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Chris Rock spoke to Insider in an interview about his former divorce lawyer, who is now representing Melinda Gates. Gilbert Carrasquillo/FilmMagic Chris Rock opened up about his experience with famed divorce lawyer Robert Stephan Cohen. Cohen is currently representing Melinda Gates, who could land the largest-ever divorce settlement. Rock said Cohen once told him the bitterest divorce disputes only amount to a fraction of what’s at stake. See more stories on Insider’s business page. In the worst… Source link

Microsoft (MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda, will separate after 27 years together, the billionaire announced on Monday, ending a marriage that launched an influential globe-spanning philanthropic and humanitarian empire.  Via Twitter, Gates — one of the world’s wealthiest men — said that he and his wife remain committed to their “mission” as philanthropists, but “we no longer believe we can grow together as a couple in this next phase of our lives.” The philanthropic… Source link

Bill Gates wants to set the record straight on COVID-19 variants. (Photo by Getty Images/Getty Images for All In WA) Bill Gates is best-known as the co-founder of tech giant Microsoft, but after he stepped away from the company when the pandemic hit, he’s now known for his climate activism as well as his work on stopping the spread of COVID-19. In a , Gates said in his work testing, treating and preventing the coronavirus, colleagues keep asking the same question: ‘How will new variants… Source link

Bloomberg Asian Stocks Set for Muted Open; Currencies Steady: Markets Wrap (Bloomberg) — Asian stocks are poised for a muted start to the week as investors assess rising bond yields and signs that some vaccines reduce transmission of Covid-19. Currencies were mostly steady.Equity futures slipped in Australia and rose in Japan. Australian 10-year bond yield jumped almost 10 basis points. Bitcoin notched up another record high.U.S. stocks finished mostly lower on Friday as benchmark Treasury… Source link

Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates on Wednesday rebuked a claim made a day before by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott that put the blame for that state’s massive cold-weather power outage on the failure of renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar. In fact, extreme weather like the winter storm that swept across the country in recent days will become more likely as climate change worsens, Gates told Yahoo Finance, advocating instead for an expansion of renewable energy as part of his call for… Source link

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Washington (AFP) – Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates on Thursday pushed back against some of the conspiracy theories spreading online accusing him of creating the coronavirus outbreak. “It’s a bad combination of pandemic and social media and people looking for a very simple explanation,” the Microsoft founder said during a CNN Town Hall interview. Doctored photos and fabricated news articles crafted by conspiracy theorists — shared thousands of times on social media platforms and… Source link