No joke: Bill Murray leaps 13,000 feet to beach Bill Murray landed in Chicago on Friday like he never had before — by jumping from an airplane 13,500 feet up. The 57-year-old actor took several deep breaths before stepping out the open doors of a C-31 Fokker and dropping at about 120 mph to the city's lakefront with members of the Army Golden Knights Parachute Team. 16 Aug 2008
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Gates, Bloomberg pool riches to fight smoking Microsoft founder Bill Gates and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg are pooling their piles of money to pour $375 million into a global effort to cut smoking. 25 Jul 2008
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Tech Roundup: Bill Gates moves on A rocky week for tech stocks and the rest of Wall Street closed Friday with the official end to Bill Gates' full-time tenure at Microsoft Corp. 28 Jun 2008
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Ballmer and Gates bid farewell with tears On his final full day at Microsoft Corp., Bill Gates went on stage to reminisce with his longtime friend Steve Ballmer, and neither man could hold back tears as Ballmer handed Gates a large scrapbook as a farewell present. 28 Jun 2008
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Mittal to acquire £117 million London home to keep family near A London mansion, located on a street dubbed Billionaires' Row, is being reportedly sold, fully furnished and with an art collection, to steel king Lakshmi Mittal for a whopping £117 million (or $230 million). 24 May 2008
India makes inroads in Forbes billionaire list Four Indians, including steel behemoth ArcelorMittal's chief Lakshmi N. Mittal and India's biggest listed firm, Reliance Industries Ltd's (RIL) chairman Mukesh Ambani, are among the top 10 richest person in the world, Forbe's annual billionaire's list has revealed. 16 Mar 2008
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Gates eyes next "digital decade" Microsoft Corp Chairman Bill Gates took center stage at the world's largest technology show for the last time on Sunday and predicted that his industry was on the cusp of the next "digital decade." 07 Jan 2008
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Microsoft Vista sales hit 100 million before holidays Microsoft Corp said on Sunday that Windows Vista sales topped 100 million before the 2007 holiday season when an extra flood of buyers purchased personal computers. 07 Jan 2008
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New, no-nonsense BHP boss has Rio Tinto in his sights If BHP Billiton's new chief executive Marius Kloppers walks away from his bold proposal to buy rival mining titan Rio Tinto, and that's a big if, it won't be for lack of trying. 06 Jan 2008
