Father's day: Growing up Gates

Melinda Gates has been married to billionaire Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, since 1994.

Despite spending the last decade or so of his career often injured, Ken Griffey Jr. was a 13-time All-Star, a 10-time Gold Glove winner, a 7-time Silver Slugger award winner, 1997 MVP, 6th all-time in career home runs with 630, and he accumulated nearly 80 WAR (explanation below).

After giving away $28 billion, Bill Gates is no longer the third-richest man in the world. He's the second-richest.

Paris' world-famous luxury Crillon hotel has been sold to Saudi investors close to the royal family for around 250 million euros (355 million dollars), sources close to the sale told AFP on Friday.The Figaro daily said that US-based Starwood Capital was in the final stages of the sale which excludes a 100-million-euro programme to renovate one of the world's oldest luxury hotels.The Kempinski Hotels group is to manage the Crillon, the paper said, built in the 18th century on what would become the Place de la Concorde. The hotel is next to the United States embassy.

Neil Heslin clutched a photograph of his son Jesse as he gave emotional testimony before officials considering tighter gun laws in Hartford, Connecticut on Monday, his voice breaking at times as he pleaded with lawmakers to ban assault weapons such as the one used to murder his child.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Philanthropist Melinda Gates announced Monday that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will spend $1.5 billion over five years to support maternal and child health projects abroad....

[5:50pm ET] On Monday morning, Fed chairman Bernanke lifted the spirits of the equity, precious metal and commodity Bulls with his speech about the probable need for Quantitative Easing. The silence that followed was disconcerting to say the least, and prices sagged. However, by Friday, there were similar noises coming from the Eurozone, which served to ensure a strong close to a solid Q1 and inject hope for prices to rise further in Q2.

By Dividend Kings:Bill Gates was the richest man in America for 15 consecutive years after founding Microsoft (MSFT) and growing it into one of the world’s largest software makers. In other words, Gates is a smart man – he designed the initial technology then played the game well enough to grow it and his wealth to the top financial echelons of the world.