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…
Zomato employees burn company T-shirts to protest Chinese…
KOLKATA: A group of Zomato food delivery platform employees in Kolkata tore and burnt their official T-shirts to protest Chinese investment in the firm. The agitation comes in the backdrop of the killing of 20…
IRS has relaxed its electronic filing rules during…
Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesIn the 11 weeks since the novel coronavirus first made its way to the U.S., Americans have been forced to conform to sweeping changes as schools and businesses made…
Government to release all GST, customs refund worth…
In a bid to provide relief to businesses hit by the Covis-19 pandemic, the Government on Wednesday said it will release all GST & Customs refunds to provide benefit to around 1 lakh business entities…
Your forgivable loan may be undercut by this…
Steven Mnuchin, U.S. Treasury secretary, speaks during a Coronavirus Task Force news conference at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, April 2, 2020.Kevin Dietsch | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe Small Business Administration…
Bengaluru: BBMP falls short of property tax target…
Bengaluru: Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has fallen short of its property tax collection during 2019-20 by 30%, racking up only Rs 2,667 crore against the targeted Rs 3,813 crore. Far from being alarmed by…
Good Business Lab: New foundation promotes soft skills…
Training workers with soft skills like time and stress management, problem solving, communication and teamwork can have big impacts on the productivity of workers and company profits, says a University of Michigan researcher. Achyuta Adhvaryu,…
The pariah: Uber isolated by partners and competitors…
By Ryan Beene and Alan LevinUber Technologies Inc. has found itself isolated a little more than a week after one of its self-driving SUVs hit and killed a pedestrian in Arizona. Uber suppliers, competitors and…
Can Paytm Bank boss Renu Satti move the…
Let’s start with how a Payments Bank, technically a stripped down version of a normal commercial bank has the odds stacked against it: Firstly, it can’t lend. Secondly, it can’t collect deposits above Rs. 1…