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NEW YORK: Shein, an online discount clothing retailer whose labour practices in China are being questioned by US lawmakers, spent US$600,000 in the second quarter in lobbying on Capitol Hill, its first filings of such registrations showed. The outlay by Singapore-based Shein, launched in China in 2012, sho

Shein, an online discount clothing retailer whose labor practices in China are being questioned by U.S. lawmakers, spent $600,000 in the second quarter in lobbying on Capitol Hill, its first filings of such registrations showed. The outlay by Singapore-based Shein, launched in China in 2012, shows its moderate spending strategy to influence lawmakers on the Hill, said Daniel Auble, a senior researcher at the nonprofit Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks political giving and lobbying. ...

While the Democratic Party of India was registered at the Indian Mission's Washington address, the latter denied any association, reports The Caravan.

When Andy Jassy succeeded Jeff Bezos as CEO of Amazon, big changes weren’t expected. But he is quietly putting his own imprint on the company.

Jeff Bezos’ successor has set himself apart with a hands-on approach in Washington.

When Jeff Bezos was CEO of Amazon, he took an arms-length stance toward the company’s affairs in Washington. He rarely lobbied lawmakers. He testified only once before Congress, under the

Facebook and Google’s lobbying spending in the US Congress exceed those of all major news media organisations, analysis by Press Gazette has found. In the past decade, the amount of money spent by the duopoly on influencing politicians in Congress has grown from $5.5 million in 2010 to $28.5 million in 2020, according to data from the Center for Responsive Politics. In contrast, Press Gazette’s analysis suggests the spend by major news media organisations stood at $19.2 million in 2020 havi...