Taiwanese tech mogul donates $454 million to fight cancer
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InfoWorld - The chairman of the world&#39;s largest contract electronics manufacturer, which assembles gadgets from Apple&#160;iPods to Nintendo&#39;s Wii game console, pledged NT$15 billion (US$454.4 million) to Taiwan&#39;s most prestigious university to build a new cancer ward and fund research against the disease.
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The founder and former chairman of the world&#39;s second largest contract chip maker was found not guilty of investing in and transferring technology to a Chinese chip maker, a Taiwanese court said Friday.
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TORONTO (CP) - Members of the family of the late Roy Thomson have donated $25 million to fight breast cancer. It&#39;s believed to be the single largest private gift for cancer research in Canadian history.
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Swiss drug giant Novartis SA said yesterday it is spending $4 million to fund scientists performing diabetes research at Harvard University, the Massachusetts
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan is in line to get another substantial gift. The founder of an information technology company who graduated from the university and his diabetic wife are giving
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Three months after Alexandra Scott died of cancer at age 8, her goal of raising &#36;1 million for cancer research this year by selling lemonade has been surpassed.
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The University of Michigan received a $44 million donation for a Type 1 Diabetes research center from Bill and Dee Brehm. Mr. Brehm is a 75 year old information technology entrepreneur and Michigan alumni.
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An unprecedented $163 million in private donations for tsunami relief is driven by media coverage and Web technology.
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The device is part of the Taiwanese computer maker's ongoing attempt to re-establish itself in the U.S. market.
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Man's best friend could also be a  lifesaver in the fight against cancer.
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Bill Gates, the world's richest man, is to donate nearly 20 million dollars for research into helping rice farmers deal with global warming, the International Rice Research Institute said Monday.
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Donald Trump, Ben Affleck, Billy Ray Cyrus, Jon Cryer and other celebrities have helped raise more than $2.8 million in a radio-telethon for the Jimmy Fund, the children's cancer-fighting charity favored by the Boston Red Sox.
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The founder of an information technology company and his diabetic wife are giving $44 million to the University of Michigan for creation of a Type 1 diabetes research center.
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MASSACHUSETTS The Boston Celtics, Boston Scientific, and Intel have joined the tsunami relief effort. The Intel Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Intel Corporation, has raised its donation from $100,000 to $1 million to aid victims. Intel employees in Hudson are expected to set up tables to raise additional funds. The Foundation is expected to match employee donations. The Boston Celtics ...
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(InfoWorld) - Shares of Taiwan's Quanta Computer soared early Tuesday after the island's two largest financial daily newspapers said the company had won orders forÂ Apple iPhones. Quanta, the world's largest contract laptop PC manufacturer, will start making iPhones in September on an initial order for 5 million handsets, the Chinese-language Commercial Times and Economic Daily News both reported on Tuesday, without citing sources. In a statement, Quanta said that while it is taking measures to win new orders and increase business, it declined to comment on the reports because agreements with customers are confidential. A source at Quanta said the company has not won orders for the iPhone yet, but that the company is vigorously competing for such orders. Investors in Taiwan piled into Quanta stock early in the day, sending shares up to NT$51.8 (US$1.56) each at the open. But the price drifted lower throughout the day as investment banks and analysts speculated on whether or not the newspaper reports were accurate. The ticker ended the day at NT$50.8, up just NT$0.2. Speculation around the issue and the fact that it would move stocks so much show how much excitement there is about the upcoming Apple product. Despite some complaints such as the high price for the handset and having only one option for mobile phone service, Cingular Wireless/AT&T Wireless, many expect it to be a hit. The iPhone debuts in June. Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., the world's largest contract electronics manufacturer, is believed to be the main manufacturer for the iPhone. The company does not comment on customer orders. Knowledge of the company's work making iPod digital music players for Apple came to light last June, after U.K. newspaper, the Mail On Sunday, reported long hours and little pay for production line workers at Hon Hai iPod factories in China. Apple responded by sending a team to investigate the claims. ItÂ found the factories mostly complied with Apple rulesÂ for its manufacturing partners. But it asked Hon Hai to remedy a few issues, including living conditions at some worker dormitories and improved transportation for workers. Â
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A man receiving Â£300,000 from a health trust after his wife dies following an 'all-clear' wants an overhaul of cancer screening.
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Relatives of the late newspaper magnate Roy Thompson have donated $25 million to the Institute of Breast Cancer Research. Toronto&#39;s Princess Margaret Hospital, where the institute is headquartered, confirmed