The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is a philanthropic organization with an aim to provide an overall better lifesyle for underdeveloped countries through the advancement of science and medicine. Microsoft (MSFT) founder Bill Gates was previously known for his charitable contributions, but set the bar even higher with the opening of this foundation in the year 2000. Now that Gates completed his last full work day at Microsoft on June 27, 2008, he is spending more time concentrating on the...

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