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How Your Company Can Grab Customers’ Attention Amidst the Noise

Learn how to position your brand with buyers in this new economy.Free Book Preview No BS Guide to Direct Response Social Media Marketing The ultimate guide to – producing measurable, monetizable results with social media marketing. June 8, 2020 1 min readOpinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Meghan Asha, the founder of FounderMade, was a guest at the most recent Startup Story Live, an extension of the hit podcast The Startup Story that gives everyone in attendance direct access to founders. The two-day livestream event, which streamed to 77 different countries, allowed founders to share the…

Coronavirus impact: Bet on top-tier names in banking sector, avoid NBFCs

The banking and financial sector is among the worst hit in the current downturn. While the Nifty50 has declined 27.7 per cent, the Nifty Bank index has nosedived 40.1 per cent over the past three months. In a report issued on April 15, Macquarie Research cut its earnings per share estimates for private banks by 35-40 per cent and reduced its target prices for private banks by 45 per cent and for public-sector banks by 47 per cent. With economic growth poised to slow down — the International Monetary Fund has…

Sensex, Nifty give up gains after strong start; still end in the green

The benchmark indices gained sharply in the opening trade on Monday, but failed to sustain gains as investors resorted to profit-booking following a steep rise in the past fortnight. After climbing to 34,928 in intra-day trade, the Sensex settled at 34,371 — 557 off the day’s high but 83 points more than the previous close. The Nifty index hit an intra-day high of 10,329 before ending at 10,167, up 25 points, or 0.25 per cent. Subdued opening in the European markets, coupled with weakness in index heavyweights — such as Reliance…

Strategies for Using Relevant Content to Scale Your Brand

Plus, this branding expert explains how entrepreneurs can use content creation to foster growth.Free Book Preview No BS Guide to Direct Response Social Media Marketing The ultimate guide to – producing measurable, monetizable results with social media marketing. June 6, 2020 1 min readOpinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Henry Kaminski Jr. and The Playbook host David Meltzer chat about a range of topics including how a paywall impacts your viewership, the importance of assembling a supportive team around you and how ego can get in your way when building a personal brand. The pair also…

What PwC is doing to stand up against racism

I am writing this because I am heartbroken by the killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor, and the countless other Black individuals before them. I am also deeply frustrated by the racism that still exists in this country. Although I am not a member of the Black community, this issue is still personal to me. I cofounded CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion in response to the killing of unarmed Black men in the summer of 2016. Two years later, in 2018, we lost a member of our PwC community, Botham Jean, to this same kind of…

Markets may take breather this week; global trends to be in focus: Analysts

Equity markets may take a breather this week after a sharp rally over the last few days and global trends will be the major sentiment driver for the domestic bourses, analysts said. Persistent foreign fund inflows and positive trends from global markets led to bullish sentiment in the domestic markets last week, they added. “While the current market rally has seen momentum we have to be watchful about how the coronavirus comes under control over the next few weeks and months as also how the economy responds to the same including the measures taken by the…

Gold price today falls to Rs 46,696 per 10 gm; silver at Rs 47,800 per kg

Gold price today fell from Rs 46,767 to Rs 46,696 per 10 gram, while silver slipped from Rs 47,930 to Rs 47,800 per kilogram, according to India Bullion and Jewellers Association (IBJA). The gold jewellery prices vary across India — the second-largest consumer of the metal — due to excise duty, state taxes and making charges. On MCX, August gold futures fell 0.7 per cent to Rs 46,369 per 10 gram, a day after surging about Rs 700, media reports said on Friday. According to the website goodreturns.in, the price of 24-carat…