Microsoft co-founder plans to distribute nearly $200 billion to global health, education, and poverty initiatives as preventable deaths rise. In a landmark move, billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has announced that he plans to give away nearly all of his wealth and shut down the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation within the next two decades. The…
In a pivotal trial unfolding in a federal civil court in Montana, BNSF Railway, a subsidiary of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate, has asserted that it should not be held responsible for the tragic deaths linked to asbestos exposure in Libby, Montana. This assertion comes despite the devastating toll exacted by asbestos-related illnesses in the…