Union minister Nitin Gadkari has urged ecommerce giant Amazon to handhold small Indian businesses on its platform and guide them on marketing and global consumer preferences. “I need your cooperation. Particularly the rural, agricultural, tribal areas, 115 aspirational districts – we need to take them into the mainstream of our economy,” Gadkari, minister for MSMEs, […]
Archives for July 2020
Biden says four Black women are on his VP list, but won’t commit to choosing one
Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a “Build Back Better” Clean Energy event on July 14, 2020 at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware. Olivier Douliery | AFP | Getty Images Former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, told MSNBC on Monday that he has four Black […]
Credit demand is up, but fintech lenders can’t raise low-cost debt
Illustration: Rahul Awasthi Fintech lenders are struggling to raise low-cost debt, even as demand for credit is gradually reviving. The reason: banks have increased risk premiums due to stress on their books amid the Covid-19 pandemic and a lack of clarity over whether a moratorium on loans would be extended. Capital Float, Lendingkart, Zest Money […]
Why your accounting or bookkeeping firm should be on social media
Xero app partner guest blog, by Liz Studholme, Content Marketing Manager at BOMA. However you feel about social media, it is a really useful tool for your business. Your social media pages are ‘owned’ by you and you control the messaging and the frequency. Compare this with the old days of booking ads on radio […]
Will Tesla be added to the S&P 500?
[embedded content] Subscribe to The Compound and get it first! Josh here – I asked my friend Larry McDonald to come on ahead of Tesla’s Q2 earnings report because this could be the quarter that makes the stock’s S&P 500 inclusion inevitable. Tesla’s current market value is approaching $300 billion, which would make it one […]
AICPA urges Congress to act on PPP issues, other topics in pandemic legislation
The AICPA urged Congress to take action on Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) issues, remove tax obstacles to remote work, support state and local governments, and adopt new coronavirus-related liability provisions in a letter to congressional leaders sent Monday. “While the federal government’s efforts to date have blunted economic decline, the recent resurgence of reported coronavirus […]
Top 12 tax scams show fraudsters target coronavirus tax relief: IRS
Just what we need in the endless grip of pandemic: new tax scams. This year’s IRS Dirty Dozen list includes rip-offs that sprang up like toadstools to prey on filing and economic relief efforts. For example, the IRS would never call about a coronavirus-related Economic Impact Payment. While some scams are now, others are evil […]
5 Easy Ways to Increase Your Profit Without Bringing in a Sale
July 20, 2020 5 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. You are a successful business owner, and you are so good at what you do. Your clients love you, you love running your business and serving your clients and you’re always striving to improve on your skills. Your business couldn’t be better … or could […]
Home Loan Conversion – Option to reduce Home Loan Interest
Home Loan Conversion is one of the best ways to reduce your home loan interest rate. I recently got a query from one of the readers asking that – I am an existing borrower and my home loan rate of interest is 8.1%. The rate of interest rate declared by the bank for the new […]
ETtech Top 5: Amazon India’s export growth, Facebook’s music deal & more
Amazon’s India operations crossed another key milestone, accelerated by the lockdown restrictions around the world. Meanwhile, Facebook is striking deals to strengthen its music library in India although the social networking giant is witnessing cutbacks from its largest advertiser in the United States. Amazon India‘s export milestone Amazon India’s total cumulative exports from the India […]