Oracle Campaign Cash Returned
News Oracle wrote the cheque in March of last year and pledged the donation in April at a political fund-raiser, Oracle spokeswoman Jennifer Glass said on Friday. In the political fallout, three state officials have resigned or have been suspended, and...
[May 13, 2002, 9:04]
Oxford University Sets Up Internet Institute
News The Institute will be funded by a £10m donation from the Shirley Foundation, set up by philanthropist Dame Stephanie Shirley. To understand what is happening and to formulate helpful policies you need people such as political scientists, lawyers...
[May 4, 2001, 16:59]
IT Services Chief Dragged Into Labour Loans Row
News Aldridge's donation has come under scrutiny in the media because Capita runs many high-profile government IT projects, including the London Congestion Charging scheme, TV licensing and the Criminal Records Bureau.
[March 21, 2006, 15:20]
Gates' Foundation To Fund Synthetic Biology
News Production of the drug would not be subject to political instability or deforestation, a problem in tropical nations, from which many of the latest drugs come. The emerging field of synthetic biology -- creating organisms in the lab that act like...
[December 14, 2004, 8:05]
