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BETTIAH, India—A beggar in the eastern Indian state of Bihar strolled through a train station one recent weekday, toting a metal pail for cash and a tablet computer with a QR code stuck on the back.Raju Prasad began accepting donations via mobile-payment apps a few months ago. The 42-year-old said his takings have almost doubled to about 300 rupees a day—that is roughly $4, and more than the average daily wage for a farm laborer in Bihar, India’s poorest state. Many travelers now zap over 5 or 10 rupees with a few taps on…

Later this year BOOM! Studios will release Hollow, a new supernatural romance graphic novel from writers Shannon Watters and Branden Boyer-White, artist Berenice Nelle, colorists Kaitlyn Musto, Kieran Quigley, and Gonçalo Lopes, letterer Jim Campbell, and cover artist Naomi Franquiz. Today the publisher has released a new preview for the graphic novel, which reimagines the legend of Sleepy Hollow with a modern, queer twist. Here’s how BOOM! describes Hollow: Isabel “Izzy” Crane and her family have just relocated to…

Zoom Video Communications Inc. ZM -0.46% sales continued to slow as work life returns to normal and the demand for the company’s videoconferencing services winds down. The San Jose, Calif.-based company on Monday said that sales rose 12% in its first quarter, the slowest growth rate on record, and that the top line is expected to rise less than 10% in the current period. While it maintained its sales view for the year,…

Soaring inflation, supply chain issues and the hit from the Ukraine war will bring an end to the growth boom India's IT services industry enjoyed during the pandemic, JP Morgan analysts said on Thursday as they downgraded the sector to "underweight".The $194-billion (roughly Rs. 15,068,27 crore) sector whose software services helped businesses adopt to pandemic-era practices of online shopping and remote working is facing a demand slowdown this year as employees return to offices and the Russia-Ukraine war weighs on…

In the past few months, there have been several fires because of electric scooters. The government also launched a probe against the electric scooter manufacturers to find the root cause of fires. Now, Central Consumer Protection Authority which works under Union Consumer Affairs Ministry has sent a notice to Pure EV and Boom Motors. The scooters of both the manufacturers exploded in April, this year. Central Consumer Protection Authority or CCPA is also examining cases of other electric scooter fires and will send…

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In fresh trouble for electric two-wheelers, the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA), which comes under the Union Consumer Affairs Ministry, has sent notices to Pure EV and Boom Motors after their e-scooters exploded in April.The consumer watchdog is also examining more cases of e-scooter fires and will serve similar notices to other electric vehicle (EV) makers too, reports CNBC TV 18.Pure EV and Boom Motors along with Ola Electric, Jitendra EV and Okinawa Autotech, recalled faulty batches after the EV fire…

Most people love the convenience of buy now, pay later.Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, installment payments have exploded in popularity along with a general surge in online shopping.Initially, spreading out the cost of a big-ticket purchase — like a Peloton, for example — just made financial sense, especially at 0%.Now, 4 in 5 U.S. consumers use BNPL on everything from clothing to cleaning supplies, according to Experian, and most shoppers said buy now, pay later could replace their traditional payment method…

Senator Bernie Sanders, an Independent from Vermont, left, speaks next to Christian Smalls, founder of the Amazon Labor Union (ALU), during an ALU rally in the Staten Island borough of New York, U.S., on Sunday, April 24, 2022.Victor J. Blue | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAfter years of declining influence, unions are having a resurgence. Employees from companies across the country are increasingly organizing as a means of asking for more benefits, pay and safety from their employers.Between October 2021 and March of this…

At the end of 2021, Food52, a company that sells cookware and gives away recipes, announced it had received a fresh $80 million in investment money from its owner, the Chernin Group. “The company is performing extremely well — way ahead of where we had anticipated,” a Chernin executive explained at the time. Fast-forward to April 2022: Food52 has laid off 20 people — 5 percent of its staff. A PR rep for the company described the cuts as a “realignment” — moving resources from one part of the company to another. But…