Shopify to let employees work from home permanently
Canadian e-commerce firm Shopify Inc would keep its offices closed till 2021 and allow most employees to work remotely on a permanent basis after that,...
Uber has spent $19 million on coronavirus financial assistance for drivers
Uber Technologies Inc on Thursday for the first time detailed how much it has spent to support its ride-hail drivers and food delivery workers during...
Amazon pushes Prime Day to September as it returns to normalcy: WSJ
Amazon.com Inc is scheduling its annual Prime Day shopping promotion for September and allowing unlimited shipments of non-essential goods to warehouses, the Wall Street Journal...
Amazon taps into food delivery services in India
Amazon.com Inc is rolling out services to deliver food in India, pitting it against established players Swiggy and Zomato in a market that has seen...
Exclusive: Baidu considers leaving the Nasdaq to boost its valuation – sources
Chinese search engine giant Baidu Inc is considering delisting from the U.S. Nasdaq and moving to an exchange closer to home to boost its valuation...
Tech firms deploy Bluetooth chips for coronavirus contact tracing in office
Technology companies are developing their own contact tracing systems to help prevent coronavirus outbreaks in their offices as countries begin to ease lockdown measures and...
India’s Swiggy, Zomato start booze deliveries during COVID-19 lockdown
India’s top two food-delivery startups, Swiggy and Zomato, will begin delivering alcohol in some cities starting from Thursday, as they cash in on the high...
Could coronavirus help Amazon workers unionize?
Warehouse employees last month staged a walkout in Michigan to demand safer working conditions at their facility. So did workers in New York, Illinois and...
In SoftBank slides, tofu, a goose and unicorns underpin sales pitch
A chastened Masayoshi Son summed up SoftBank Group Corp’s record $13 billion operating loss on stage this week with a striking image: unicorns tumbling into...
SoftBank to sell $3.1 billion worth of Japan telco unit stake
SoftBank Group Corp said it plans to sell 5% of its domestic telco SoftBank Corp , currently worth $3.1 billion, as part of a programme...