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Mind the mind-meld
FROM DR RAIS HUSSIN, Petaling Jaya
Covid-19 could offer tech companies a shot at redemption
After years of criticism for their outsized power and influence, tech industry executives may now be poised for a moment of redemption.
Buffett's Berkshire taps former AmEx CEO Kenneth Chenault for board
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc said on Friday that former American Express Co Chief Executive Officer Kenneth Chenault has been nominated to the conglomerate's board of directors, replacing Microsoft Corp co-founder Bill Gates.
Bill Gates steps down from Microsoft board
Microsoft Corp co-founder Bill Gates, who made the company one of the world's most valuable technology firms, stepped down from the board on Friday to focus on philanthropic works related to global health, education and climate change.
Jack Ma to donate test kits, masks to U.S. in fight against coronavirus
(Reuters) - Chinese billionaire and Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma said he will donate 500,000 coronavirus testing kits and 1 million masks to the United States and urged international cooperation to fight the health crisis.
American bridge-playing honours students find fun with cards
What used to be one of their grandparents' pastimes is now being used to take the pressure off these top students.Bridge-playing honours students find fun is in the cards.
Mistrust, rumour and conspiracy fantasies hinder US virus fight
No one has been diagnosed with the new coronavirus in Alabama, but unfounded social-media rumours run so wild that the state public health department assigned a staffer to stamp them out.
Ambani loses Asia wealth crown to Ma in US$5.8bil rout
MUMBAI: Indian energy tycoon Mukesh Ambani is no longer Asia’s richest man, relinquishing the title to Jack Ma after oil prices collapsed along with global stocks.
Gates, other charities pledge $125 million towards COVID-19 treatments
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and two other large charities on Tuesday pledged up to $125 million (£95.57 million) to help speed the development of treatments for the fast-spreading coronavirus, which the World Health Organization said on Monday was nearing pandemic proportions.
Bill Gates calls coronavirus a 'once-in-a-century' pathogen
Philanthropist Bill Gates on Feb 28 urged wealthy nations to help low and middle-income countries strengthen their health systems in hopes of slowing the spread of the coronavirus, which Gates said has started to behave like a "once-in-a-century" pathogen.
