Samuel Corum/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesRules around small business taxes have changed significantly in the last two years. This year is no exception as many of the various pandemic-era deductions and deferrals come to an end. The good news is that even though these benefits are ending, the impact on the overall tax rate for most small…Continue Reading

Inside Liquidity Services’ 130,000-square-foot warehouse in Garland, Texas, the aisles aren’t lined with typical merchandise. Instead, they’re stacked with returns from Amazon, Target, Sony, Home Depot, Wayfair and more, all in the process of being liquidated.”Liquidators are coming in and they’re buying up all of this product in bulk. They’re then packaging it, palletizing it…Continue Reading

ON JULY 15, 2016, a Turkish army faction launched an attempt to unseat President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. By daybreak on July 16, it was clear that the coup, one of the bloodiest in Turkey’s political history, had been fended off. But it caused considerable collateral damage, especially to the country’s tourism sector, with its flagship…Continue Reading

THE HUGE VALUATIONS seen over the last few years in the startup sector will likely go through a “compression” in the days to come as liquidity dries up and interest rates rise, said Nandan Nilekani, co-founder and non-executive chairman of Infosys. “We are already seeing some value compression. As the US moves from an era…Continue Reading

THE BOARD OF the National Stock Exchange (NSE) “failed” to inform the market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) despite “having knowledge of grave irregularities and misconduct” on the part of its then MD & CEO Chitra Ramkrishna and instead of acting against her, let her exit with glowing praise. When she resigned…Continue Reading

At the start of the millennium, among the top 1.5 per cent of 1.5 lakh students to have cracked the IIT-JEE was a lanky youth with his roots in a village in eastern Uttar Pradesh’s Deoria district. Having secured a berth at the prestigious IIT-Bombay, Ravish Tiwari would sign up for a dual-degree (B.Tech +…Continue Reading

Ahead of a Congress press conference in Bengaluru on February 18, a party legislator Naseer Ahmed advised Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly, Siddaramaiah, to address the Urdu media to dispel doubts in the Muslim community that the party has kept mum over the hijab row. In the ensuing conversation picked by microphones,…Continue Reading

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson intends to set out plans next week to remove selfisolation requirements for people infected with COVID19, his office said on Saturday.Reuters Last Updated:February 20, 2022, 04:10 ISTFOLLOW US ON:LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson intends to set out plans next week to remove self-isolation requirements for people infected with COVID-19,…Continue Reading

Canadian police on Saturday used pepper spray and stun grenades, and made dozens of arrests as they cleared demonstrators from the street in front of parliament, where they have been camping for more than three weeks to protest against pandemic restrictions.Reuters Last Updated:February 20, 2022, 03:30 ISTFOLLOW US ON:OTTAWA:Canadian police on Saturday used pepper spray…Continue Reading

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday he had an “urgent” phone conversation with the French President Emmanuel Macron and discussed possible ways of immediate deescalation and politicaldiplomatic settlement in eastern Ukraine.Reuters Last Updated:February 20, 2022, 02:45 ISTFOLLOW US ON:KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday he had an “urgent” phone conversation with the…Continue Reading