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…
GST compensation: All states take Rs 1.1 lakh…
All states have taken the Rs 1.1 lakh crore option to meet the shortfall from goods and services tax (GST) implementation, the finance ministry said on Saturday. With Jharkhand, the last state to take the…
Post-election, political partisanship on Main Street is spiking
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden speaks about the U.S. economy following a briefing with economic advisers in Wilmington, Delaware, November 16, 2020.Kevin Lemarque | ReutersMain Street confidence dropped again this quarter — the second setback this…
83% of small business owners support another round…
Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) holds a chart as bipartisan members of the Senate and House gather to announce a framework for fresh coronavirus relief legislation at a news conference on Capitol Hill on Dec. 1,…
Khatabook introduces Pagar khata App to digitize staff…
NEW DELHI: Khatabook has launched a new employee management platform, Pagarkhata App to MSMEs to digitally manage workforce-related tasks. These include monthly/hourly wages, attendance/leaves, payslips, salary calculation, payment, and more. Pagarkhata is the third digital…
‘Personalized gifts’ is the No. 1 search term…
The most-searched term on e-commerce site Etsy this year is "personalized gifts," CEO Josh Silverman told CNBC on Monday.It is even more popular than queries for masks, a category that was virtually nonexistent on Etsy…
Small business confidence drops to all-time low after…
A survey of small business owners across the U.S. finds confidence dropping to an all-time low after Biden's election victory with fears that taxes will go up and regulations become more onerous.Boston Globe | Boston…
COVID-19 impact on women-led micro businesses widens socio-economic…
NEW DELHI: The adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on women-led micro businesses in India has exacerbated the vast socio-economic gap, finds a survey. The survey suggests that governments, banks and other financial institutions must…
India’s economy shrinks sharply as Covid-19 slams small…
NEW DELHI: China has come roaring back from the devastation of Covid-19, and the United States, Europe and Japan are finding their feet. But the hundreds of millions of laborers and shopkeepers who keep India’s…