MAY 6 — E-commerce platforms compete to bring tens of millions of Indian mom-and-pop stores into their supply chains. India’s retail market could grow to nearly $1.5 trillion by 2030. Microsoft pledged to store all European cloud-based client data in the EU. EU market could grow by a factor of 5 to 10x by 2030. Many US-based companies struggle to find workers. Higher wages and post-vaccination reopening could ease up labor shortages.