Stubbornly high shipping expenses for businesses are getting sealed into contracts for the next 12 months, forcing companies to pass the extra costs on to consumers. The price for a container of goods from China…
Entertainment venues still waiting for a lifeline as…
The Anthem, a popular live music venue, displays a message of support on their marquee on April 3, 2020 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer | Getty Images At The Independent in San Francisco, it's been…
Op-Ed: Employers’ diversity and equity efforts often overlook…
SDI Productions | Getty Images 2020 brought forward a crucial national conversation centered on the need for companies — from Main Street to Wall Street — to look inward at hiring practices, employment policies, recruitment…
The Paycheck Protection Program has a problem. It…
Customer Tamara Jenkins tries on a hat with Meeka Robinson Davis, owner of One-Of-A-Kind Hats, at the store in the Windsor Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles on Nov. 24, 2020.Patrick T. Fallon | AFP |…
RBI Monetary Policy Report: India’s exports in expansionary…
Highlighting the positive momentum in the external demand, the RBI in its Monetary Policy Report of April 2021 stated that India’s exports surpassed the pre-pandemic level and entered the expansionary zone from December 2020. Imports…
Salasar launches heavy structural steel manufacturing unit
NEW DELHI: has announced the launch of its new manufacturing plant for structural steel fabrication in Hapur (Uttar Pradesh). The newly launched plant is one of the largest installed capacities in North India with a…
US questions India’s RoDTEP scheme at WTO
The US has raised questions at India’s Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) scheme and asked about its operational status and farm products covered under it. At a meeting at the World…
Engineering exports jump over 70% in March
NEW DELHI: In a major rebound of trade since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, exports of engineering goods from the country recorded an impressive 70.28 per cent growth in March. India's total merchandise exports…
Understanding the immediate priorities to empower women in…
The Government of India in its Economic Survey in 2018 noted that the agricultural sector is undergoing feminization, a term used to indicate how increasingly a large number of women are taking up roles as…