With 30 companies under the umbrella, ranging from Tata Steel and Tata Motors to TCS and Tata Consumer Products, the brand has managed to protect itself from COVID-19 damage – recording a 6% hike in brand value. The total value of India’s top 100 brands has increased by 2 per cent, from $162.1 billion in 2020 to $164.9 billion in […]

China's imports grew at their fastest pace in 10 years in May, fueled by surging commodity prices, while export growth missed expectations, likely weighed by disruptions caused by Covid-19 cases at major ports in the country's south. Exports in dollar terms grew 27.9% in May from a year earlier, slower than the 32.3% growth reported in April and missing analysts' […]

Anthony Weiner doesn’t pay the kind of attention to New York politics that he did back when he was running for mayor, twice, before the exchange of messages with a 15-year-old that sent him to federal prison. He was good on the campaign trail, though. He was the one Mike Bloomberg worried about and spent millions trying to deny the […]

When Janice Zhang went job hunting in March, at every interview the 33-year-old was asked the same question: Was she married yet? Zhang works in human resources in the Chinese city of Chengdu, so is familiar with the concerns her potential employers had in mind — because she’s asked them herself. Would she be pregnant soon? How many children does […]

$5.27 billion cloud startup HashiCorp plans to hire 500 new employees this year. This hiring push means HashiCorp will have nearly doubled its workforce since the pandemic began.  An exec runs through how to stand out when applying for a job at HashiCorp. See more stories on Insider’s business page. Cloud computing startup HashiCorp plans to hire 500 workers over […]

On today’s episode of 5 Things: One year ago, our country was at the height of the coronavirus pandemic and in the midst of a racial justice movement unlike anything we’d seen since the 1960s. And, it was Pride month. Last June, the pandemic and turmoil over police brutality and racial injustice pushed the 50th anniversary of Pride in new directions. The 5 Things team is bringing […]

Research indicates the COVID-19 vaccines do not work well for many immunocompromised people. As mask mandates lift, people who are immunocompromised are feeling scared and left behind.  There are steps that businesses, health officials, and the CDC need to take to keep us safe. Kathryn Mayer is a Denver-based writer and editor. This is an opinion column. The thoughts expressed […]

Last week, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he could see nothing in the data that would derail the plan to end lockdown restrictions, although caution was needed. Britain's overall death toll from the pandemic stands at 127,836 and is the sixth-highest in the world, according to Johns Hopkins University data. British health minister Matt Hancock said on Sunday it was […]