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India's billionaires outstrip US counterparts...less than a fifth of his Indian counterpart. In contrast with the Indian trend, US billionaires have continued to experience significant losses, as the American economy struggled to recover. Bill Gates' fortunes dropped by $7bn to $50bn... In this article: US, Mukesh Ambani, China, Bombay Stock Exchange, Azim Premji, Reliance Industries, Anil Ambani, Jindal Steel, and Wipro |
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | November 11, 2009
Wall St pay too high: Bill Gates
...pay too high: Bill Gates Bill Gates says he believes Wall Street pay is "often too high" and that US government ownership of American International Group worries him because it has devalued the giant insurer. The billionaire Microsoft...
In this article: Bill Gates, Wall Street, American International Group, US, Bank of America, Microsoft, Citigroup, and New York City
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | November 16, 2009
Microsoft co-founder diagnosed with cancer
Microsoft co-founder diagnosed with cancer Billionaire Paul Allen, who founded US software giant Microsoft with Bill Gates in 1975, has been diagnosed with cancer, technology blogs have reported. Allen, 56, one of the wealthiest men in the...
In this article: Paul Allen, Cancer, Microsoft, Vulcan Inc., Seattle Sounders, B-cell lymphoma, Major League Soccer, Charter Communications, and CNET News
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Puget Sound Business Journal | November 13, 2009
Bill, Melinda Gates personally give $350M for foundation's headquarters
...can be found here. Bill and Melinda Gates have given more than $21 billion to their foundation, which supports global health and development efforts around the world, as well as education and literacy programs in the United States.
In this article: Melinda Gates, Bill Gates, Seattle, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle Center, and Puget Sound Business Journal
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Medical News Today | October 28, 2009
Gateses To Appeal For Ongoing U.S. Funding Of Global Health
...the Washington Post reports. At a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation event in Washington, D.C., Bill Gates will address "members of Congress, the U.S. global AIDS and malaria coordinators, the health policy counselor for the White House...
In this article: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Melinda Gates, Washington, Medical advice, Recession, and AIDS
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CBS News | October 27, 2009
Bill Gates Urges More Spending On Global Health
Bill Gates Urges More Spending On Global Health Bill And Melinda Gates Highlight Success Of US Spending To Save Children's Lives (AP) WASHINGTON (AP) - The billionaire co-founder of Microsoft is touting what he sees as an investment with...
In this article: Bill Gates, Melinda Gates, AIDS, George W. Bush, Washington, All rights reserved, Medicare, GAVI Alliance, and Malaria
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L.A. Times - Latin America | November 14, 2009
Mexico irked by recognition of 'El Chapo'
...Bill Gates and the pope. "For a U.S. publication to distinguish Slim and El Chapo, far from filling us with pride, should make us reflect," journalist Miguel Angel Granados Chapa noted in his Reforma column. "The two figures embody our...
In this article: Joaquin Guzman Loera, Forbes, Mexico, Carlos Slim Helu, U.S., Reforma, Cocaine, Twitter, Mexico City, and Capitalism
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Booming shares boost China's super-rich, Forbes says
BYD car battery tycoon Wang Chuanfu came out on top with a fortune of 5.8 billion US dollars -- far below the 50 billion US dollars Forbes said was amassed by the richest man in the United States, Microsoft founder Bill Gates. Wang...
In this article: Forbes, China, Shanghai, Credit crunch, and China Minsheng Bank
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BBC News | November 12, 2009
Executive pay on Wall Street is too high, says Bill Gates
...for executives have sent pay to new heights. Large pay packages for banks and other financial firms have caused fury at a time when the US unemployment rate has hit a 26-year high of 10.2%. "What happened was a surprise to people and it...
In this article: Bill Gates, Microsoft, Wall Street, US, Tax, and New York
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The United States of America (commonly referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Caribbean and Pacific.
At 3.79 million square miles (9.83 million km) and with about 308 million people, the United States is the third or fourth largest country by total area, and the third largest by land area and population. It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries. The U.S. economy is the largest national economy in the world, with an estimated 2008 gross domestic product (GDP) of US $14.4 trillion (a quarter of nominal global GDP and a fifth of global GDP at purchasing power parity).
- Name:
- the United States
- Conventional Long Name:
- United States of America
- Capital:
- Washington, D.C.
- Language:
- None at federal level
- English (de facto)
- Motto:
- In God We Trust
- Largest City:
- New York City
- Government type:
- Federal constitutional republic
- Founding Date:
- September 03, 1783
- Formations:
- Recognized
- Area:
- 3794101
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $14.441 trillion
- GDP (per capita PPP) Rank:
- 1st
- GDP (nominal):
- $14.441 trillion
- GDP (nominal per capita) Rank:
- 17th
- GPD (nominal) Rank:
- 1st
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $47,440
- Currency:
- United States dollar ($)
- Demonym:
- American
- Drives On:
- right
- Currency (code):
- USD
- Country Calling Code:
- +1
- ccTLD:
- .us .gov .mil .edu
- Anthem:
- "The Star-Spangled Banner"
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