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Bill Gates' Trust Offloads Apple Stake And Buys This Stock Instead
Monday, May 24, 2021 - 2:19am | 555Read More...The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Trust sold its entire stake held in Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) in the first quarter of this year but acquired a new stake in South Korea-based e-commerce company Coupang Inc. (NYSE: CPNG). What Happened: The investment changes, made...
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Novavax Kickstarts Phase 2b Efficacy Study Of Coronavirus Vaccine In South Africa With $15M Gates Funding
Monday, August 17, 2020 - 10:08am | 354Read More...Novavax, Inc. (NASDAQ: NVAX), which has been assiduously stitching up production and supply partnerships, announced Monday another milestone event in the clinical development of its coronavirus vaccine, codenamed NVX-CoV2373. What Happened: Gaithersburg, Maryland-based Novavax said it has...
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62% Of College Students Are Also Employed: Infographic
Thursday, June 9, 2016 - 2:59pm | 277Read More...A graphic created last year by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation sheds some light on how the American college environment is changing. The key theme is diversification. “There’s no one-size-fits-all path to (or through) college—and we need to plan our education policies...
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5 Philanthropic Efforts Of Warren Buffett And His Fellow Titans
Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - 12:21pm | 681Read More...Billionaire Warren Buffett’s latest gift of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) stock worth more than $2.8 billion to several charities represents merely the tip of a “titan charitable iceberg.” 1. Warren Buffett Buffett has been giving away Berkshire stock since 2006 and is a...
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Insider Trading At Goldman Sachs (GS, PG, AMR)
Wednesday, March 2, 2011 - 10:24am | 300Read More...On March 1, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) accused Rajat Gupta of insider trading. In September 2008, as a Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) director, Gupta was on a telephone meeting of the Goldman Sachs' board during a crisis. At the conclusion of that call, using the same line, Gupta...
