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Crypto entrepreneur eats banana art he bought for $6.2m
Conceptual work created by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan was sold at auction in New York last weekThe crypt…
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Revealed: Amazon linked to trafficking of workers in Saudi Arabia
Dozens of contract workers at Amazon warehouses say they were tricked into toiling and living in grueling, squ…
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McDonald’s and Amazon’s ties to alleged labor trafficking: five key takeaways
Foreign workers at the Middle East locations of US and UK brands allege low pay, harsh conditions and a legal …
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Addictive, absurdly cheap and controversial: the rise of China’s Temu app
Temu’s meteoric growth – and its astronomical marketing budget – has experts asking whether its business model…
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Indonesia bans e-commerce sales on social media platforms like TikTok
Government says regulation aimed at protecting small businesses from competition Indonesia has banned goods tr…
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Innovation and exploitation: India’s e-commerce boom threatens to upend local businesses and workers’ rights
While online shopping explodes in the world’s biggest country, traditional companies are struggling to adaptTh…
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‘Everything is fake’: how global crime gangs are using UK shell companies in multi-million pound crypto scams
Investigation reveals more than 150 fake firms, many with ties to China, are targeting people online, breaking…
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India to ban private cryptocurrencies and launch official digital currency
Proposed legislation follows warning from Narendra Modi and crackdown in ChinaThe Indian government is prepari…
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China declares transactions involving cryptocurrencies illegal
Country steps up its campaign to block use of unofficial digital moneyChina’s central bank has intensified its…
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Rishi Sunak’s billionaire in-laws hit with £5.5m bill in Amazon India tax dispute
News follows disclosure of competition case brought by small traders against US tech giant and family-run Indi…
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Amazon fails to quash investigation into its Indian selling practices
Inquiry will include company’s £1bn-a-year joint venture with Rishi Sunak’s father-in-lawThe Indian competitio…
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China starts major trial of state-run digital currency
The e-RMB has reportedly been adopted into the monetary systems of several citiesChina will begin trialling pa…
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India primed: what Amazon’s vast new Hyderabad campus reveals about its plans
Amazon have arrived in force in rapidly expanding Hyderabad, with designs on the currently almost non-existent…