(BW) Houston Lawyer Named to Board of Directors by President Bush; Jacob M. Monty Named to the Border Environment Cooperation Commission — North American Development Bank Board of Directors By Business Editors (c) 2006 Business Wire HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan. 30, 2006–Jacob M. Monty, managing partner of Houston-based Monty Partners LLP, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Border Environment Cooperation Commission (BECC) and North American Development Bank (NADB) by President Bush. Jacob M. Monty will be part of…

By MATT MOORE, Associated Press Writer Bill Gates said Friday his charitable foundation will boost its funding for tuberculosis eradication from its current level of $300 million to $900 million during the next decade. The effort is part of a larger campaign against tuberculosis announced at the World Economic Forum. The disease killed 1.6 million people last year. The announcement came as Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, British treasury chief Gordon Brown and Gates called for help to treat 50 million…

St. Helena immigration specialist Rosa Segura has been elected by a Mexican government agency to a key advisory body looking at Mexican-U.S. relations and issues important to the two nations. Among the topics on the agenda are politics, economics, health and border issues. Segura was elected to a four-year term on the advisory council of the Institute of Mexicans Abroad. It is overseen by the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Her name was put into nomination by the Mexican Consulate,…