Bill Gates Convinces 40 Billionaires to Give Away Half Their
FortunesS  Our favorite charity-worker Bill Gates has
successfully signed up 38 billionaires to give away half of
their wealth to those less fortunate, in what could be the
largest-scale philanthropic work ever.  Together with Warren
Buffett, their "The Giving Pledge" project nabbed Larry Ellison
(founder of Oracle), George Lucas, New York Mayor Michael
Bloomberg and Barry Diller from IAC (an internet media company
that owns, Bloglines, Vimeo, and others), along with many
others.  While they're not legally bound to give away at least
50 per cent of their wealth to charity, it's more of a trust-
promise—particularly now that it's been reported all over the
media. They're not expected to give their notes to any one
charity, but if every single person on the Forbes 400 richest
American list signed up to The Giving Pledge, that would mean
charities would be $600 billion better off. Presumably some of
those charities will be green-focused, considering Gat