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☆ Ukraine's Zelenskiy says he met top businessmen during U.S. visit
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

KYIV, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday he met leading American entrepreneurs and financiers during a visit this week to the United States, where investment opportunities in Ukraine were discussed. Zelenskiy said the businessmen, who included Michael Bloomberg, Larry Fink and Bill Ackman, were prepared to make major investments in rebuilding Ukraine after its war with Russia. "We are working for the victory and reconstruction of Ukraine." On a trip to the U.S. and Canada this week, Zelenskiy sought continued military and financial support for Kyiv's effort to fend off Russia's 19-month-old invasion. Reporting by Dan Peleschuk Editing by Peter Graff and Bernadette BaumOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Zelenskiy, Michael Bloomberg, Larry Fink, Bill Ackman, Dan Peleschuk, Peter Graff, Bernadette Baum Organizations: Thomson Locations: United States, Ukraine, Russia, Canada

☆ Michael Bloomberg outlines succession plan for media empire, New York Times reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Former mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg speaks during the Earthshot Prize Innovation Summit in New York, U.S., September 19, 2023. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/Pool Acquire Licensing RightsSept 22 (Reuters) - Michael Bloomberg, co-founder of Bloomberg LP, outlined a succession plan for the financial information and news company, saying that his foundation Bloomberg Philanthropies will inherit it and then eventually sell it, the New York Times reported. The former New York City Mayor made the announcement at the Climate Summit hosted by the newspaper on Thursday. Representatives for Michael Bloomberg declined to comment. Thomson Reuters (TRI.TO)-owned Reuters News competes with Bloomberg News, a unit of Bloomberg LP.

Persons: New York Michael Bloomberg, Shannon Stapleton, Michael Bloomberg, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Bloomberg, Susan Brown, Emma, Georgina, Dow Jones, Chavi Mehta, Anil D'Silva Organizations: New York, REUTERS, Bloomberg, New York Times, New, New York City Mayor, Climate, Washington Post, Thomson Reuters, Reuters, Bloomberg News, Thomson Locations: New York, U.S, United States, Bengaluru

☆ Rupert Murdoch: the billionaire mogul at the helm of a global media empire
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch leaves his home in London, Britain March 4, 2016. Murdoch wed former supermodel Jerry Hall in a low-key ceremony in central London on Friday, the fourth marriage for the media mogul. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 21 (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch stepped down as the chairman of Fox Corp (FOXA.O) and News Corp (NWSA.O) on Thursday, ending a long reign that saw him develop and lead a global media empire. SPLIT OF THE MURDOCH EMPIREBowing to pressure from shareholders, Murdoch separated News Corp's (NWSA.O) publishing and entertainment assets in 2013. Murdoch reportedly has an unflattering opinion of the former president and has also criticized Fox News anchors for siding with Trump.

Persons: Rupert Murdoch, Murdoch, Jerry Hall, Stefan Wermuth, Ann Lesley Smith, Michael Bloomberg, Donald Trump, Niket Nishant, Noor Zainab Hussain, Saumyadeb Organizations: Fox Corp, News Corp, Daily Express, San, Murdoch's, New York Times, Fox News, Trump, Forbes, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, Australia, United States, U.S, New York City, San Francisco, Bengaluru

[1/2] Former mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg speaks during a meeting with Earthshot prize winners and finalists at the Glasgow Science Center during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 2, 2021. The $500 million infusion into his decade-long Beyond Carbon initiative aims to "finish the job on coal" by working with state and local organizations to force the closure of the roughly 150 coal plants that have not yet retired, slash current gas generation in half and block the construction of new gas-fired plants. Bloomberg already has spent over $500 million to support the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal campaign, which originally aimed to retire 30% of the U.S. coal fleet by 2020. The money would support litigation brought against utilities and power companies by grassroots groups, state and local policy advocacy and financing to assist local communities with coal plant closures, Bloomberg Philanthropies said. Reporting by Valerie Volcovici; Editing by Katy Daigle and Grant McCoolOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: New York Michael Bloomberg, Alastair Grant, Michael Bloomberg, Bloomberg Philanthropies, U.N, Antonio Guterres, Valerie Volcovici, Katy Daigle, Grant McCool Organizations: New York, Glasgow Science Center, Change, UNITED NATIONS, Former New York City, Bloomberg, Sierra, General Assembly, Thomson Locations: Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, United States, U.S, America

