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India to Open $700 Billion Public Procurement Market to U.S. Firms Amid Trade Talks

India to Open $700 Billion Public Procurement Market to U.S. Firms Amid Trade Talks

India is preparing to grant U.S. companies access to a large part of India’s public procurement market which is worth approximately $700-$750 billion. This decision appears to be a strategic policy shift to increase economic

Who Is Sri Mulyani Indrawati? Indonesia’s Finance Minister Appoints New Head of Customs and Excise

Who Is Sri Mulyani Indrawati? Indonesia’s Finance Minister Appoints New Head of Customs and Excise

Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Indonesia's Minister of Finance, has named the retired Lieutenant General Djaka Budhi Utama to lead the country’s customs and excise office. Utama was previously implicated in kidnapping human rights advocates, which elicited

Chiquita Fires 5,000 Banana Workers in Panama: $75M Loss Explained – All You Need to Know About the Strike

Chiquita Fires 5,000 Banana Workers in Panama: $75M Loss Explained – All You Need to Know About the Strike

After a 24-day strike that halted operations in the country’s primary banana-producing province, Bocas del Toro, banana exporter Chiquita Panama terminated around 5,000 daily workers. Chiquita Panama, a subsidiary of Chiquita Brands, announced the layoffs

EPS Pension Eligibility & Amount: What 10 Years of Service Means for Your Retirement 

EPS Pension Eligibility & Amount: What 10 Years of Service Means for Your Retirement 

The Employees' Pension Scheme (EPS) provides an important safety net for millions of Indian workers in the organised sector. For those workers, EPS equips them with some amount of financial security at the time of

Foxconn Sets Up Massive iPhone Factory in India with Housing for 30,000 Employees

Foxconn Sets Up Massive iPhone Factory in India with Housing for 30,000 Employees

Foxconn, the world’s largest contract manufacturer of Apple products, is establishing a 300-acre iPhone-making facility in Devanahalli, Karnataka, India. This facility is part of Apple’s tactic to bolster production in India and diversify its production

Citi Launches ‘Citi AI’ for Hong Kong Employees: Key Features and Details

Citi Launches ‘Citi AI’ for Hong Kong Employees: Key Features and Details

Citigroup has launched a suite of artificial intelligence applications, called 'Citi AI', to provide staff in Hong Kong with improved internal processes, geared towards efficiency and productivity, accessing information from Citi’s policy library, summarizing documents

IndusInd Bank Reports Record Quarterly Loss Amid Suspected Employee Fraud

IndusInd Bank Reports Record Quarterly Loss Amid Suspected Employee Fraud

IndusInd Bank posted its biggest ever quarterly loss of INR 2,236 crore in Q4 FY25, a massive reversal from the profit it posted of INR 2,347 crore a year ago. The private lender stated it

Accenture to Promote 50,000 Employees Following Six-Month Delay Amid Market Challenges

Accenture to Promote 50,000 Employees Following Six-Month Delay Amid Market Challenges

Global consulting and technology company Accenture Plc has announced that in June, it will be promoting approximately 50,000 employees across the globe, after a delay of six months due to a decrease in client demand

Federal Judge Slams Deportations to South Sudan: Know the Legal Dispute and What It Means for Migrants

Federal Judge Slams Deportations to South Sudan: Know the Legal Dispute and What It Means for Migrants

In a marked increase in tensions with the Trump administration, U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy expressed concerns about the deportations of migrants to South Sudan, which might violate a court order issued only weeks earlier.

Enforcement Paused: U.S. Judge Blocks Oklahoma Immigration Crackdown

Enforcement Paused: U.S. Judge Blocks Oklahoma Immigration Crackdown

In a significant legal action, a federal judge temporarily prevented Oklahoma from enforcing a new immigration law that imposes criminal penalties on undocumented migrants. U.S. District Judge Bernard Jones ruled that the law, HB 4156