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If you were a billionaire, how much money would you give to fight COVID-19? For 600 or so Americans that’s a real question. Last week I wrote about what CEOs and other business leaders were doing, and should be doing during the coronavirus crisis. This week I’m turning my attention to the richest Americans. What are the wealthy doing? What should they be doing?  First of all a word about that F. Scott Fitzgerald line, “let me tell you about the very rich, they are different from you and me…” Sorry Scotty but that’s wrong. I know a fair number of very rich people and in fact they’re very much like you and me; some good, some bad, some boastful, others quite modest.  So when it comes to pitching in during the pandemic, there’s a range of behavior and responses by the wealthy, just like with you, your family and your friends. For every Dolly Parton giving $1 million to Vanderbilt to fight coronavirus, there’s a Leona Helmsley type—the late miserly hotelier and convicte...

Fox Business Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on FoxBusiness.com. Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. The coronavirus has hit the global economy hard -- and that includes even the richest people in the world. Forbes recently published its annual list of billionaires and found that the number of billionaires has dropped significantly because of the pandemic -- and even among those still on the list, more than half saw their wealth decrease. There were 2,095 billionaires on the list when it was finalized on March 18, according to the business website. That was 58 fewer billionaires than last year and 226 fewer than at the beginning of the month, Forbes reported. CORONAVIRUS LEADS JEFF BEZOS TO DONATE $100M TO FEED HUNGRY AMERICANS  All 2,095 billionaires are worth about $8 trillion, which is $700 billion less than they did in 2019, according to Forbes. Of course, with the markets in fl...

There are now nearly 1.4 million confirmed cases of coronavirus in 184 countries and more than 75,000 people have died. The United States has more than twice as many confirmed cases as any other single country and more than half of all the cases have been in Europe, with Spain and Italy worst affected. This series of maps and charts tracks the spread of the virus since it emerged in China in December last year. The virus is spreading rapidly in many countries and the death toll is still climbing - but the majority of people are recovering from the infection. Coronavirus Cases: 1,363,099 Deaths: 76,370 Recovered: 293,743 ACTIVE CASES CLOSED CASES 992,986     Currently Infected Patients 945,284  ( 95 %) in Mild Condition 47,702  ( 5% ) Serious or critcal DATE: 7/4/2020 370,113 Cases which had an outcome: 293,743  ( 79 %) Recovered / Discharged 76,370  ( 21 %) Deaths ...

The Sindh High Court has ordered the acquittal of three journalists in the murder case of US journalist Daniel Pearl. According to the details, a two-member bench of the Sindh High Court has passed the verdict today after 18 years on the appeals of four criminals. The court acquitted all three accused in the murder case of American journalist Daniel Pearl, besides Ahmed Amar Sheikh, while the Sindh High Court changed Ahmed Umar Sheikh's death sentence to seven years in prison. During the hearing, the court said that the charge of Ahmed Omar Sheikh Pragya was proved, however, that the murder of Daniel Pearl did not prove on any of the accused, who was acquitted by the other three accused. It is clear that American journalist Daniel Pearl was murdered in Karachi in 2002 after which he was kidnapped in Karachi. Later, a British citizen suspected of involvement in the murder was sentenced to death by the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC), while the suspects were Fahdism. , Syed...