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India’s commerce minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday expressed concern over the rapid growth of e-commerce in the country, warning of potential disruption to small retailers. Speaking at the launch of a report on the impact of e-commerce on employment and consumer welfare in India, Goyal said the projected dominance of online marketplaces in the coming decade was worrying rather than

Texas A&M University-Commerce will not be rebranded to include “Dallas” in its name, university President Mark Rudin announced in a statement on Wednesday. The announcement comes after weeks of vocal student and alumni pressure in opposition with many worried that the change would move the school away from its roots in East Texas. Others believe the Dallas name could mislead prospective

Attorney General Merrick Garland is telling staff at the Department of Justice that the agency will not be used as a “political weapon” as Donald Trump campaigns on a message of political persecution with barely veiled threats to turn the government into a tool of retribution. In a speech to Justice Department staff on Thursday, Garland defended a “promise that we will not allow this

The U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday reported that wholesale price increases mostly slowed last month, providing more evidence of inflation easing. The Labor Department's producer price index, which tracks inflation before it reaches consumers, increased by 0.2 percent from July to August. While that number is up from unchanged prices in July, August's numbers show an annual cooling of