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Cotton seed oil cake at Akola is trading at Rs 2,031 per quintal, while chana price has rallied too steeply on the back of supply constraints…

August 28, 2020 5 min readOpinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. When it comes to pursuing media coverage, a company is often laser-focused on getting a pitch into a reporter’s hands and winning them over. In the process, it may be easy to forget that reporters are people, too. They’re busy professionals who might feel annoyed or even repulsed by awkward email pitches or follow-ups.  Marketing teams can approach media outlets and get the desired media coverage without hounding them. Here are the do’s and don’ts of reporter engagement.  Related: How to Spot Real News from Fake…

Today, at PwC US, we are taking another big and important step in our diversity and inclusion (D&I) journey. For the first time, we are publicly releasing our diversity data and strategy. But more importantly, we are reinforcing our commitment to accelerating our progress as we continue to strengthen a culture of belonging. For us, this is not new — we have been building a diverse and inclusive culture for more than two decades. We want our firm to be a workplace that supports all of our people, so that every person has the same opportunities to grow their career…

Gold prices today fell to 54,440 from Rs 55,200 per 10 gram a day before, while silver jumped to Rs 66,300 from Rs 65,500 per kg, according to Good Returns website. Gold jewellery prices vary across India, the second-largest consumer of the metal, due to excise duty, state taxes, and making charges. In New Delhi, the price of 22-carat gold jumped to Rs 49,900 per 10 gram, and in Chennai to Rs 49,240. In Mumbai, the rate was Rs 50,400, according to the Good Returns website. The price of 24-carat gold…

Ask for clients and customers to spread the word, and ye might receive (and other tips).Free Book Preview Ultimate Guide to Social Media Marketing This book takes readers through a 360-degree perspective of social media marketing in businesses. August 28, 2020 5 min readOpinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. There’s a type of warm marketing that is better than any other: referrals. We’ve all been on the receiving end of a referral. We ask a friend or colleague to recommend someone for the service we need, and since they’re someone we trust, we go ahead and…

Irdai has invited applications for fostering the growth of insurance sector through innovative ideas under its ‘regulatory sandbox approach’, wherein products and services are tested live in a controlled regulatory environment. The ‘regulatory sandbox approach’ can be used to carve out a safe and conducive environment to experiment with innovative approaches (including fintech solutions), and where the consequences of failure, if any, can be contained, Irdai said. The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) said it has created a regulatory sandbox with the objective of using new and innovative…

March recorded the worst-ever foreign portfolio investor (FPI) equity outflows in a calendar month, at Rs 58,632 crore ($7.9 billion). Now, August is set to log the highest-ever foreign investor flows into domestic stocks. With one trading session to go, the FPI investment tally for the month stands at Rs 47,518 crore ($6.4 billion), surpassing the previous best monthly tally of Rs 33,782 crore in March 2017 in rupee terms, and $6.4 billion in dollar terms during September 2010. While the sell-off in March was triggered by the panic caused by…

August 27, 2020 7 min readOpinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Before Covid-19 slammed the breaks on air travel, the revenue forecasts for the global hotel trade were looking rosy. Corporate travel expenditure alone was projected in some forecasts to grow into a $1.7 trillion industry mega-segment by 2023. But, thanks to coronavirus, instead of harvesting one of the biggest revenue growth-spurts in the history of hotels, hoteliers are facing the toughest time in industry history. It isn’t all doom and gloom, however. Around the world, travel bubbles and corridors are forming, facilitating new flows of movement…