Google, Microsoft Look To Connect In 411 Phone Business
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| As Google and Microsoft wrangle over 411-style phone directory services, a
| startup is beating both to the punch when it comes to making money from the
| concept.
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| Privately held Jingle Networks, founded in October 2005, is attracting
| millions of consumers to a free phone-based information service supported by
| short audio ads.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ibd/080114/tech.html?.v=1
Eclipse Aviation Gets Foreign Investment
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| Eclipse Aviation, a private company that counts Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill
| Gates as a major investor, and Cessna Aircraft Co., a unit of Textron Inc.,
| have received Federal Aviation Administration certification for the jets so
| far.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080114/eclipse_aviation.html?.v=1
Related:
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation- Truth Revealed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ttq0IdULfjg
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation- Truth Revealed Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVlnqnMHQ1c
Spying the Gates Foundation: Diversified Holdings Stay Ahead of Market Weakness
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| The foundation made moves in other sectors during Q3, as well, adding shares
| in Caterpillar and Canadian National Railway, while maintaining
| stakes in energy giants Exxon Mobil and BP.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/indie/071126/1004_id.html?.v=1
Dark cloud over good works of Gates Found
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-gatesx07jan07,0,6827615.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Gates Foundation Revokes Pledge to Review Portfolio
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| ...the Gates Foundation took down their public statement on this
| and replaced it with a significantly altered version which seems to
| say that investing responsibly would just be too complex for them
| and that they need to focus on their core mission: 'There are
| dozens of factors that could be considered, almost all of which
| are outside the foundation's areas of expertise. The issues
| involved are quite complex...
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http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/12/1756212&from=rss
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