Bill Gates Trash Talks Bill Gates

Bill Gates has so much money that pieces of his empire of investments are in conflict — over trash hauling. So like any emperor, he’s mediating a hostile takeover battle in the form of an unwanted attempt to snag Republic Services by Waste Management, the king of trash hauling, and of which Gates’ personal retirement fund owns 2.3 percent. Funny thing is, Gates’ Cascade Investment also owns a 15 percent stake in Republic. What does Bill want? It seems to be a bigger payout from WMI for Republic. Read the whole story on Earth2Tech.com.

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