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Reliance Retail Buys Urban Ladder for Rs 182 Crore. All You Need To Know

Business | Edited by Nikita Prasad | Sunday November 15, 2020

The acquisition would amplify Reliance's e-commerce presence in India to emerge as a potent competitor to current sector leaders such as Walmart Inc's Flipkart and Jeff Bezos's Amazon.

TikTok Ban: ByteDance Gets 15-Day Extension on US Order to Divest App, Has Until November 27

Reuters | Tuesday November 17, 2020

ByteDance has been granted a 15-day extension of a divestiture order that had directed the Chinese company to sell its TikTok short video-sharing app by Thursday.

TikTok Asks US Court to Intervene as Trump Order to Shut Down Operations Looms

Associated Press | Thursday November 12, 2020

The popular video-sharing app TikTok, its future in limbo since US President Donald Trump tried to shut it down earlier this fall, is asking a federal court to intervene.

US Will 'Vigorously Defend' Executive Order to Ban TikTok Despite Court Ruling

Reuters | Monday November 2, 2020

The US Commerce Department said that it will defend an executive order that bars ByteDance-owned TikTok from operating in the US after a district court blocked it.

TikTok Ban: US Judge Blocks Commerce Department Order to Bar App

Reuters | Saturday October 31, 2020

A US judge in Pennsylvania blocked a US Commerce Department order set to take effect on November 12 that would have effectively barred Chinese-owned app TikTok from operating in the United States.

In Reversal, Walmart To Keep Guns In Stores

World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday October 31, 2020

Walmart reversed course Friday and said it would keep guns in shopping areas, quickly shifting away from a plan to keep firearms away from customers.

Amid Protests, Walmart Removes Guns From Display At US Stores

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday October 30, 2020

Walmart plans to remove guns and ammunition from its sales floors in the US following unrest in Philadelphia this week, a spokeswoman said Thursday.

TikTok Partners With Shopify to Move Into E-Commerce Space

Associated Press | Wednesday October 28, 2020

TikTok, still under US government scrutiny for its Chinese ownership, is moving closer to becoming a marketplace for buying stuff. Canadian e-commerce platform Shopify said Tuesday it's made a deal with TikTok enabling merchants to create “shoppable” video ads that drive customers to online stores.

Flipkart to Buy 7.8 Percent Stake in Aditya Birla's Fashion Unit for Rs. 1,500 Crores

Gadgets 360 Staff With Inputs From Reuters | Friday October 23, 2020

Walmart's Flipkart will buy a 7.8 percent stake in Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail for Rs.1,500 crores, the fashion retail company said, sending its shares up 6 percent on Friday.

Flipkart To Buy 8% Stake In Aditya Birla's Fashion Unit For Rs 1,500 Crore

Business | Reuters | Friday October 23, 2020

The investment comes at a time when Amazon.com Inc, billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries and Flipkart are in a race to gain market share in India's fast-growing online market for food and groceries.

Amazon US Employees Press for Election Day Holiday

Agence France-Presse | Thursday October 15, 2020

More than 3,000 Amazon employees have signed a petition asking the technology and retail giant to provide a holiday for voting in the November 3 US election, organisers said.

Tata Group Looking for Stake in IPO-Bound Online Grocer BigBasket: Report

Reuters | Thursday October 15, 2020

Salt-to-software conglomerate Tata Group is in talks with Indian online grocery startup BigBasket to buy a stake in the company, the Mint newspaper reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

TikTok US Ban: US Court Agrees to Expedite Government Appeal

Reuters | Thursday October 15, 2020

A US appeals court on Wednesday agreed to fast-track a Justice Department appeal of a ruling blocking the government from banning new TikTok downloads from US app stores.

TikTok Ban: US Appeals Judge's Ruling That Blocked Downloads

Reuters | Friday October 9, 2020

The US government said in a court filing on Thursday it was appealing a judge's ruling that prevented it from prohibiting new downloads of the Chinese-owned short video-sharing app TikTok.

TikTok Ban: US Judge to Hold November 4 Hearing on Government Action

Reuters | Wednesday October 7, 2020

A US judge said on Tuesday he would hold a Nov. 4 hearing on whether to allow the US government to bar transactions with TikTok, a move that the Chinese-owned short video-sharing app has warned would effectively ban its use in the United States.