Bill Gates

Winners and losers: World, here we come

The biggest beneficiaries from the retail renaissance will be large international banks(1)

Neglected tropical diseases: Hot tropic

The world’s nastiest illnesses get some belated attention(8)

Malaria: Not swatted yet

A new vaccine is one step towards a distant goal(26)

Entrepreneurship and technology: Where’s Britain’s Bill Gates?

Britain’s government cannot conjure a technology giant out of thin air. But it can help(32)

IBM v Carnegie Corporation: The centenarians square up

Both IBM and the Carnegie Corporation will turn 100 this month. Has the multinational business or universal philanthropy done more for society?(9)

Bill Gates and giving to Africa: Bill Gates: the view from Seattle

Bill Gates writes a guest post for Baobab(35)

Davos diary: A plan to eradicate polio

A plan launched by Bill Gates and David Cameron to wipe out a killer disease is laudable—but is it realistic?(8)

They work for us

In democracies the elites serve the masses(16)

Mini nuclear reactors: Thinking small

Nuclear power: Combining several small reactors based on simple, proven designs could be a better approach than building big ones(5)

Dealing with spam: Confidence game

Vigilance, not technology, can best counter spam and the criminals who send it(10)

Philanthropy: George Soros and Human Rights Watch

Fuel economy: The Difference Engine: Twice the bang for the buck

The return of the smokey old two-stroke—as an eco-friendly motor(7)

Philanthropy: Keeping up with the Gateses

The world’s leading philanthropists ask other tycoons to join their movement(26)

Business.view: Brilliant inventor or patent troll?

Nathan Myhrvold's proposal for a market in “invention capital”(20)

A spat among professional networks: Class war

Does local beat global in the professional-networking business?(1)

Teaching entrepreneurship: Nature or nurture?

Do entrepreneurs really need a business-school education?(26)