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...Our markets editor Katie Martin delves into what could happen next. 2....
...In Novo Nordisk’s case, thanks to the success of GLP-1s, its owner is now bigger than the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation or the Wellcome Trust, the two other powerhouses of medical research funding and...
...Oxford University’s Martin Schmaltz has drawn our attention to the somewhat weird allocations of Gates’s private investment firm, which, depending on your source, seems to manage either $70bn, $120bn or...
...Melinda French Gates has already distributed more than $65.6bn in grants through the Gates Foundation to various different causes....
...Martin Wolf: The FT’s chief economics commentator looks at the future of Japanese monetary policy as the new governor of the country’s central bank takes up his post....
...“Clearly she had a very different perspective [from Bill],” says Martin Levine, a consultant who has long followed the Gates Foundation, pointing to a conflict between the prototypical smartest man in the...
...Martin Sorrell’s S4 Capital said it will step up the pace of acquisitions with a near-term bond issue after reporting a stronger than expected start to the year....
...And be sure to watch Roula Khalaf’s keynote interview with Melinda Gates....
...Melinda Gates has called on wealthy nations to stop “hoarding” coronavirus vaccines....
...Go deeper: It was a humbling week for bond bears, writes markets editor Katie Martin, after an abrupt rethink by investors in what she dubs ‘The Great Bond Wobble of 2021’....
...In the news Gates Foundation considers governance changes The charitable foundation chaired by Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates is considering shaking up its governance in the wake of the billionaire...
...“They are the dominant force now,” said Martin Sorrell, chair of the listed advertising group S4 Capital....
...Recently, the Melinda and Bill Gates Foundation, as part of its efforts to fight climate change, attempted to build an experimental nuclear power plant in China....
...Private equity group Eurazeo brought on a three-person team from Marguerite — Laurent Chatelin, Martin Sichelkow, and Melissa Cohen — to comprise its new infrastructure investments team....
...Martin Wolf, FT chief economics commentator, argued governments needed to focus on the cost of inaction — not the cost of supporting their economies....
...The Connection at St Martin-in-the-Fields, connection-at-stmartins.org.uk. Global Heritage Fund, globalheritagefund.org. Lumos Foundation, wearelumos.org. Movember, uk.movember.com....
...A Covid-19 vaccine accelerator backed by the Wellcome Trust and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is giving $20m to clinical trials....
...Katie Martin and Chris Giles discuss. (FT)...
...“Or you could fund an organisation like The Connection at St Martin’s, one of the biggest hostels in the UK....
...Its fleet includes supercars from Aston Martin, Ferrari and McLaren. If only its financial regulators moved so quickly....
...whittled down to a shortlist of 10 by a panel of judges, including Robert Collymore, chief executive of Safaricom, and Kosta Peric, deputy director in charge of financial services for the poor at the Bill & Melinda...
...No, it was Melinda Gates. Stress the moment in time. It was Mothers’ Day in the US. It was the 50th anniversary to the day of Robert Kennedy’s campaign speech in Nebraska....
...martin.wolf@ft.com...
...(FT) Why climate change puts the poorest most at risk Martin Wolf on how low-income nations suffer most from events for which they bear no blame, and what it means for the future of the planet....
...Martin Wolf, FT chief economics commentator, says Britain must continue to lead — not just for altruistic reasons but because rich countries cannot seal themselves off from the next global pandemic or wave...
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