The Liberty Papers (Free subscription) | yesterday
When you read this: Bill Gates and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced on Wednesday that they would spend $500 million to stop people around the world from smoking. … The $500 million would be spent on a multipronged campaign — nicknamed Mpower — that Mr. Bloomberg and Dr. Margaret Chan, director of the health organization, outlined in February. [...]
Esteem News (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Do you know which five countries have the highest percentage of smokers? The most smokers live in China, India, Indonesia, Russia and Bangladesh. The organization of an anti-smoking campaign in a country requires a large effort and requires support from all sides. Bill Gates and Michael R. Bloomberg announced their support for the anti-smoking campaign by contributing $500 million dollars. This shows...
DealBook (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
In an effort to raise some much-needed capital, Merrill Lynch is planning to sell its stake in Bloomberg L.P., the financial data giant founded by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, for about $4.5 billion, people briefed on the matter said Wednesday afternoon. But Merrill will not sell a portion of its 49 percent stake in the money [...]
Fact-esque (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
OK, Rob, here's your "happy puppy" story. Maybe. NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg, a Richie Rich-type who you'd think would define "poverty" as "when one is unable to afford the diesel fuel for one's yacht", has proposed a new way of...
Free Internet Press (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
Merrill Lynch is in negotiations to sell its 20 percent stake in Bloomberg L.P., the financial data and news company founded by New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, as Merrill Lynch seeks to raise still more capital, people involved in the talks said Friday. The discussions remained in the early stages and the talks could fall apart, these people warned. No agreement has been reached over the...
Vos Iz Neais (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
New York, NY - Soaring gas prices and higher tolls seem to be doing for traffic in New York what Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s ambitious congestion pricing was supposed to do: reducing the number of cars clogging the city’s streets and pushing more people to use mass transit. In May, with gasoline at more than $4 [...]
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
Largest-Ever Single Corporate Contribution to New York City Public Schools GE Foundation Awards Additional $11 Million in Related Education Grants to City Organizations NEW YORK, June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and GE Chairman and CEO Jeffrey R. Immelt today announced that the GE Foundation, the philanthropic organization of General Electric Company, has awarded the New York...
Grasping Reality with Both Hands (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008 | Politics
Idle speculation. But this is very nice to see coming from an (ex-) Republican: > Bloomberg Criticizes Whisper Campaign Around Obama: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on Friday morning forcefully rejected what he called a “whisper campaign” in the Jewish community linking Senator Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, to Islam. Mr. Bloomberg... told an audience of Jewish residents...
The West Virginia Rebel's Blog (Free subscription) | 06/22/2008
Hizzonor takes on the smear merchants on Obama's behalf. BOCA RATON, Fla. — Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, injecting himself directly into the presidential campaign, forcefully denounced on Friday what he called a “whisper campaign” linking Senator Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, to Islam. Leave a Comment on City Room Speaking before a crucial constituency in the coming...
The Caucus (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
Speaking in Boca Raton, Fla., New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg told an audience: "Let’s call those rumors what they are: lies."
AFP Blog: Recent News of Note (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
Bloomberg to Give Out $60 Million - NYTimes.com: "Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is funneling another enormous set of ostensibly anonymous grants to hundreds of arts and social services groups through the Carnegie Corporation, spreading them over the next two years as he begins establishing his own philanthropic foundation. The grants, announced on Thursday by the Carnegie Corporation, total more
Vos Iz Neais (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
New York City - Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is funneling another enormous set of ostensibly anonymous grants to hundreds of arts and social services groups through the Carnegie Corporation, spreading them over the next two years as he begins establishing his own philanthropic foundation. The grants, announced on Thursday by the Carnegie Corporation, total more than [...]
A Blog For All (Free subscription) | 06/14/2008
New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg continues in his never ending question to find more taxes to hike and more revenue sources to tap. He's all but scuttled a deal to save the city's OTB parlors, because he thinks the city isn't getting enough revenues from the deal that would keep the parlors open along with the 1,500 jobs at risk. Meanwhile, he's considering scrapping a property tax rebate
3quarksdaily (Free subscription) | yesterday
Donald G. McNeil, Jr in the New York Times: Bill Gates and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced on Wednesday that they would spend $500 million to stop people around the world from smoking. The World Health Organization estimates that tobacco...
Bob Sutor's Open Blog (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Billionaires Back Antismoking Effort - NYTimes.com “Bill Gates and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced on Wednesday that they will spend $500 million to stop people around the world from smoking.” tags: OB, antismoking macosxhints.com - 10.5: Move windows to Spaces via keyboard shortcut “You do not have to view all Spaces to move windows between them (That is, by [...]
