first trillionaire, yet Jeff Bezos is hot on his…
The world may soon see its first trillionaire in Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates — as long as Amazon's Jeff Bezos…
Bill Gates condemns Donald Trump’s abortion funding ban
U.S. President Donald Trump’s ban on US-funded groups that perform or provide information on abortions around the…
Bill Gates says U.S. needs limits on covert email searches
Bill Gates said on Monday that no one was an “absolutist” on either side of the digital privacy debate, but the…
IDB, Bill Gates launch $500mln-fund to fight Poverty
The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have launched $500-million worth…
Egypt’s Nassef Sawiris Said Weighing IPO of Construction Business
Egyptian billionaire Nassef Sawiris is considering taking part of his construction business public in Cairo,…
OCI Share Deal Faces Delays As Egypt Queries Plan
A deal that would see Bill Gates and other U.S. investors inject $1 billion in fertilizer and construction firm OCI…
Orascom Deal May Dampen Egypt’s Stock Market
Egypt's share market may be weeks away from losing its biggest stock, which could prove to be a fresh blow to a…
Orascom Amsterdam Unit Gets Acceptances for 80% of OCI Shares
Orascom Construction Industries (OCI), the Egyptian contractor transferring its stock to an Amsterdam-based unit,…
CEO Says US Investors Could Own Up To 12 Percent Of OCI
Egyptian construction and fertilizer company OCI NV expects Microsoft founder Bill Gates to be among leading U.S.…
Nassif Sawiris: Domestic Disputes Not Behind OCI’s Share Exchange Offer
Nassef Sawiris, Chairman of Orascom Construction Industries (OCIC.CA), stated that the offer submitted by his…
Orascom Construction Sees Gates-Backed Deal Completed In 4 Weeks
Orascom Construction Industries (OCIC.CA) expects a transaction backed by Bill Gates for transferring the…
OCI N.V. Launches Exchange Offer For Orascom Construction’s GDRs
Orascom Construction Industries (OCIC.CA) said OCI N.V. announced on Sunday it has launched an exchange offer to…
World’s Richest Lose $8 Billion On Financial Markets’ Dip
The 20 richest people on Earth lost a combined $8 billion this week as markets fell on concerns that the global…
US may nominate Gates for World Bank
President Barack Obama and his advisers, casting a wide net for potential candidates to lead the World Bank,…