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> Buffett gives $30 billion to Gates Mon Jun 26, 2006 3:12 AM BST
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> By Robert MacMillan and Mark McSherry
>
> NEW YORK (Reuters) - Warren Buffett, the world's second-richest
> person, is donating about $37 billion (20.3 billion pounds) -- more
> than 80 percent of his fortune -- to foundations run by his friend
> Bill Gates and by the Buffett family.
>
> The move is the biggest-ever single act of charitable giving in the
> United States.
>
> Sunday's announcement by Buffett, 75, comes just days after Microsoft
> Chairman Gates said he would move away from his day-to-day role at
> the software giant to focus more on charity work, and highlights the
> close friendship of the world's two richest men.
However, Wall St no likey charity! Stocks fall after announcement!
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