☆ Michael Bloomberg Dials Up a War on Plastics
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( David Gelles | More About David Gelles | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Michael Bloomberg is many things: former New York City mayor, founder of a financial data company, failed presidential candidate and the 11th richest man in the world. Since leaving public office 10 years ago, Mr. Bloomberg, 81, has also emerged as perhaps the world’s single largest funder of climate activism, making himself an expensive thorn in the side of the fossil fuel industry. The former mayor says that so far he has spent $500 million in an effort to shut down coal and gas plants. This month he said he planned to spend another $500 million on the effort. Now he is going after a more challenging target: new petrochemical plants that make fertilizer, plastics and packaging.

Persons: Michael Bloomberg Organizations: New York City, Bloomberg, Sierra Club Locations: New York

“There’s a lot of climate exaggeration,” said Gates, who founded Microsoft and is now a philanthropist. Some financial institutions could supplement emissions reduction measures with the voluntary purchase of carbon credits, according to a handout. She said the goal is to affirm “the importance of credible net-zero commitments and to encourage financial institutions that make them to take consistent approaches to implementation." Yellen also announced that a group of philanthropic organizations – including Bezos Earth Fund, Bloomberg Philanthropies and others – would pledge $340 million to help financial institutions “develop and execute robust, voluntary net-zero commitments,” she said. Afterward, Prince William headed toward ground zero, where he visited with firefighters at FDNY Ten House, the station that was the first on the scene at the World Trade Center after the 9/11 attacks.

Persons: Britain’s Prince William, Bill Gates, Michael Bloomberg, “ We’ve, ” William, he'd, John F, ”, Gates, Janet Yellen, ” Yellen, Yellen, Bloomberg Philanthropies, David Arkush, “, Prince William, Prince, chatted, Hussein, Bobby Caina Calvan, Seth Borenstein, Fatima Hussein Organizations: Microsoft, Treasury, Investment, ”, Fund, Bloomberg, FDNY Ten House, World Trade Center, AP Locations: London, U.S, Washington, New York

☆ Proper treatment for hypertension could avert 76 million deaths globally by 2050, WHO says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Amanda Musa | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

It commonly leads to a number of other health problems including stroke, heart attack, heart failure and kidney damage. High-performing countries like Canada and South Korea have delivered comprehensive national hypertension treatment programs, according to WHO, and both nations have surpassed the 50% mark for blood pressure control in adults with hypertension. An increase in the number of people effectively treated for hypertension to levels observed in high-performing countries could prevent 76 million deaths between 2023 and 2030, the WHO says. Another tactic is lowering daily sodium intake. Recommended sodium intake varies from country to country, but WHO recommends less than 2,000 milligrams a day.

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☆ Michael Bloomberg implies remote employees are playing golf instead of working: 'It is funny, but it's tragic'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Michael Bloomberg is an outspoken critic of remote work. He thinks employees are slacking off and hitting the golf course during the workday, he told CBS. A March study by Stanford University researchers found that remote work "powered a huge boom in golfing," with visits to golf courses surging on weekdays and mid-afternoons compared to pre-pandemic times. AdvertisementAdvertisementIn August, he wrote an opinion piece for The Washington Post, arguing that remote work for federal employees had "gone on too long." Just days after Bloomberg's article was published, Biden reportedly ramped up efforts to get federal employees back to the office.

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☆ Bill Gates thought Elon Musk became 'super mean' after finding out Gates shorted Tesla stock
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Kai Xiang Teo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Musk shot down Gates' attempts to talk about giving to charity after Gates shorted Tesla stock. "He was super mean to me, but he's super mean to so many people, so you can't take it too personally," Gates said about Musk. Speaking about this incident to Isaacson, Gates told the writer he even apologized to Musk. "Once he heard I'd shorted the stock, he was super mean to me, but he's super mean to so many people, so you can't take it too personally," Gates told Isaacson. AdvertisementAdvertisementIn 2022 alone, Gates contributed $5 billion to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which was the largest single donation that year.

