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Amazon, which had a total of 306,800 full-time and part-time employees globally at the end of September, hired a total of 123,700 globally during the 15 months ended in September.

Amazon to buy US grocer Whole Foods Market for USD 13.7 billion

Under the all-cash deal, Amazon will acquire the Texas-based champion of organic and specialty food for $42 a share.

16 Jun 2017 8:22 PM IST

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NCLT admits 110 cases for insolvency resolution

A case is admitted by NCLT when it finds prima facie truth in the claims made by the applicant.

16 Jun 2017 8:04 PM IST

The Sensex opened higher before trading at 26,646.65 at 1100 hours, a loss of 51.17, or 0.19 per cent.

Tata Motors shares rise by nearly 2 per cent post fund raising plans

On the volume front, 5.59 lakh shares of the company were traded on BSE, and over 70 lakh shares changed hands at NSE...

16 Jun 2017 7:38 PM IST

Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. (Photo: PTI/File)

Indian dream of USD 1 trillion digital economy, govt to frame 3 new...

The government will come out with three new policies, including electronics manufacturing and data protection.

16 Jun 2017 7:18 PM IST

The Niti Aayog conducted the study from 2013 to 2016.

TCS senior leader to head Niti Aayog's Atal Innovation Mission

The government has appointed Ramanathan Ramanan, a senior executive of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to head Atal...

16 Jun 2017 6:33 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: AP)

Modi govt can now trace black money in Swiss accounts

Switzerland's ratification of automatic exchange of financial account information with India marks the end of its...

16 Jun 2017 6:03 PM IST

Expressing deep gratitude to all SCO countries for giving India full membership after enjoying 12 years of observer status, Modi termed SCO as a main pillar of peace and security in the regional and the global arena. (Photo: ANI Twitter)

Black money: Switzerland ratifies auto info sharing pact

Implementation of pact is planned for 2018 and first set of data should be exchanged in 2019.

16 Jun 2017 5:08 PM IST

The Sensex opened higher before trading at 26,646.65 at 1100 hours, a loss of 51.17, or 0.19 per cent.

Nifty closes higher, but Sensex ends negative

Sensex scaled the day's high of 31,182.73, but closed down 19.33 points, or 0.06 per cent, at 31,056.40.

16 Jun 2017 4:42 PM IST

IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

Govt to design new policy on electronics, says IT Minister

Prasad said the new policy will look at growth areas in electronics manufacturing segment.

16 Jun 2017 4:37 PM IST

Tax payers will also need to quote their Aadhaar number while filing their returns as per the recently passed amendments in the Finance Bill.

GST return filing: Excel sheet format to come on June 25

As per the GST law a return of all sales or trade made in a month have to be filed online by the 10th of the following...

16 Jun 2017 4:05 PM IST

UIDAI is the nodal body responsible for rolling out Aadhaar

Govt makes Aadhaar mandatory for opening bank accounts

Existing bank account holders have been asked to furnish Aadhaar number by Dec 31, 2017.

16 Jun 2017 3:53 PM IST

GDP stands for Gross Domestic Product.

CAD expected to be around 1.4 pc of GDP in 2017: Nomura

For the full fiscal 2017, CAD narrowed to 0.7 per cent of GDP compared to 1.1 per cent in the previous fiscal.

16 Jun 2017 3:52 PM IST