Giving

Gates, Buffett to sell giving to China’s richest (AP)

September 7th, 2010

In this file photo taken March 15, 2010, Wang Chuanfu, Chairman and President of BYD Company Limited attends a news conference of the company annual results announcement 2009 in Hong Kong. State media reported that Wang who is one of the richest person in China has been invited to a dinner hosted by Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates and billionaire investor Warren Buffett who plan to sell the art of giving to China's super rich in a visit later this month that's already sparked some soul searching among the world's second-largest number of billionaires. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)AP - Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates and billionaire investor Warren Buffett plan to sell the art of giving to China’s super rich in a visit later this month that’s…

Wyclef Jean: I’m not giving up my bid for prez yet (AP)

August 22nd, 2010

** CORRECTS SPELLING OF WYCLEF **  Haitian-born singer and presidential candidate Wyclef Jean, right, exits a hotel room after Haiti's Electoral Council rejected his presidential candidacy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Aug. 20, 2010. The council's spokesman Richard Dumel announced Friday that it has accepted 19 presidential candidacies and has rejected 15 others for the upcoming Nov. 28 presidential election, including Jean's because he did not meet the residency requirement of having lived in Haiti for five years before election. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)AP - Hip-hop singer Wyclef Jean says he is not abandoning his presidential bid just yet and will send a lawyer to a Haitian court to appeal a decision rejecting…

Mexico dad charged with giving away kids for debt (AP)

June 6th, 2010

AP - Prosecutors in the capital charged Sunday that a man who reported his two children kidnapped last week really gave them to a woman to settle a debt of…

Giving Afghans (and More) a Vote in Britain’s Election (Time.com)

March 14th, 2010

Time.com - As part of a new project, U.K. residents are allowing people in developingcountries to tell them how to vote in parliamentary elections. The aim: togive poorer countries a…