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☆ The origin of Elon Musk’s feud with Bill Gates, according to Musk’s new biography
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Paul Glader | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The meeting went sideways, according to Walter Isaacson’s new biography, “Elon Musk,” which hits stores Tuesday. “Hey, I’d love to come see you and talk about philanthropy and climate,” Gates texted Musk in 2022, Isaacson wrote. “Most philanthropy was “bulls—,” Musk told Gates, estimating only 20 cents of each dollar made a difference that way. Gates could “do more good for climate change by investing in Tesla,” Musk said, according to Isaacson. When Gates sent documentation about his philanthropic work and followed up with a text to Musk, Musk asked if he was still holding a short bet against Tesla.

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☆ Opinion | Michael Bloomberg: How Biden and Congress Should Fix the Immigration Crisis in Our Cities
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-10 | by ( Michael R. Bloomberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The city has done an admirable job of finding, in short order, shelter for the more than 100,000 asylum seekers who have arrived since last spring. Currently, the city is housing about 60,000 in some 200 sites, which has forced it to take over more than 140 hotels. New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been pleading for months, to little avail, for federal support to deal with a flood of asylum seekers. Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington, Denver and other cities are also experiencing an influx of asylum seekers who have no housing and no means of legally earning money. But ignoring it will only make it worse, while also elevating the political fortunes of xenophobes and eroding public support for immigration reform.

Persons: Eric Adams, —, Adams’s, Washington Organizations: New, New York City Locations: New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington, Denver

☆ Why Does Duke Have So Few Low-Income Students?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( David Leonhardt | Graphics Ashley Wu | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +31 min

Duke students, she thought, seemed more well rounded than students on some other campuses. I think it was me being a little bit naïve.” Other Duke students who identify as F.G.L.I. At Duke — as well as elite colleges that admit more low-income students — their graduation rate tends to be similar to the overall graduation rate. Over the past decade, as other elite colleges paid more attention to low-income students, they wooed some who once might have attended Duke. “Duke students are really oriented to the world,” she said.

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☆ One year out, here’s what we know about how the presidential race will look on Labor Day 2024
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Ronald Brownstein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

CNN —Much remains unknown of course about the presidential general election whose traditional kick-off will come one year from today on Labor Day, 2024. Twenty states have likewise voted for the GOP presidential nominee in all four of those contests. That means 40 of the 50 states, or 80%, have voted the same way in four consecutive presidential elections. In the presidential elections of 2012, 2016 and 2020, though, the states where the margin of victory landed within four points of the national vote total dwindled. Eventually a Democratic choice to write off Florida and Ohio could provide a tactical benefit for the GOP presidential nominee.

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☆ Bloomberg LP names Vlad Kliatchko CEO in top level overhaul - The Information
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Former mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg speaks during a meeting with Earthshot prize winners and finalists at the Glasgow Science Center during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 2, 2021. Alastair Grant/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsAug 21 (Reuters) - Bloomberg LP is replacing CEO Michael Bloomberg with product head Vlad Kliatchko and appointing former Bank of England governor Mark Carney as its chair in a management shake-up, the Information reported on Monday, citing an internal memo. New members will be appointed to the board and existing members will become emeritus, according to the report. Thomson Reuters-owned Reuters News competes with Bloomberg News, a unit of Bloomberg L.P. Reporting by Yuvraj Malik in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun KoyyurOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: New York Michael Bloomberg, Alastair Grant, Michael Bloomberg, Vlad Kliatchko, Mark Carney, JP Zammitt, Patti Roskill, Thomson, Bloomberg L.P, Yuvraj Malik, Arun Koyyur Organizations: New York, Glasgow Science Center, Change, Bloomberg, Bank of England, Thomson Reuters, Reuters, Bloomberg News, Thomson Locations: Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, Bengaluru

☆ Rupert Murdoch is urging Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin to jump into the Republican presidential race, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-19 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Rupert Murdoch wants Glenn Youngkin to join the GOP presidential field, per The Washington Post. Murdoch doesn't think Trump is a healthy figure for the Republican Party, according to the report. download the app Email address By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyBillionaire media baron Rupert Murdoch has repeatedly urged Gov. Glenn Youngkin of Virginia to jump into the Republican presidential primary, according to The Washington Post. Murdoch has not been a fan of Trump's continued rejection of the 2020 presidential results, with the media magnate feeling as though it will only hurt the party at the ballot box.

