Bill Gates wrote a letter to the editor that was published in The Economist within the past year or two. Can you track down what issue it was in? [more inside]
posted by disillusioned on Sep 17, 2009 - 4 answers

Source of Bill Gates quote? "If I was down to my last dollar, I'd spend it on public relations." It feels like every article about PR uses this quotation but searching turns up no original article or speech. Alternate version subs in "PR" for "public relations." Please help!
posted by lhall on Oct 15, 2008 - 6 answers

You're smarter than me, so can you explain what is the point of these Microsoft TV ads featuring Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld? [more inside]
posted by 543DoublePlay on Sep 15, 2008 - 37 answers

So, Microsoft just announced that they're going to give a special dividend of $3 per share:

http://www.microsoft.com/msft/FAQ/faqdividend.mspx#Question7

Why has the stock price not risen by $3 on this news? It has risen somewhat since yesterday, but only about a dollar.

Doesn't this announcement mean that each share will be automatically worth $3 more, or have I missed something? It seems extremely unlikely that they'd announce something like this and then not do it.
posted by Caviar on Jul 21, 2004 - 18 answers