The first thing people will say when they hear the news, “Does a charity organization need a $500 million headquarters?” You might debate that all night long and question the decision’s sensibility but we believe that its Bill’s money and he has every right to spend it any way he wants… As simple as that. Now with the morality issue out of the way, what is so special about this building that it will cost Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation a whooping $500 million when Russell Investments paid one-third of that for its 42-story building not very far away from the project location.

Add to that the structure to be constructed is just two six-story, boomerang-shaped buildings on 12 acres near the Seattle Center and you can imagine what the interiors of this expensive real estate might look like.
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Amongst random products, now it�s easy to find out which one is eligible to join the collectibles breed. And the calculative call can be taken considering the demand and supply relation. In non-economical terms, the limited-edition products with a high-demand easily get a prefix of few $$$$ attached to it. Exemplifying it, here stands a cheap 1980’s era Microsoft sunglasses available for auction on eBay at a price competent to the value of an estate.

The proud seller states that this belongs to the special edition sunglasses and fortunately is the only one pair left now. Agreed it is extraordinary as it has governed the opening bid of $173,000 but the bidding amount can easily multiply two-fold if Bill Gates happen to revive his weird nostalgic memories of this marketed item.

Besides Bill G, I cannot see anyone shelling out this sum. Beg, borrow or steal, you still have 20 hours 45 mins left for the bid to end.

Via TecheBlog