Bloomberg A growing number of sellers on Amazon.com Inc’s platform are finding how painful it can be when Amazon’s absolute power over their small businesses meets a bureaucratic US government system not built for the 21st century. The issue involves trademarks filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), a federal agency meant to ensure brands big and small …

Bloomberg India’s Parliament approved a controversial bill that prevents illegal Muslim migrants from neighbouring countries from receiving citizenship after hours of heated debate among lawmakers and protests in some parts of the country. The bill, which offers amnesty to non-Muslim illegal migrants from three neighbouring countries, was approved in the upper house of Parliament on Wednesday after it secured more …

FUJAIRAH / WAM Refined oil product stocks at the Middle Eastern hub of Fujairah rose 2.5 percent in the week to December 9 on the back of increased gasoline and other light distillate stockpiles, according to data released on Wednesday by the Fujairah Oil Industry Zone, FOIZ. Total inventories rose to 21.337 million barrels during the last week, bringing the …