Amazon Is Going After Google and Facebook With a Local Ad Business

Amazon is building a local ads business, according to job postings and company insiders. Advertising has helped offset Amazon’s sluggish sales and inflationary costs. The new arm could take aim…

Zurich Insurance to exit Russia by selling business to local team

ZURICH, May 20 (Reuters) – Zurich Insurance (ZURN.S) has agreed to sell its Russian business to members of the local team, it said on Friday, as the Swiss insurer became…

Local banks could help shore up Black business loan program

Everybody loves a story with a happy ending. Unfortunately, when it comes to a state-sponsored program for providing Black-owned businesses with loan money, I don’t think we’re quite there yet.…