Amazon and Starbucks workers are on strike. Trump might have something to do with itAmazon and Starbucks workers are striking in several U.S. cities, demanding union recognition and better contracts. These strikes follow su...
23 Dec, 2024, 07.00 AM IST
Thousands of US Uber and Lyft drivers plan Valentine's Day strikesThousands of ride-hailing workers in the US are set to strike at major airports on Wednesday, in what organisers claim will be their larges...
14 Feb, 2024, 11.04 AM IST
Amazon is everywhere. That’s what makes it so vulnerable.Amazon's strength also hint as an underappreciated vulnerability it has.
20 May, 2023, 10.15 AM IST
Amazon is everywhere. That's what makes it so vulnerableAs recently as four years ago, the blue-gray vehicle with the smiley arrow was a relative novelty among fleets of brown and blue-and-white ...
20 May, 2023, 09.21 AM IST
Attacks on delivery drivers in the US add fears among gig workersRide-hailing and food delivery companies say such violent episodes are exceedingly rare among the millions of trips completed each week, an...
03 May, 2023, 09.54 PM IST
Palm oil firms on stronger crude, tightening Dec supply estimatesThe benchmark palm oil contract for February delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange gained 28 ringgit, or 0.58%, to 4,828 ring...
13 Dec, 2021, 01.22 PM IST
Tired of packages being stolen, Amazon now wants a key to your apartment buildingThe company wants to give its drivers the ability to unlock apartment-building doors themselves with a mobile device.
23 Jul, 2021, 06.08 PM IST
Indian Embassy conveys condolences to families of those killed in Indianapolis mass shooting“We convey our heartfelt condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the shocking shooting incident at FedEx facility in I...
17 Apr, 2021, 10.39 AM IST
Boeing posts fourth straight quarterly loss as sales slump amid the pandemicThe company began a massive job-shedding campaign earlier this year and expects to cut 19,000 jobs by year-end out of the roughly 160,000 w...
28 Oct, 2020, 05.31 PM IST
- Palm oil falls 1.5% on lower crude prices
Palm oil is affected by price movements in related oils as they compete for a share in the global vegetable oils market.
25 Jun, 2020, 09.07 AM IST
Amazon is pushing its Prime Day shopping event, at least till AugustPrime Day, a marketing event started in 2015 to drum up sales during the summer shopping lull, has previously occurred in July.
04 Apr, 2020, 10.37 AM IST
Palm oil prices fall after top buyer India imposes 21-day lockdownPalm had gained 2.71 per cent in the previous session.
25 Mar, 2020, 08.39 AM IST
Amazon one day shipping lifts startups serving WalmartRetailers are starting to realize that employing humans to trawl the aisles filling online orders isn’t efficient and are investing in soft...
08 May, 2019, 09.25 AM IST
Gold futures drops on improving signs of US economyConsumer confidence rose from a nine week low as Americans grew more upbeat about the economy, and jobless claims were close to the lowest ...
21 Apr, 2014, 04.06 AM IST
- Gold heads for fifth weekly gain on outlook for US economy
Gold on Friday, little changed in New York, headed for the fifth straight weekly gain as investors sought a haven from turmoil in financial...
05 Aug, 2011, 08.01 PM IST
- Boeing to cut 4,500 jobs as airline demand falls
Boeing Co., the world's second-largest airplane maker, is planning to cut about 3 percent of its work force as jetliner demand falls, hurt ...
10 Jan, 2009, 01.51 AM IST
- Japanese consumers feel the pinch of biofuel demand
Japanese consumers hoping to reduce their dependence on petrol at the pump are getting a surprise as they feel the pinch elsewhere -- when ...
12 Sep, 2007, 09.10 AM IST