Discount retailer Target Corp. (TGT) has announced its newest holiday deals, as well as fast, easy same-day services aiming to help last-minute holiday shoppers ahead of the Christmas holidays. The new last-minute deals are available on thousands of items for gifting and gathering across apparel, kitchen appliances, toys, video games, beauty and more. Top deals available at Target’s nearly 2,000 […]

The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) will engage stakeholders in the e-commerce space to establish standards with the objective of self-regulation, said its deputy director Parul Gupta at the Internet Commerce Summit 2022 in Bengaluru. “Standardisation will allow parties to transact qualified commodities and services at any location and time,” said Gupta. BIS recently released standards for e-commerce players, travel […]

Gold import from the UAE at a lower rate of duty — in terms of an agreement — has posed a survival challenge for the Indian refining industry while hurting the price discovery of the metal, with the India International Bullion Exchange starting operations at GIFT City. The problem has arisen after the government signed the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement […]

Ahead of the Union Budget for 2023-24, Budget makers have welcomed the global consensus view that India will remain one of the bright spots in calendar year 2023. But there is some alarm over the grim global situation and how that might impact the Centre’s projections and assessments for next financial year. The big global headwinds include a deep and […]

Virgil Films and Entertainment has promoted longtime exec Tim Maggiani to co-president. Effective immediately, he will share oversight of the Philadelphia-area company with its president, founder and CEO, Joe Amodei. “Tim is a proven leader and he has been one of the driving forces behind the continued growth of Virgil Films in so many ways,” Amodei said in the official […]

Stocks have moved sharply higher in morning trading on Tuesday, extending the rally seen over the course of the previous session. With the continued upward move, the major averages have largely offset the steep losses posted last week. The major averages have pulled back off their best levels in recent trading but currently continue to post strong gains. The Dow […]

The Swiss economy will experience sluggish growth but it will not enter a severe recession next year, and is set to fare better in 2024 on the back of a global recovery, the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, or SECO forecast Tuesday. The economy will grow only 1.0 percent next year, instead of 1.1 percent estimated in September. The outlook […]