Davos' first day was marked by discussion of inequality, but philanthropy is playing a starring role on its second day.
Microsoft founder Bill Gates pledged $750 million on Thursday to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. “These are tough economic times, but that's no excuse for cutting aid to the world's poorest,” Gates said, according to CBS News.
The Global Fund's executive director quit Tuesday, a year after the Associated Press reported that as much as two-thirds ...