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Buffett's (maybe) successor Sokol steps it up

Is David Sokol edging ahead in the short list to succeed Warren Buffett as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway?


Ross Perot, Bill Gates admired by RRE founders

Ross Perot, Richard Branson and Bill Gates are some of the entrepreneurs most admired by RRE Ventures co-founders Stuart Ellman and Jim Robinson, who chatted with The Deal at last week's Shake Shack II party.


A look back at Microsoft and ahead for Boxee

A look back at what Microsoft did right in its early days. And a look forward at how Boxee, which scored a Series B this week, may be forging a similar path.


Bill Gates on TerraPower, Google OS, physics

Bill Gates talks about some pet projects: a nuclear power startup called TerraPower and a series of lectures by physics professor Richard Feynman. And he comments on Google's new OS.


Bill Gates focusing on Microsoft search

Search is one of three areas Steve Ballmer has asked Bill Gates to focus on, Gates tells CNBC after Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting.


President Obama picks Google, Microsoft execs

Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) CEO Eric Schmidt and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) tech strategist Craig Mundie were named to the president's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.


Obama town hall: legalizing pot won't grow economy

President Obama is having a high-tech week: Yesterday he met with Bill Gates and other technology leaders. Today he answered questions from thousands of Internet users.


Video: Hacking education at Union Square Ventures

Union Square Ventures three partners -- Fred Wilson, Brad Burnham and Albert Wenger -- sat down with The Deal for a Behind the Money video roundtable to discuss the firm's interest in 'hacking education'; what's wrong with the current system; how Web 2.0 technology may be able to fix it; and what opportunities lie ahead for startups.



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