Indonesia ban on palm oil is affecting South Korean businesses. For more than 15 years, Mr Lee’s diner, a fried chicken shop near central Seoul, has held firm against raising prices, the export ban on Indonesia’s cooking oil is squeezing… Read More ›
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Amazon’s internal documents reveals how it dodges Indian regulations
In a significant development that sheds some light on the inner machinations of Amazon.com Inc, the world’s largest online retailer, in early 2019, Jay Carney a senior executive at Amazon.com Inc while preparing for an important meeting with India’s ambassador… Read More ›
Select small businesses to reopen in Denmark on Monday, April 20
On Friday, in a statement Copenhagen said, Denmark will allow certain small businesses, including driving schools, beauty salons, and hairdressers to reopen on Monday, April 20. The order comes in the wake of lockdown aimed at reining in the footprint… Read More ›
Millions of small U.S. firms set to tap $2.2 trillion Paycheck Protection Program on Friday
According to a senior official from the Trump Administration, millions of applicants are likely to tap its $350 billion small-business coronavirus rescue loan program when it launches on Friday. Officials from the U.S. Treasury and Small Business Administration, which are… Read More ›
Visa deals with bribing small businesses for a patch of cashless land
It seems Visa has become tired of waiting. After years of slow but steady decline of cash payments, and more years of lobbying to get governments to end the circulation of cash to no avail, Visa has decided to change… Read More ›
Amazon lent $1 billion to sellers on its U.S., UK and Japan marketplace
With this move the e-commerce giant is overhauling the supply chain in its marketplace so as to retain sellers and prevent them from going to rivals such as Ebay and Wal-Mart. On Wednesday, an executive from Amazon.com Inc disclosed that… Read More ›