George Soros News

George Soros News.

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  For Economists, Another Think Coming

  By Katherine Gustafson | Wed Oct 28, 2009 6:17 PM ET

  its door, according to a press release.The institute was established with a $50 million pledge ($5 million per year for 10 years) from billionaire George Soros, who has long been skeptical of classical economic theory. The founding members include four Nobel laureates — George Akerlof, Si Read More

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  George Soros to the Rescue

  By Katherine Gustafson | Fri Oct 23, 2009 3:27 PM ET

  medical assistance. OSI-Baltimore will announce grants comprising the other $2.5 million early next year. Photo courtesy of aflcio2008, vi Read More

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  Soros' Big Money Behind Environmental Watchdog

  By John Casey | Tue Oct 13, 2009 2:01 PM ET

  Billionaire has pledged $1 billion to fund clean energy research. Read More

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  WIN, Soros to Fund Haitian Industrial Park

  By John Casey | Wed Oct 7, 2009 2:38 PM ET

  The West Indies Industrial Park may create as many as 25,000 jobs for the community. Read More

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  Bill Clinton Stumps for Haiti Investment

  By John Casey | Fri Oct 2, 2009 7:06 PM ET

  were already preparing to move. An Irish company wants to open a Port-au-Prince call center. Also pledging to build are Royal Caribbean and George Soros' Open Society Institute. The institute is partly funding an industrial park, an investment that could create 25,000 new garment industr Read More

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  The I-Gave-Away-$1-Billion Club

  By Katherine Gustafson | Tue Aug 25, 2009 2:56 PM ET

  philanthropists in the I-gave-away-$1-billion club.Bill Gates, no surprise, is at the top of the list, with $28 billion in donations to his name. George Soros has given $7.2 billion, and Warren Buffett clocks in with $6.7 million. Ten of the 14 are American. Among those who aren't is the list' Read More

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  $35 Million Worth of Pencils and Notebooks

  By John Casey | Thu Aug 13, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  or to pay for items at retail locations where the cards are accepted," according to the release. Photo courtesy of World Economic Forum, vi Read More

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• Soros: The Worst Is Behind Us

  By Chaniga Vorasarun | Thu Jun 25, 2009 9:18 AM ET

  International Monetary Fund also said this recession will be "unusually long and severe." But one influential moneyman says things are looking up. George Soros, billionaire financier and philanthropist, who famously got rich shorting the pound, thinks things can only go up from here. Soros sai Read More

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