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Is the Silicon Valley promoting online slave trade.  Drive around the streets of Kuwait and you wont see these women. They are behind closed doors, deprived of their basic rights, unable to leave and at risk of being sold to the highest bidder. But pick up a smartphone and you can scroll through thousands of their pictures, categorised by race, and available to buy for a few thousand dollars. An undercover investigation by BBC News Arabic has found that domestic workers are being illegally bought and sold online in a booming black market. Some of the trade has been carried out on Facebook-owned Instagram, where posts have been promoted via algorithm-boosted hashtags, and sales negotiated via private messages. Other listings have been promoted in apps approved and provided by Google Play and Apples App Store, as well as the e-commerce platforms own websites. "What they are doing is promoting an online slave market," said Urmila Bhoola, the UN special rapporteur on ...

It's Pronounced OOH-Smih-Kuh Saul Loeb/Getty Images The same morning House Democrats announced  two articles of impeachment  against President Trump, they also  reached an agreement  with the White House to push forward with USMCA, the North American trade deal replacing Nafta. That’s like hugging someone right as you knee them in the crotch.  Why do Democrats support USMCA?  Because...it almost looks like a  Democrat wrote it , especially the sections that enforce tougher labor standards.  Even the AFL-CIO, a leading federation of unions that initially held its nose at the deal, came around following recent revisions: “There is no denying that the trade rules will now be fairer,” President Richard Trumka said.  The backstory:  The OG Nafta was a landmark 1994 free trade deal signed by the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. It had critics and defenders, but lawmakers on both sides of the aisle agreed it was time for a 21st century paint job. That...

THE MOBILE PAYMENTS REPORT: Key strategies that wallet providers can implement to break from disappointing growth. This is a preview of a research report from Business Insider Intelligence , Business Insider's premium research service. To learn more about Business Insider Intelligence, click here. Current subscribers can read the report here . Wenn du nicht automatisch weitergeleitet wirst, klicke Hier . Wenn du nicht automatisch weitergeleitet wirst, klicke Hier . In the US, the in-store mobile wallet space is becoming increasingly crowded. Most customers have an option provided by their smartphone vendor, like Apple, Android, or Samsung Pay. But those are often supplemented by a myriad of options from other players, ranging from tech firms like PayPal, to banks and card issuers, to major retailers and restaurants. With that proliferation of options, one would expect to see a surge in adoption. But that’s not the case — though Business Insider Intelligence projects tha...

Year in review: Business Extra podcast It’s been a big year for business and the past 12 months have sprung some surprises and ushered in some major changes An Adnoc Distribution filling station. The company was the first new listing on the Abu Dhabi stock exchange's primary stock market since 2011 - just one of the big business stories of the year. Courtesy Adnoc Host Chris Nelson talks to  The National ’s business journalists John Everington, Deputy Business Editor; Dania Saadi, Assistant Business Editor; Jennifer Gnana, Energy Reporter; Sarmad Khan, Companies and Markets Editor; and Sarah Townsend, Senior Business Correspondent, about the stories that caused a stir this year. It’s been a big year for business across the UAE and the wider region and the past 12 months have sprung some surprises and ushered in some major changes. From technology spectaculars like Apple’s launch of the iPhone 10, through the country gearing up for the introduction of VAT on January 1, stabi...