Persons: Rupert Murdoch, Glenn Youngkin, Murdoch doesn't, Trump, Youngkin, Murdoch, Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Murdoch's, Dave Rexrode, Youngkin's, Trump's, Michael Bloomberg, Rupert Organizations: GOP, Washington Post, Republican Party, Service, Privacy, Billionaire, Republican, The Washington Post, New York Times, Fox News Corp, Republicans, The, Trump, Youngkin's, Virginia PAC, Dominion Voting Systems, New, Bloomberg, Democratic Locations: Wall, Silicon, Virginia, Florida, Trump, New York

☆ Gun laws or second amendment is a 'false choice,' Harris says in Chicago
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Bianca Flowers | Thomson Reuters | Bianca Flowers Is An Award-Winning Multimedia Journalist Based In Chicago Where She Reports On The Backbone Of The U.S. Labor Market. She Covers Agriculture | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Harris, who has embraced a more combative role as President Joe Biden's re-election campaign kicks into gear, took a swipe at Republicans who have blocked Democrats' proposed gun safety laws, saying such changes are no threat to Americans' constitutional gun rights. Gun rights groups have fought any legislative attempt to curb those rights, calling them an infringement on the Constitution, even as most Americans say they favor stronger gun laws. Harris was speaking at Everytown's "Gun Sense University" in Chicago, an annual event where activists and survivors of gun violence, many of them members of the 10 million-strong "Moms Demand Action" group, gather for training and political organizing. On Thursday, four major gun safety groups, including Everytown, endorsed Biden's 2024 re-election bid, which unlocks donations by the interest groups' political action groups. Makayla Jordan, a 19-year-old member of Students Demand Action, said mass shootings are just one part of the country's "everyday" gun violence epidemic.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Oyun, Kevin Wurm, Harris, Joe Biden's, Biden, Biden's, Michael Bloomberg, Makayla Jordan, Bianca Flowers, Trevor Hunnicutt, Heather Timmons, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Mongolia’s, White, REUTERS, Everytown, Safety, United, New, New York City, Democratic, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, Chicago, United States, New York

☆ New research finds that fully remote workers are less productive than their in-office counterparts
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-06 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A new study looks at the productivity of remote workers versus those in-office. It showed that productivity dropped by 18% among a group of workers randomly assigned to WFH. More employers are pushing for workers to return to the office in a hybrid role or full-time. Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley — delivered daily. Meanwhile, JPMorgan kickstarted a trend across Wall Street to instill a back-to-office mandate for its managing directors.

Persons: Michael Bloomberg Organizations: Service, National Bureau of Economic Research, Workers, McKinsey, Pew Research, NYC, Bloomberg, JPMorgan Locations: Wall, Silicon, Chennai

☆ Biden’s administration is ‘aggressively’ pushing for federal workers to return to in-person work by the fall
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( Azmi Haroun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Per Axios, the Biden administration will take a hardline approach to remote work for federal workers. The White House chief of staff said federal workers should return to offices by September or October. The policy shift follows a pledge that Biden made during his March 2022 State of the Union speech. According to a new report by Axios, citing an email sent from Biden's chief of staff Jeff Zients to cabinet members, Zients said that federal workers would aim to return to in-person work between September and October. As it stands, Biden's administration is seeking to buck a trend upheld by the administrations of Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and his own, where federal offices have downsized over time and digitized more records.

Persons: Biden, Joe Biden's, Axios, Jeff Zients, Zients, —, Michael Bloomberg, Barack Obama, Donald Trump Organizations: White House, Service, New, New York City Locations: Wall, Silicon, Washington, New York

☆ Former NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg has had it with federal employees working from home
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Former NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg thinks federal workers should not work from home. "Some people argue that remote work for federal employees isn't a problem. "In the private sector, if remote workers do a poor job, business suffers and customers take their spending elsewhere. At Bloomberg LP, more than 80% of employees work in the office at least three days a week, as requested, he added. In a May interview with CNBC, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk went so far as to say remote work is "morally wrong."

