The benchmark indices fell more than a per cent for a fifth day in a row as foreign portfolio investors (FPI) intensified their selling ahead of the Budget on Monday. A sharp fall in the US markets on Wednesday and weak opening in other Asian markets weighed on sentiment of domestic investors causing the Sensex to drop nearly 900 points in intra-day trade. The Sensex ended at 46,874.4, down 535 points, or 1.1 per cent whereas the Nifty fell 150 points, or 1.07 per cent, to end the session at 13,817. The correction in…

January 27, 2021 9 min readOpinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Domain names are a peculiar property: Prices can range from the typical X.99-dollars-a-year deals offered by registrars still available on the market and up to staggering amounts for highly wanted addresses which are typically held by entities that well-understand their value and price them accordingly. The value of these titles derives from the commonness of their words and the reputation that such monikers, or similar ones, have acquired. The domain’s human reputation (how users perceive the title) and algorithmic reputation (how search engines value it) require…

Hindustan Unilever (HUL), the country’s largest consumer goods company, saw its profit, revenue, and volume for the quarter ended December 31, 2020 (Q3) rise as demand improved steadily across markets. This is the first quarter since the Covid-19 lockdown last year when urban markets have shown buoyancy, analysts tracking the company said, pointing to a gradual recovery in sentiment in cities, which were most impacted by the pandemic. The stock fell 0.34 per cent to end the session at 2,390. HUL derives 60 per cent of its sales from urban areas and the rest from rural…

The co-founder of a social impact marketing agency shares tips for leaders to be more purposeful in their business practices.Free Book Preview Ultimate Guide to Facebook Advertising Get a glimpse of how to use Facebook’s marketing resources to your business’s advantage. January 26, 2021 4 min readOpinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Afdhel Aziz is the co-founder of Conspiracy of Love, a global purpose consultancy. He works with companies like Adidas, REO, Red Bull and Microsoft, helping them understand how to do more good in the world. “We do this by helping them discover their purpose,…

Meetings that just happen by default waste precious time, invite poor decisions, add to exhaustion, and fray relationships. Given these risks, I proposed in a previous article that successful meetings are intentionally designed. The basic idea is that to support people and move critical objectives forward, leaders need to ask themselves four questions: Why are you meeting? Who needs to be there? What conversation needs to happen? And how can you create the conditions that will enable that conversation? In my experience, leaders are often able to answer the first three questions with just a little extra effort. But they…

Stocks fell along with US futures Tuesday as investors mulled a possible delay in the planned US fiscal- relief package against a backdrop of concern that some markets are overextended. The dollar advanced. A gauge of Asia-Pacific equities at one point slid the most in about two months, with shares in South Korea and China underperforming. Tencent Holdings’ slump led Hong Kong stocks lower after the internet giant’s market value rose to the cusp of $1 trillion for the first time Monday. The People’s Bank of China unexpectedly withdrew funds from the financial system as an…

January 25, 2021 5 min readOpinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. These days, startups live and die by the clicks they get. If your website isn’t optimized for search, customers won’t find you, much less buy from you.  But SEO, much like the internet it runs on, is constantly evolving. Keeping up with all the new rules, strategies and best practices can be a job in itself. If you’re not in a position to hire an SEO expert, follow these expert tips to boost your position in the rankings. 1. Realize that SEO is about more than…

The insurance regulatory and development authority of India (Irdai) has introduced a standard individual immediate annuity product “Saral Pension”, which all life insurers have to start offering to consumers by April 1. The product has to be filed by the insurers with the regulator by the end of February. This has been done to ensure uniformity across insurers, and to make available a product by all life insurers that will broadly meet the needs of an average customer, the regulator said. The product will offer life annuity with 100 per cent…