By P R Sanjai and Upmanyu Trivedi After ousting his protege-turned-foe from the helm of Tata Sons Pvt. in a boardroom coup three years ago, Ratan Tata was looking forward to a partial retirement. Instead, he’s fighting the battle all over again – this time in a court. India’s Supreme Court is expected to hear […]
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How accountants can contribute to sustainability
As we enter a new decade, businesses are thinking about ways that they can improve and adapt. At Xero, we recently announced our Net Zero @ Xero initiative to reduce our emissions footprint and offset 100% of what we emit. We’re serious about making a positive impact on our communities and the planet, and we’re […]
Amazon and Future Group to cross-leverage each others’ sales channel
Future Group and Amazon have signed a deal where both companies will use each others’ network to sell products from apparel to grocery, helping them cross-leverage both physical stores and online channel to widen distribution. As part of the agreement, Amazon will be an authorized online sales channel for Future Retail while its stores and […]
Tremor International looks to boost video advertising with News Corp deal
(Reuters) – Marketing firm Tremor International Ltd said on Monday it has agreed to buy video advertising firm Unruly from News Corp, looking to bolster video services by tapping into the Rupert Murdoch-owned firm’s vast network of clients. The London-listed firm said as part of the deal, it would issue about 6.91% of its voting […]
Planning Ahead, Looking Back
A New Year is about looking forward and planning what you are going to achieve in the next six months, the next year or perhaps the next five years. But a New Year is also about looking back to what you have achieved in the previous year or years. If you don’t look back sometimes […]
Baidu CEO makes first India trip as it catches up with Alibaba, Tencent
Robin Li, the founder and chief executive of Chinese search engineBaidu, has made his first ever visit to India, at a time when rival Chinese technology giants Alibaba and ByteDance are making inroads in the country. Li is also seeking collaborations with Indian institutes as his company seeks local expertise in areas such as artificial […]
Ola rejigs commissions to retain drivers
Cab aggregator Ola is adopting standardised driver commissions and moving away from an incentive-driven model to give its drivers better visibility into their earnings in a bid to revive the supply of drivers that has taken a hit over the past year. The ride-hailing company is also making a strong push towards leasing business to […]
Samsung is getting ready to show lifelike ‘artificial human’ project
Samsung logo at store in Shanghai. A South Korean multinational conglomerate. Alex Tai | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Samsung is expected to unveil its futuristic “artificial human” project at the Consumer Electronics Show on Monday. Social media accounts for Samsung’s Neon have teased the mysterious technology ahead of a keynote by Samsung […]
How online shopping boom has created a new sector of employment
Key to a great online shopping experience is the final delivery of that box home — on time, always, intact — come rain, hailstorm, blistering summers or the cold wave currently sweeping across most of north India. The experience that starts on a shopping app ends with a delivery agent knocking on the door. Unlike […]
Humans of gig economy: The cultural transformation of the delivery agent
Like all self-respecting youngsters in Guwahati, Pranjit Haloi had exciting plans for the New Year’s Eve. The 20-year-old was going for a gig to the city’s popular Lalmati area. But he wasn’t there to join a throng of some 200 headbangers in the audience. He performed on stage, to applause worthy of the new singing […]