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…
Immunity boosting chapatis, tea, among eight products developed…
BENGALURU: An immunity booster chapati, a telemetry-based device for contactless monitoring of covid-19 patients, an air sanitizer for air-conditioned offices are among the eight products developed by startups at Bangalore Bioinnovation Centre (BBC), all of…
Small-business owners have until Aug. 8 to apply…
Jovita Carranza, administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, speaks as Steven Mnuchin, U.S. Treasury secretary, listens at a House Small Business Committee hearing in Washington, D.C.Erin Scott | Getty ImagesThe federal government is about…
Great Learning looks to hire 25 people in…
BENGALURU: Gurgaon-based edtech firm Great Learning is looking to hire 20-25 people to strengthen its leadership team across several functions as it looks to ride the wave of growth in the online learning space amid…
A third of small-business owners have tapped personal…
LeoPatriziThere may be a financial storm brewing at a key intersection on Main Street.Roughly 35% of small-business owners in a survey said they've needed to tap their own funds — via a personal credit card…
Randonautica: The viral app that led friends to…
By Lena WilsonThe app led one person to a friendly dog in the desert and another to a field of wildflowers. One young woman, after making her college decision, followed the app to a field…
GOP HEALS Act gives some businesses a second…
Cash-strapped entrepreneurs who took a federal Paycheck Protection Program loan and are running out of funding may get a second infusion of liquidity.The Senate's HEALS Act, the Republican proposal for another round of coronavirus relief…
How to start a business during the coronavirus…
The coronavirus shutdown can be the perfect opportunity for you to to become an entrepreneur, according to best-selling author Patrice Washington. Washington lost her real estate business in 2008 and spent the next decade building…
Sidbi, Transunion Cibil partner to launch portal to…
MUMBAI: Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) in association with credit bureau TransUnion Cibil has launched a portal to help Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), seeking access to finance and also help borrowers…