Walmart to give 740,000 US store workers free Samsung phones

Chicago: Walmart Inc said on Thursday it would give nearly half its US employees free Samsung phones by the end of the year so they can use an app the company has developed to manage shifts, clock in and stay in “constant communication.” The world’s largest retailer, which employs nearly 1.6 million people in the […]

India consumer confidence drops to record low, central bank survey shows

Mumbai: Indian consumers’ confidence is plumbing new lows, adding to a string of grim data in an economy clobbered by the world’s worst coronavirus outbreak. The current situation index fell to a record 48.5 in May from 53.1 in March, according to the Reserve Bank of India’s consumer confidence survey, where 100 is level that […]