Our favorite charity-worker Bill Gates has successfully signed up 38 billionaires to give away half of their wealth to those less fortunate, in what could be the largest-scale philanthropic work ever.
Archive for August, 2010
Bill Gates Convinces 40 Billionaires to Give Away Half Their Money
Posted: 4th August 2010 by moonphrogg in Economy | Finance, Happy NewsTags: Bill Gates, billionaire, charity, philanthropist, warren buffett
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Weak Dollar Drives Oil to 3 Month High
Posted: 3rd August 2010 by Veritas in Economy | FinanceTags: american petroleum institute, brent crude oil, crude futures, crude oil futures, crude stocks, currency holders, dated brent, drawdown, dxy, energy information administration, fed president, leba, lebow, mf global, north sea brent, norwegian oil, summer maintenance, tight supplies, u s energy, weak dollar
Oil prices rose for a fourth day to fresh three-month highs above $82 per barrel on Tuesday, supported by a weaker dollar and expectations of a drawdown in U.S. crude stocks.
Nation Wide Man Hunt Begins for the ‘Granddad Bandit’
Posted: 2nd August 2010 by Sus Scrofa in CrimeTags: ap photo, ball caps, bandit, bank robber, bank robbery, billboard, billboards, blends, collared shirts, digital, FBI, Grandpa, robber, robberies, robbery, signs, state campaign, stocky man, suntrust bank, teller line, thief
This undated image provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows a billboard that will be featured in a 40-state campaign in hopes of catching a bank robber dubbed the “Granddad Bandit.” The FBI announced the plan Monday, Aug. 2, 2010, to use digital billboards to identify and catch the bald, stocky man who the [...]