Text size A man speaks on a mobile phone in front of a Reliance Jio store, the mobile network of Reliance Industries Ltd., in Mumbai, India on Sunday, January 19, 2020. Dhiraj Singh / Bloomberg Times are tough in India, with Covid-19 still spreading and the economy slipping from giant …
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Text size It is the busiest week of the second quarter earnings season, with 171 S&P 500 companies slated to report. Things start slowly on Monday, before 3M, Advanced Micro Devices, eBay, McDonald’s, Pfizer, Starbucks and Visa reported on Tuesday. On Wednesday, Boeing, Facebook, General Electric, PayPal Holdings, Qualcomm and …
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Google is looking for a large part of the e-commerce market by attracting sellers. The tech giant announced this week that it is not charging sellers fees for listing products on Google Shopping. In recent months, Google has allowed products to be published on its purchasing platform and included those …
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Shares of Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, -3.65% fell 3.66% to $ 2,986.55 on Thursday, in what turned out to be a poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, -1.23% falling 1.23% to 3,235.66 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -1.30% falling 1.31% to 26,652.33. This …
Read More »Affirm, Shopify partner in zero-interest, zero-fee online shopping
New alternative credit card company Affirm has partnered with e-commerce giant Shopify to push a new way for consumers to divide purchases without interest or fees. “Shop Pay Terms” – A new option that Canada-based Shopify will launch later this year, will provide approved Shop Pay customers with this option …
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