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SINGAPORE (Feb 14): The former WorldCom CEO Bernie Ebbers, who died at the age of 78 this month, started life as a basketball coach. He often urged his employees to act in concert like a baseball team.

HONG KONG / SHANGHAI (June 6): At most big companies, it’s pretty clear who the millionaires are: top executives, rainmakers, science whizzes with PhDs.

(May 21): In a darkened theatre with just a beam of spotlight, a man in black T-shirt, jeans and sneakers appears on stage to introduce a smartphone or some other shiny new gadget. You have probably seen the clips on TV or YouTube. As the camera closes up

(Mar 23): After hitting pay dirt with investments in Alibaba Group Holding and Xiaomi, Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC is giving China as much attention as it does Silicon Valley in the search for the next big thing in tech.

(Dec 28): I'm not feeling quite bold enough to make predictions about 2018. After all, a year ago I didn't get why bitcoin was worth US$1,000 (yeah, I know), or why Pokemon Go was so exciting.

HONG KONG (Dec 5): Xiaomi Corp., the Chinese smartphone maker that was once the most valuable startup in the world, is in talks with investment banks about a possible initial public offering and seeking a valuation of at least US$50 billion ($67.4 billion

BEIJING (March 20): Duan Yongping is convinced Tim Cook didn’t have a clue who he was when they first met a couple years ago. The Apple boss probably does now.

SINGAPORE (Feb 6): In 2016, Apple Inc. saw a y-o-y decline in the Chinese market for the first time ever – even as the smartphone market in China saw both y-o-y and q-o-q growth over the past year, according to a recent report by International Data Corp

BEIJING (Nov 23): Two years ago, Oppo and Vivo couldn’t crack the top five in China’s smartphone market. Now they outrank everyone after elbowing Apple aside, thanks to people like Cheng Xiaoning.