Melinda Gates

A post by a member of the Reddit investor forum r/GME in March that speculated billionaires were increasing their short positions in GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) ahead of their impending divorces is now seen as a bull case for the videogame retailer’s value. What Happened: Following the...

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on Wednesday announced it is dedicating another $150 million in funding for the global efforts against novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. What Happened The funding is on top of the $100 million the foundation had committed back in February as the...

Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s (NASDAQ: INO) Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation-backed DNA vaccine for the novel coronavirus enters human trials. What Happened Inovio Pharmaceuticals announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration had accepted the New Drug application for INO...

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is donating $25 million to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation-backed accelerator developing treatments to fight the novel coronavirus. What Happened The total number of deaths in the United States due to the COVID-19 pandemic has exceeded 2,000,...

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates' foundation is set to fund home testing kits to diagnose coronavirus in Seattle. What Happened The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will sponsor a project to allow home testing for the Covid-19 virus using a nasal swab. People who...

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have partnered with the private sector to fight Zika amid the World Health Organization (WHO) warnings that people living in Zika-affected nations to delay pregnancy due to the virus' potential impact on children, according to a report on Fox Business Network. "I...

This week, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan pledged to give away 99 percent of their Facebook shares over the course of their lives in a philanthropic gift that has been named the largest in the world to date. The couple's shares are currently valued at $45...