Persons: Michael Bloomberg, Morgan, Jamie Dimon, Marc Andreessen, Elon Musk Organizations: Service, New York City, Bloomberg, Washington Post, Office, Forbes, CNBC, Tesla, SpaceX Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ Rudy Giuliani, the likely 'Co-Conspirator 1' in Trump's latest indictment, took to Twitter for a rollicking 85-minute rant about the case — then got brutally roasted for it
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Rudy Giuliani ranted about Trump's latest indictment during his Tuesday livestream. The former New York mayor is thought to be "Co-Conspirator 1" in the indictment. "If I'm a conspirator, I was a conspirator in performing completely legal acts," Giuliani claimed on Tuesday. It's not an indictment," Giuliani said in the latest episode of his show, "America's Mayor Live." The latest Trump indictment is not the only legal issue Giuliani is facing — the former New York Mayor was accused of rape and sexual abuse in a lawsuit filed earlier this year.

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☆ Wild transcripts show Rudy Giuliani made lewd comments to his rape accuser, insulted Jewish mens' genitals, and accused Matt Damon of being gay
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

These are my tits," Giuliani told Dunphy on March 12, 2019, according to one transcript filed as a court exhibit. "I want to own you, officially," Giuliani told Dunphy according to a March 4, 2019 transcript, punctuated by her affirmative response. "I can't think about you or I get hard," Giuliani told Dunphy, according to the transcript. We've had this like, affair for two years and I'm friendly with her husband," Giuliani told Dunphy, according to the transcript. According to other transcripts, Giuliani claimed Jewish men have small penises compared to Italians (Giuliani is Italian) and complained about Jewish religious holidays.

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☆ Opinion | What the Joe Manchin-No Labels Fantasy Gets Wrong About America
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Jamelle Bouie | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

By 1797, he had emerged as the leader of the Democratic-Republican opposition to the Adams administration. “We are all republicans: we are all federalists.”You can find this distaste for faction and longing for unity throughout American history, up to the present. Americans, including their political leadership, have a real and serious distaste for partisanship and political parties even as they are, and have been, as political and partisan a people as has ever existed. I was reminded of all this while reading a recent opinion essay by Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia, in which he dreamed of a world without politics or partisanship at all — a world of “common sense solutions” and bipartisan camaraderie. “What is clear to all those who wish to listen is that the overwhelming majority of Americans believe in unity,” Manchin wrote in USA Today.

Persons: Thomas Jefferson, Adams, ” Jefferson, “, Joe Manchin, ” Manchin, Manchin, ”, Michael Bloomberg Organizations: Democratic, Republican Locations: West Virginia, USA, New York

☆ Why are far-right parties on the march across Europe?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-22 | by ( Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

Far-right parties are propping up coalitions in Finland and Sweden. Afraid of losing voters to UKIP (and other far-right parties), the governing Conservatives ended up adopting many of its positions. Chesnot/Getty Images Europe/Getty ImagesConversely, far-right parties have attempted to sanitize some of their rhetoric, hoping to appear a more credible electoral prospect. Leon Neal/Getty ImagesA different type of populismAnd so the recent successes of far-right parties cannot be explained by dramatic shifts in public opinion. A lot depends on the ability of mainstream parties – particularly on the left – to build tents big enough to accommodate their differences, rather than compromising with far-right parties to prop up their coalitions.

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☆ Congestion pricing is coming to New York City, officials announce
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —New York City has been cleared to implement congestion pricing, a practice that allows the city to charge drivers entering Lower Manhattan, New York Gov. The plan would also mark the culmination of more than a half-century of efforts to implement congestion pricing in New York City. Ultimately, it was the need to improve New York City’s public transit that became the rallying cry for congestion pricing. The stakes of New York City’s program are high, and leaders in other cities are watching the results closely. “It’s good to see New York City’s program is moving forward,” said the Los Angeles Times Editorial Board last month.

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☆ Warren Buffett's charitable giving tops $51 billion
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Jonathan Stempel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

June 22 (Reuters) - Warren Buffett has donated another $4.64 billion of Berkshire Hathaway (BRKa.N) stock to five charities, boosting his total giving since 2006 to more than $51 billion. Buffett is donating 10.45 million shares to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which has received more than $39 billion of Berkshire stock overall. He still owned more than $112.5 billion, or about 15%, of Berkshire shares following Wednesday's donations. The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation works in reproductive health. The Howard G. Buffett Foundation focuses on alleviating hunger, mitigating conflicts and improving public safety.

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