Trump to order China’s ByteDance to sell TikTok in US

President Donald Trump plans to announce a decision ordering China’s ByteDance Ltd. to divest its ownership of the music-video app TikTok, which is popular with U.S. teens, according to people familiar with the matter. The U.S. has been investigating potential national security risks due to the company’s control of the app, and Trump’s decision could […]

Freelance job rush means everyone could get paid less in US

New York: With millions of Americans unemployed, and full-time positions scarce, there’s a massive rush to freelancer sites – one that could result in everyone getting paid less. Since June, more than 24,000 people – two-thirds of them Americans – got on the waiting list to join Braintrust, which offers contract projects from the likes […]

French economy too went into record contraction in second quarter 2020

Paris: The French economy experienced its sharpest contraction on record in the second quarter when strict coronavirus lockdowns choked off manufacturing, tourism and consumer spending across Europe. Output in the euro area’s second largest economy declined 13.8 per cent, statistics agency Insee said Friday, with huge declines in consumer spending, trade and investment. While the […]