What Bill Gates just taught us about philanthropy: A new playbook for strategic givingBY KEVIN FERNANDO | FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2025 1:26PM When Bill Gates announced his intention to give away his entire US$200 billion fortune within the next 20 years, it prompted admiration - but also reflection.
 No-bull bull market"I get knocked down But I get up again You're never going to keep me down..."-- Chumbawamba Snakes and laddersThe three days that straddled Labor Day on 'The Street' provided a perfect specimen of investors' one data point to the next data point existence. A stitch in timeFinally! That source of international angst and condemnation, that much debated, much awaited Chinese currency revaluation is coming! Knee-jerk reaction to delayed actionHere we go again! The rough and tumble of Wall Street on display as investors knee-jerkingly reacts to what is - in the words of Donald Rumsfeld - a "known ... A war the US can't winThe good old US of A is again drawing up battle plans in preparation for an assault on China's WMD (weapon of mass destruction) - the renminbi. But China ... |
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