Author: Beatrix Holyrood

Reflection for seasoned leaders has always been a personal process. Step back. Regroup. Look in the mirror. Push the pause button. There is often an intuitive belief that reflection carries restorative powers and can even be transformational. In theory, it goes like this: On top of a mountain, a leader retreats to ask him or […]

Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) are once again stepping on the gas when it comes to pulling out of Indian markets. In the past fortnight, they have yanked out $1.7 billion amid disappointment over the Rs 20-trillion stimulus package and rising Covid-19 cases, despite multiple lockdown extensions. The two-week rolling average for […]

May 21, 2020 5 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. On May 4, a day filled with nerdy Star Wars jokes, Google‘s public search liaison Danny Sullivan made an important announcement via Twitter: “Later today, we are releasing a broad core algorithm update, as we do several times per year. It is called […]

In a new set of measures to reduce the impact of coronavirus lockdown on the economy, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday decided to cut the repo rate by 40 basis points from 4.4 per cent to 4 per cent. The reverse repo rate was also reduced by 40 basis points […]

Commodity prices jumped by 1-3 per cent during the past one week on renewed hope of recovery in demand, with the huge economic stimulus seen supporting the recommencement of global infrastructure activity. The likely rebound will have its roots in the gradual opening of economies worldwide after almost three months of lockdown. […]

May 22, 2020 6 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. The coronavirus outbreak has thrown us all for quite a loop. What could have been an exciting and prosperous year has quickly turned into overwhelming feelings of uncertainty, fear, and anxiety.  With major corporations in the travel and retail sectors letting […]

One of the biggest forces holding back gender equality in the workplace is a set of structures left over from what I call the “Mad Men era.” Laws, policies, and stigmas that, in households where there is one male parent and one female parent, push women to do more of the caregiving at home, while […]

A sharp sell-off in banking and financial stocks dragged the benchmark indices down on Friday. The Sensex fell 260.31 points or 0.84 per cent to end at 30,672.59, while the Nifty declined 67 points or 0.74 per cent, to close at 9,039.25. The Bank Nifty declined 2.6 per cent, with several […]