Bloomberg Amazon.com Inc is bringing its Prime membership programme to Brazil in an effort to leapfrog competitors and gain traction in a country where it has been expanding slowly but surely. To start, Amazon Prime Brazil will be a scaled-down version of the US subscription service, offering free unlimited shipping for about 500,000 products out of the 20 million Amazon …

SAINT PETERSBURG / WAM International tourist arrivals grew 4 percent from January to June this year, compared to same period last year, according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer published ahead of 23rd World Tourism Organisation General Assembly. Growth was led by the Middle East (+8 percent) and Asia and the Pacific (+6 percent). International arrivals in Europe grew …

Bloomberg Car sales in India suffered their biggest monthly drop on record, as the slump in the country’s auto sector shows no sign of letting up. Deliveries slid 41% in August from a year earlier to 115,957 units, while sales of passenger vehicles including SUVs fell 32%, according to data released by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers on Monday. …