REDMOND, Wash. AP -- Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates on Thursday promoted longtime friend and company President Steve Ballmer to chief executive officer of the software giant Gates founded. Gates, who is stepping aside as chief executive, will remain chairman and will also take over the newly created position of "chief...
Sep. 22--It's hard keeping up with the Gates these days -- even for Bill Gates. Sep. 22--It's hard keeping up with the Gates these days -- even for Bill Gates.
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The Nation's Richest Man. The Ultimate Greek. Machiavelli in Dockers. Microsoft's Bill Gates has been called all of that, with varying degrees of accuracy, and much more. At 40, Gates is chairman of what is arguably the most successful U.S. company ever. In 20 years, he has moved Microsoft from...
Says Gates should not be allowed to dominate technology for two-way broadband John Malone sent a wake-up call to the cable industry last week: Beware of Gates bearing gifts. While Bill...
He's talking with Turner about joint venture with new online service Microsoft may not be part of a Ted Turner bid for CBS, but Bill Gates and Turner are working on a far-ranging interactive joint project. Gates, speaking on Turner...
As the head of the world's most successful computer software maker, Bill Gates seems dissatisfied with his dominant position and has begun venturing into the media business. This new venture by Gates seems unusual because his software empire is far more pAs the head of the world's most successful computer...
Barton Malow Co. plans to begin construction next month on six new gates at Detroit Metropolitan Airport's L.C. Smith Terminal. Sout hwest Airlines Inc. is expected to occupy four of the gates and Spirit Airlines Inc. two. The new gates should be r Barton...
While Microsoft's Bill Gates has watched his stock decline, Rocky Ford's Bill Gates sees nothing but appreciating assets. While Microsoft's Bill Gates has watched his stock decline, Rocky Ford's Bill Gates sees nothing but appreciating assets.
REDMOND, WASH.--BiLL Gates last week stepped down as CEO of Microsoft, handing the reins over to president Steve Ballmer. Gates will remain chairman and assume a new post: chief software architect. The change comes as Microsoft readies the release of Windows 2000, a corporate-based operating system, next month, and reports...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Behind the titanic struggle between Microsoft and the Justice Department stands an enigmatic figure, a Silicon Valley lawyer who may actually worry Bill Gates.
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Retailers are rapidly adopting the Microsoft Windows NT operating system and related client-server technologies to reach customers in new ways, transform business-to-business communication and gain a competitive advantage, said Bill Gates, chairman and ceo of Microsoft Corp., in his keynote address at the CIES Annual Executive...
E-mail users inundated with unsolicited spam messages have reason to hope Microsoft Corp. will develop better tools for tackling the problem: Bill Gates is suffering more than anyone. Gates, Microsoft's chairman, gets four million emails a day and is E-mail users inundated with unsolicited spam messages...
HOUSTON -- Questia Media Inc., the world's largest online academic library, today announced the addition of Andy Gates as vice president of business development. Gates will spearhead business development with strategic partners to advance Questia's penetration in the individual subscriber and secondary school markets. Gates brings more than fourteen years...
WASHINGTON -- Microsoft is appealing a judge's reluctant decision to allow the public to watch investigators question its chairman, Bill Gates, in preparation for the government's antitrust case.
Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates has quietly bought a $500 million stake in Cox Communications Inc. through two private investment vehicles. According to Securities and Exchange Commission documents, Gates -- through Cascade Investments, h Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill...
Nike hosted "The Battle of the Nine Gates" basketball competition in Bejing last month. The Nine Gates are the entrances to China's ancient walled cities-in this case, the city limits of old Beijing. Dozens of competitions were held, attrac Nike hosted "The Battle of the Nine...
GLENDALE, Calif. -- Anne Gates has been appointed to the newly created position of executive vice president and managing director of Disney Consumer Products Europe, it was announced today by Andy Mooney, chairman, Disney Consumer Products DCP. Gates will oversee all DCP merchandise licensing, retail, sales and marketing, and support...
Is he just a shrewd businessman paying an unfair price for deserved success - or an evil sea monster perched to swallow the global computer industry whole?