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Steve Ballmer on Population Growth, Literacy and Deficit
Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, founder of USAFacts and owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, reviews USAFacts' statistics on US population growth, literacy and government spending. He speaks with David Westin on "Balance of Power."
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Bill Gates Says Neglected Tropical Diseases Declining
Apr.18 -- Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation co-chairman, discussed the fifth anniversary of the London Declaration on Neglected Tropical Diseases with Bloomberg's Manus Cranny on Monday.
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Bill Gates Wants to Save the World
May.28 -- Bill Gates is the second richest man in the world, and he’s giving it all away. In his first act he revolutionized computer software, and his second act is even more ambitious. Bloomberg Quicktake takes a closer look at this...
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Chocolate industry tackles deforestation
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As Easter approaches many people are stocking up on chocolate eggs to feast on during the festivities.
But environmental groups are encouraging consumers to be eco-savvy and think about the origins...
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Bloomberg Equality: Gender Diversity in Asian Social Enterprises
Mar.11 -- Ruth A. Shapiro, founder and chief executive of the Centre for Asian Philanthropy and Society, discusses diversity in Asian social enterprises. Shapiro, who founded the Asian Business Council as well, also talks about the...
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Google.org Commits $25 Million to Women Empowerment
Mar.08 -- Jacquelline Fuller, president of Google.org, discusses the organization's latest 'Impact Challenge,' which will grant $25 million to global nonprofits and social organizations that are creating programs to advance economic...
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Bill and Melinda Gates to Divorce
May.03 -- Bill and Melinda Gates are getting divorced after 27 years of marriage. Sophie Alexander reports on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia."
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Remote Area Medical Depicts Where Obamacare Falls Short
Dec. 4 -- Stan Brock, founder of Remote Area Medical, and Farihah Zamar, co-director and co-producer of ""Remote Area Medical,"" a new documentary film about the group's work, discuss their efforts to help people who don't have health...
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Giving Back Is Good Business
Dec.18 -- Businesses are learning that giving back to communities is good business. Bloomberg's Viviana Hurtado looks at how companies helped victims of natural disasters in Haiti and how Wall Street helps small businesses.
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USA: PRESIDENT CLINTON HONOURS CIVIL RIGHTS HEROINE ROSA PARKS
Washington D-C, United States, 14 September 1996
1. Wide shot Clinton on stage
2. Cutaway audience
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Bill Clinton
4. Cutaway audience
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Bill Clinton
6. Audience
7. Clinton on stage
8. Wide shot...
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UNCF CEO to America's Wealthy: Invest in Black Colleges
Jul.17 -- United Negro College Fund President and Chief Executive Officer Michael Lomax says Black college students are facing an "existential moment" since the Black community has been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic and that's why...
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USA: WASHINGTON: ILLEGAL DRUGS STUDY
1. Some 'cutting' cocaine - pull out to show the whole mirror
2. Someone shooting up heroin
3. Wide of presser
4. Cutaway press
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr Lee Brown, Director - National Drug Policy
6. someone rolling a joint
7....
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How the Golden Arches Helped Support Black Wealth
Aug.24 -- In this edition of "Bloomberg Equality," Marcia Chatelain, Georgetown University professor of history and African American studies and author of "Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America," talks with Bloomberg's Scarlet Fu...
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The Impact and Legacy of Mutual Aid
Mar.02 -- In this edition of "Bloomberg Equality," Dean Spade Author of 'Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next)' discusses the tens of thousands of mutual aid networks and projects that emerged around the world...
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Tourism and conservation projects protect national park
ETHIOPIA MOUNTAINSSOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESSRESTRICTIONS: AP CLIENTS ONLYLENGTH: 6:02SHOTLIST:ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP CLIENTS ONLYSimien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia - 21 February 20171. Various time-lapse of the sky and clouds2. Wide...
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How the David Rockefeller Fund Is Improving Philanthropic Giving
Jan.07 -- Investment in environmentally and socially responsible companies has seen a big pickup in recent years, thanks in part to millennials and increasing evidence that these companies are better long-term investments. In this...
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Katie Couric, Dane Cook and Angie Harmon share their personal stories of friends and family affected by cancer at the recent Stand Up To Cancer fundraising event. (Sept. 12)
There are a few things that bond people from all parts of the world, whether they are rich, poor, famous or powerful and, sadly, one of them is cancer.
Most everyone has suffered through a cancer battle - either fighting it themselves...
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Abigail Disney Says the U.S. Needs a Wealth Tax
Jun.25 -- Walt Disney Co. heiress Abigail Disney, a philanthropist, activist and chief executive officer of Fork Films, explains why she thinks the U.S. needs a wealth tax. She speaks with Bloomberg's David Westin on "Balance of Power."
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Why We Give To Charity
Today, hundreds of thousands of people donate their time or money to non-profit organizations every year.
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Paul Tudor Jones on JUST Capital and Redefining Capitalism
Jun.12 -- Paul Tudor Jones, founder at Tudor Investment Corporation, discusses the mission of his non- profit organization JUST Capital and the importance of finding a new director for capitalism in light of growing inequality in the...
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Chan Zuckerberg-Backed Fund Targets Bay Area Housing
Jan.24 -- The philanthropy started by Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan is backing a fresh effort to address the housing shortage in the San Francisco Bay area, where an explosion of tech wealth has deepened...
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Michelle Obama announced Tuesday at the White House new school nutrition rules, saying that promotion of sugary drinks and junk foods during the school day will be phased out to align marketing with standards that already apply to school foods. (Feb. 25)
Moving beyond the lunch line, new rules proposed Tuesday by the White House and the Agriculture Department would limit marketing of unhealthy foods in schools. They would phase out the advertising of sugary drinks and junk foods around...
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International medics bring basic medical care to impoverished villagers
Far from the mainland, the people on the islands off Cambodia's south coast cope with almost non-existent healthcare or other basic services.
Now a team of doctors is travelling to the islands to bring primary healthcare to this...
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Tourism and conservation projects protect national park
ETHIOPIA MOUNTAINSSOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESSRESTRICTIONS: AP CLIENTS ONLYLENGTH: 6:02SHOTLIST:ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP CLIENTS ONLYSimien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia - 21 February 20171. Various time-lapse of the sky and clouds2. Wide...