A Wall Street Journal report on Sunday, quoting sources, revealed how “Facebook declined to act after discovering that the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) was circumventing its political ad transparency requirements.†The rules, the report added,…
Ecommerce drives spurt in temporary hiring
KOLKATA: As the country shops online, and leading players including Amazon and Myntra open up their sales ahead of Independence Day, demand for temporary staff, particularly in delivery roles, is seeing a spurt led by…
Trump’s ban of Chinese apps has lots of…
Sundar Pichai and Tim CookSource: Reuters; ApplePresident Donald Trump issued an executive order on Thursday ordering U.S. firms to stop doing business with popular Chinese apps TikTok, owned by ByteDance, and WeChat, owned by Tencent. This…
Buffett buys back record $5.1 billion in Berkshire…
Warren BuffettGerard Miller | CNBCBerkshire Hathaway announced on Saturday it bought back a record amount of its own stock during the second quarter as the coronavirus pandemic dented operations for Warren Buffett's conglomerate. The company said it repurchased…
Rights issue vs bonus issue: Do they come…
By DK AggarwalListed companies often reward shareholders through issue of additional stocks or shares through bonus issue and rights issue. There are substantial differences between a rights issue and a bonus issue. Investors need to…
DCB Bank Q1 results: Profit down 2.5% to…
NEW DELHI: DCB Bank on Saturday posted a marginal decline of 2.5 per cent in net profit at Rs 79 crore for the first quarter of the current financial year. The private sector lender registered…
TikTok plans to sue Trump administration over ban…
The Tencent Holdings Ltd. WeChat and ByteDance Ltd. TikTok app icons are displayed on a smartphone in an arranged photograph taken in Arlington, Virginia, on Friday, Aug. 7, 2020.Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesTikTok…
The end of $600 unemployment boost and slim…
Fancy/Veer/Corbis | Getty ImagesBianca Thomas was always working. Except on Sunday — that was church day.But in March, everything changed. Thomas lost her job as a prep cook in an eatery catering to Boston Bruins and…
Goldman Sachs cuts quarterly earnings, citing legal provisions…
Motorcyclists pass a 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) billboard at the Tun Razak Exchange development in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, February 3, 2016.Olivia Harris | ReutersGoldman Sachs on Friday lowered its previously stated quarterly net earnings applicable…