NEVADA (TIP): World’s largest online retailer Amazon.com withdrew stockings carrying image of Hindu deity Lord Ganesha from its website within two days after upset Hindus protested, calling it “highly inappropriate”. Three stockings carrying images of […]
DALLAS, TX (TIP): Dallas Mayor Rawlings is keen to have Amazon set up its HQ 2 in Dallas. He thinks I will be a game changer for Dallas. “We’re going to be as aggressive as […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Flipkart has raised an estimated $2.5 billion from SoftBank Vision Fund, making the fund created by Japanese conglomerate SoftBank one of the biggest shareholders of India’s largest ecommerce player. “This is the biggest ever private investment in an Indian […]
Deal dynamics ? The sale price is huge markdown for Snapdeal, which acquired payment wallet FreeCharge for $400 m in 2015 ? The deal will help the third largest private sector lender to double the customer base and address the digitally savvy people ? FreeCharge clocked revenues of Rs 80 […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Amazon’s founder CEO Jeff Bezos may have ended Microsoft badshah Bill Gates’ long reign since 1995 as the world’s richest individual – a position interrupted only briefly by the likes of Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett and Mexican […]
NEVADA (TIP): Upset Hindus are seeking apology and urging online retailer Amazon.com for the immediate withdrawal of leggings carrying images of Hindu deity Lord Hanuman; calling it highly inappropriate. “Hanuman the Great” Women’s Leggings are […]
RIO DE JANEIRO (TIP): Alphabet Inc wants users to post millions of stories, video and photos on its Google Earth platform in the next few years, the programme chief said at a launch event in Brazil for content focused on […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): E-commerce major Flipkart is expected to make a revised offer of USD 900-950 million for buying rival Snapdeal, according to sources. The new offer almost matches the initial asking price of USD 1 billion for […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Global e-tailing giant Amazon has invested over Rs 2,000 crore (over $310 million) in India in the past two months as it looks to consolidate its position in the country and fend off local rivals like Flipkart. […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Amazon.com Inc said on June 17 (Friday) it would buy US organic supermarket chain Whole Foods Market Inc for $13.7 billion, including debt, marking the internet retailer’s largest deal and biggest foray into the brick-and-mortar retail sector. The deal, which puts a 27% premium on Whole […]
WASHINGTON: Former US president Barack Obama and his wife Michelle initially decided to stay in Washington once he left the White House so their daughter Sasha could finish high school. Now, their presence in the US capital looks […]
ARLINGTON, VA (TIP): The Office of Naval Research’s Science and Technology Organization honored recently 34 young investigators nationwide with the 2017 Young Investigator Award.; four of them are Indian American researchers. They are: Dr. Dhruv Batra, Dr. Pavithra Prabhakar, Dr. Padmini Rangamani […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Chandrababu Naidu was awarded the Transformative Chief Minister Award by The U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) during their annual summit, an honor that has been instituted by the Council to acknowledge excellence in public service and recognize […]
There are soulful lyrics that console you during a heartbreak, beautiful voices that describe your love for someone special. Songs that lift you up or bring you down with a particular memory or a moment […]
HONK KONG/MUMBAI (TIP): Indian online retailer Snapdeal is seeking investment to shore up its finances after unsuccessful talks with Chinese funds and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd as it battles to remain competitive, sources with direct […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Online marketplace Snapdeal, which is also the third largest e-commerce company of India, said on Thursday that it has partnered with Truecaller to enhance consumer experience by integrating Truecaller Priority in the […]
BENGALURU/MUMBAI (TIP): As the Seattle-based e-commerce juggernaut Amazon closes in on the pole position of the Indian e-commerce market, its founder & CEO Jeff Bezos has announced that his company will pump in an additional$3 […]
E-commerce website Flipkart has revised its returns policy and cut down their 30-days returns window to just 10-days. Also Read: FLIPKART HITS $1 BILLION IN SALES | Flipkart Posts Over Rs 2,000-Crore Loss In Discount War & Big… […]
CHENNAI (TIP): Uma Swaminathan, a New Jersey-based community activist and a fighter against injustice in NJ school system last week released her book “Healing with Herbs – Ancient Ayurvedic Wisdom for Health and Longevity” at […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Walmart, the world’s largest retailer has announced that it is closing 269 stores, including 154 in the United States. The other big chunk is in its challenging Brazilian market. The stores being […]
NEW YORK (TIP): American business magazine Fortune has apologized for juxtaposing image of Amazon.com President Jeff Bezos as the likeness of Lord Vishnu over the cover of its January one international edition, which upset the […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Why would Zia want to climb five floors of a hotel? Why did someone think Zia could fix his TV? Was Zia practicing Urine therapy? What did Christopher Lee and Alyque Padamsee […]
MUMBAI: Flipkart posted a loss of about Rs 2,000 crore in the year ended March 2015, amounting to a fifth of its rapidly rising sales, as the country’s largest online retailer spent heavily to fund […]
BENGALURU (TIP): In a major boost to the Indian SMEs that are a part of the Amazon Global Selling programme, 1,00,000 goods from India have been shipped to the US in preparation of the forthcoming […]
AMARILLO, TX (TIP): Dr. Neel Kanase recently joined a select group of business experts and entrepreneurs from around the world along with Best-Selling Author® Jack Canfield originator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul® series […]
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