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New York: Marc Lore, Walmart's e-commerce chief, is leaving the world's largest retailer, nearly five years after he joined to super charge its online business amid stiffer competition from online leader Amazon. Under Lore's stewardship, Walmart led the redesign of the company's website, expanded its online assortment from 10 million items to more than 80 million and transformed its delivery network to add two -day and same day delivery. Lore, who served as CEO of Walmart's e-commerce division, joined the company in September 2016 when Walmart bought Jet.com, an e-commerce company he founded, for more than USD 3 billion. Jet's pricing technology was built on an algorithm that determined which sellers were the most efficient in value and shipping and adjusted prices based on what items were in the checkout cart as well as how far the desired products are from the shoppers' home. Walmart has phased out the Jet business and incorporated some of the technology into the overall business. … [Read more...] about Walmart’s e-commerce chief resigns after nearly 5 years

He was impeached on Wednesday for inciting the Capitol Hill riot that stemmed from his unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud. The deadly insurrection at the Capitol on January 6 by Trump's supporters, who unsuccessfully tried to stop Congress from certifying Biden's win, resulted in the deaths of five people, including a police officer. … [Read more...] about Pence congratulates Harris, offers full co-operation

The US Food and Drug Administration has granted emergency use authorisation for two coronavirus vaccines: one from Pfizer/BioNTech and one from Moderna. Both Moderna's and the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine have shown similar efficacy levels of nearly 95 per cent, and both vaccines require two doses administered several weeks apart. … [Read more...] about US VP-elect Kamala Harris receives first dose of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine

During their joint interview with CBS Sunday Morning, Ms. Harris joked that some of Mr. Emhoff’s friends suggested he could be dubbed the “first dude.” Mr. Emhoff added there were other ideas “I can’t repeat on national television.” Vice presidents’ spouses — all of them wives before Mr. Emhoff have at times been called the “second lady,” a nod to the “first lady” being the President’s wife. … [Read more...] about Vice President-elect Kamala Harris to resign her Senate seat on Monday

In 1994, Congress passed legislation designating the Martin Luther King Holiday as a national day of volunteer service – “a day on, not a day off.” Since then, AmeriCorps – the federal agency for service and volunteerism – has led this national effort to engage Americans in honouring Dr King's legacy through service on MLK Day. … [Read more...] about We’ve got a lot of work to do. It’s not going to be easy: Kamala Harris