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Los Angeles Clippers sale to Steve Ballmer finalized, NBA says

Steve Ballmer, the former head of Microsoft, has completed his $2 billion purchase of the Los Angeles Clippers basketball team, ending a saga that began when former team owner Donald Sterling was heard making racist remarks to his girlfriend on a tape recording.

Microsoft Corp., Israel agree to strategic cooperation

Israel and the Microsoft Corporation have agreed to a strategic cooperation to advance computing technology. Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer met on Monday in Israel with government officials to discuss the cooperation.

A coup for Hebrew U — Gates to accept award

Microsoft founder Bill Gates will receive the inaugural Einstein Award, the American fund-raising arm of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem announced Monday.

The award, which will be presented to Gates in December at a gala dinner in New York, is named for Albert Einstein, who helped found the university. It will be given only rarely to those who have made a significant impact on humanity, according to the organization\’s executive director, Peter Willner. American Friends officials say this is the first time that Gates is accepting an award from a Jewish or Israeli organization.

Bill Gates to receive Einstein award from American Friends of the Hebrew University

\”The Einstein Award represents the creation of a continuum of great minds and was inspired by the legacy of Albert Einstein, a founding father of our university who wrought a profound revolution in human understanding of our world,\” said Hebrew University President, Professor Menachem Magido. \”The award pays tribute to today\’s most original, creative and effective thinkers. Bill Gates is a most worthy recipient — like Einstein, he is a leader whose actions stem from the knowledge that human progress includes alleviating human suffering.\”

Jews join the quest for space commerce

Commercial space interests are now playing a critical role in the dawn of the second space age — one built on business ventures and international cooperation. Instead of Hilton and Pan Am, the corporate names associated with the commercialization of space include Budget Suites and Virgin.

U.S. Firms Kowtow to China Censorship

If an American enters \”Li Zhi\” or \”Shi Tao\” in the search engine at Yahoo! News, more than 400 stories turn up, none of them flattering to Yahoo! But those articles won\’t appear if you search for those words, or countless others deemed subversive by officials, on a computer in China.

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