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Chinese billionaire businessman Jack Ma on Friday offered the United States 500,000 coronavirus test kits and a million masks, as the country faces a shortage of kits for diagnosing the potentially deadly disease.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said Friday that major internet providers - including Comcast Corp , AT&T Inc and Verizon Communications Inc - have agreed to not terminate service for the next 60 days if they are unable to pay their bills due to the disruptions caused by the...

U.S. automakers General Motors Co and Ford Motor Co said on Friday they will have most of their white-collar workforce working remotely as of Monday to protect against the spread of the coronavirus.

Activist investor Elliott Management said on Friday it supports SoftBank Group Corp's latest move to buy back up to US$4.8 billion of its shares.

Apple Inc on Friday called off the in-person portion of its annual developers conference scheduled to be held in San Jose and said it would run the program entirely online in June because of coronavirus fears.

KATOWICE, Poland: With close to 60,000 Instagram followers, Polish opera singer and breakdancer Jakub Jozef Orlinski says he is trying to use social media to break down cultural barriers and attract younger audiences to classical music. Only 5per cent of Poles aged 18-25 say classical music is ...

The European Union has cleared United Technologies Corporation's (UTC) planned acquisition of Raytheon , subject to conditions, the European Commission said on Friday.

Ford Motor Co will have most of its white-collar workforce outside of China working remotely as of Monday to protect against the spread of the coronavirus, a spokesman said Friday.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc said on Friday it will hold its annual meeting as scheduled on May 2, but without shareholders in physical attendance due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Charles Schwab reported the strongest start to a year with US$45.3 billion in fresh assets under management during the first two months of 2020, driven by heightened volatility faced by equity markets amid the coronavirus outbreak.