Four former drivers of Amazon's Prime Now are suing the retailer for cheating them of their wages while overusing them, and then turning back to treat them as independent contractors rather than employees.
In order to ramp up sales and increase revenue this holiday season, Target Corp is offering free shipping within the US for minimum online orders of $25, and it has partnered with Borderfree Inc to ship products to over 200 countries.
After-school care is growing increasingly popular in China, as evidenced by a commentary published by China Daily. Wife and mother Liu Weifeng shared her take on after-school care agencies and the increasing demand for it in the country.
Due to falling iPad sales, Taiwan-based Coretronic Corp. has shut down one of its mainland factories that manufacture panels for U.S. tech powerhouse Apple Inc.
In an effort to boost China's consumption and services, the government is eyeing to quadruple the express delivery market by 2020, targeting its annual revenue at 800 billion yuan.
The third quarter of 2015 was a bad year for Deutsche Bank as the German lender reported on Thursday losses of $6.6 billion. However, the impact of the huge financial losses would go beyond this year.
Considering that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) won a subpoena to throw out documents submitted by McDonald's over a court ruling that it is a joint employer of franchise workers, the fast food company revealed through its lawyers that it has spent over $1 million in "producing over 160,000 pages of documents in response" to the subpoena.
Coca-Cola, McDonald's, Budweiser, and Visa among other major sponsors of FIFA have threatened to cut sponsorships if the football governing body refuses to resolve the ongoing leadership crisis rocking the association.
Three Chinese companies are set to bid for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc., which operates the Sheraton, Westin and W hotel chains, believed to be the biggest ever Chinese takeover of a United States company, the China Daily reported.
Japanese leading automaker Toyota Motor sometime this year released a brand of Corolla car that featured spare parts made by a German supplier, a development that many traditional suppliers within the Japanese auto parts network - keiretsu, found slight shocking.
Tesla has posted a quarter-high sales performance this year. For the third quarter, the firm has sold a total of 1,345 units.
China's central bank clarified on Monday that their recent move to cut interest rates and reserve requirement ratio (RRR) are "reasonable and necessary," not an attempt at quantitative easing.
Two Beijing-based outlets of Qingfeng Steamed Bun chain of restaurants stopped their operations and underwent food security check. All other outlets were placed under safety check after two customers dining separately in two different outlets posted online a picture of a steamed bun with a cockroach on it and a vinegar containing two aphids.
China's central bank has announced on Oct. 23 a cut in its benchmark interest rates and the amount of cash banks must maintain as part of measures aimed at boosting the country’s economy, the Want China Times reported.
With analysts previously concerned that Alibaba's quarterly earnings would reflect the uncertain Chinese economy, Alibaba reported a 32 percent increase in revenue growth. However, gross merchandise volume is at a three-year low.
