Online and offline retailers say the growing rhetoric on social media to boycott Chinese goods is unlikely to sway consumer behaviour. However, that isn’t stopping leading online marketplaces Flipkart and Amazon from promoting ‘Made in India’ products. Sellers told ET that the tight-fisted consumer does not have much choice when it comes to buying a […]
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#boycottChinamobiles may be a nonstarter
Online and offline retailers say the growing rhetoric on social media to boycott Chinese goods is unlikely to sway consumer behaviour. However, that isn’t stopping leading online marketplaces Flipkart and Amazon from promoting ‘Made in India’ products. Sellers told ET that the tight-fisted consumer does not have much choice when it comes to buying a […]
Best Gold Loan Options in India 2020
Best Gold Loan Options – Gold Loan has turned out to be a very good loan option compared to personal loans and credit cards. Gold Loan is available at lower interest rates compared to credit cards and personal loans. The approval process of gold loan is faster and you can get immediate finance with a […]
How the CARES Act has affected business valuation
The coronavirus pandemic and the legislation designed to help employers during the crisis have added new challenges for professionals who perform business valuations. To help CPAs and other valuation experts meet those challenges, the AICPA on Tuesday issued a set of FAQs on how to adjust business valuations based on the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and […]
Cannabis case challenges non-deductibility of expenses – Accounting Today
The Harborside case is not the first time that an entity specializing in the processing, sale or distribution of cannabis has challenged the constitutionality of Code Section 280E, but it is very likely the largest and the most closely watched case. And if the Ninth Circuit agrees with the appellant, it will ultimately be decided […]
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Facebook floats new entity to acquire 9.99% stake in Jio Platforms
Illustration: Rahul Awasthi Social media giant Facebook has floated a new entity — Jaadhu Holdings LLC – incorporated in Delaware in the United States, which will acquire 9.99% stake in Jio Platforms Ltd. The two companies disclosed this in a submission to India’s competition watchdog, seeking clearance for the $5.7 billion deal that was announced […]
ETtech Top 5: Jio juggernaut, bigger grocery baskets, MSMEs shutting shop & more
Happy Tuesday! After scooping up Rs 78,562 crore in a span of just one month, Jio Platforms, which owns digital and telecom assets of Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Ltd., is in talks with cash-rich sovereign wealth funds from the Gulf. Abu Dhabi Investment Authority has joined active discussions for a minority stake in Jio Platforms, […]
E-commerce companies go on a hiring spree
Amid a 50-60% slump in CXO hiring and layoffs galore, a handful of startups and ecommerce companies are using the opportunity to bolster their top decks. BasicFirst, Dream Sports, FarEye, Licious, Myntra, Milk Mantra, Vedantu, HouseJoy, Zivame and BharatPe are among those that have onboarded top-level hires even as the Covid-19-induced lockdown disrupted almost all […]
On the link between economic inequality and social injustice
I’m doing a lot more listening and almost no talking this week given what’s going on in this country. Two things I wanted to share, related to the mass demonstrations across America, deal with the fact that economic realities are often the underlying causes for social injustice. Why does one population get policed one way, […]