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Gates Foundation Announces That It Doesn't Plan to Operate Forever

By Ian Wilhelm

All good things must come to an end, as the saying goes, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is no exception.

The foundation, in Seattle, announced last week it had set up a timeline for its eventual closure, as part of changes the fund is making to facilitate the $31-billion pledge the investor Warren Buffett made to...

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