UpFront
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Shoppers' impatience is helping Amazon sales
Company sales were up 20 percent to $63.4 billion, from the same period last year—this growth can be credited to one-day shipping standard for Amazon Prime customers, introduced this spring
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Rahul Bose moment: What bananas cost around the world
The actor shared a now-viral image of two bananas costing Rs 442.50 at a JW Marriott hotel, prompting a larger conversation on hotel mark-ups, and a Twitter trend on similar experiences
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Table tennis gets IPL-style flourish
The third edition of Ultimate Table Tennis, starting July 25, will have a shorter format and city-based league structure
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Robert Mueller's labored performance was a departure from his once-fabled stamina
At one excruciatingly awkward moment, he stumbled over a poorly worded question about who was president when he served as a top federal prosecutor in 1986
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Playshifu, maker of AR-based educational toys, raises $7 million in series-A funding
The company plans to use the money to deepen its technology, roll out more products and more than double its sales presence
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Find your dream home...on Amazon
Amazon is working with American realty brokerage firm Realogy, to create TurnKey, which will connect prospective homebuyers to real estate agents. Amazon will give buyers up to $5,000 in home services and smart-home gear when they close
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Tesla Model 3 sales surge, lifting its bottom line
Tesla said it lost $408 million in the second quarter, compared with a loss of $702 million in the first quarter when sales slumped as the company struggled with logistical challenges, including getting thousands of its Model 3 sedans to Europe and China
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How Byju's app will become '3x more powerful' using AI
Complemented by its newly acquired Osmo team, the Bengaluru edtech unicorn expects to accelerate the application of artificial intelligence and machine learning across its platform for better personalisation
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New York City may ban sale of phone location data
AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon have pledged to stop selling location data to brokers who may sell the information on the black market. But data on users' whereabouts is lucrative: Location-targeted advertising sales brought in an estimated $21 billion last year
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Boris Johnson to take leadership of a Britain in deep crisis
The new prime minister inheriting challenges such as Brexit and a crisis with Iran, is arguably the most improvisational and least predictable politician in recent British history
