The coronavirus pandemic has created significant distortions in our sense of time. But let’s rewind to August 2019, a safer, long-ago era, when arguments about masks were more focused on costume parties than scientific data. That is when the Business Roundtable published its opinion about the purpose of a corporation, proclaiming that companies should no longer act only in the interests of shareholders. Instead, the group of CEOs said, companies should also invest in their employees, protect the environment, and deal fairly with their suppliers. “While each of our individual companies serves its own corporate purpose, we share a fundamental…

Socially conscious bond investors will be targeted in a coming wave of vaccine bond deals that will seek to provide billions of dollars for the speedy rollout of Covid-19 shots for developing countries. Dedicated vaccine bonds have been deployed before, but the immediate Covid-19 funding needs should lead to large amounts of new issuance in 2021. “There is no doubt that investors value the Social label on public sector debt issuance and vaccination is the ultimate social project,” said Philip Brown, Citi’s head of sustainable debt capital markets, who helped to sell a vaccine bond in…

October 2, 2020 7 min readOpinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. I have been a digital marketer for more than 20 years, which seems like an eternity at this point. Google has always been a staple of any good digital marketing strategy, especially for search engine optimization (SEO), to attract free organic traffic based on the quality of the content on your page. But, when we recently started to see our SEO traffic start to decline, we asked our SEO consultant to investigate the root cause. He said it was due to a recent Google Search page…

The Inside the Mind of the CEO interview series explores a wide range of critical decisions faced by chief executives around the world. For more insight, see PwC’s CEO Survey. USAA, an insurance company known for its devoted customer service, is a quiet giant in the industry. Based in San Antonio, USAA has a unique business model: It serves members of the military and their spouses and children, insuring their lives, homes, and autos. From its humble origins in 1922, the company has grown into one of the largest in the United States — number 94 on the Fortune…

Global stocks tumbled on Monday amid panic selling as a new strain of coronavirus emerging from the UK led to fresh travel restrictions, casting a cloud over the prospects of economic recovery. The Sensex plunged 1,407 points, or 3 per cent, to end at 45,554 in its biggest fall in percentage terms since April, while the Nifty dropped 432 points, or 3.14 per cent, to end the session at 13,328. Monday’s fall saw investor wealth shrink by Rs 6.6 trillion, based on the market capitalisation of all listed companies on the BSE. …

December 20, 2020 6 min readDisclosure: Our goal is to feature products and services that we think you’ll find interesting and useful. If you purchase them, Entrepreneur may get a small share of the revenue from the sale from our commerce partners. Entrepreneurs should always be learning. Jim Rohn, a known motivational speaker, says that the world’s most successful people are lifelong learners. While the world of business is constantly evolving and adapting, good entrepreneurs know that they have to evolve right along with it. 2020 was an unusual work year, and 2021 will likely start off the same…

Eight of the top-10 valued domestic companies together added Rs 1,25,229.25 crore in market valuation in the past week, in line with a bullish broader market trend, with HDFC, TCS, and Bajaj Finance emerging the biggest gainers. Over the past week, the BSE benchmark gained 861.68 points or 1.86 per cent. Only Reliance Industries and Hindustan Unilever witnessed erosion from their market valuation, rest eight companies including HDFC Bank and Infosys made gains. . Dear Reader, Business Standard has always strived hard to provide up-to-date information and commentary on developments that are of interest to you…

Savvy entrepreneurs aren’t simply hoping for a great new year; they’re making it happen. A few key moves will send customers your way. December 18, 2020 5 min readOpinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Now’s the time to sharpen your SEO strategy. Here’s how to position yourself to capitalize on the new year and capture new business. Win the local game How important is local SEO? For businesses with physical locations, it’s everything. Just look at the numbers recently published on Hubspot.46{bce2ac57dae147ae13b811f47f24d80c66c6ab504b39dda4a9b6e8ac93725942} of all Google searches seek local information. 88{bce2ac57dae147ae13b811f47f24d80c66c6ab504b39dda4a9b6e8ac93725942} of local business searches on a…