Oil prices fell $2 a barrel on Wednesday, as investors worried about record high crude inventories and feared that a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic could stall the reopening of global economies and cut fuel demand. Brent crude was down $2.04, or 4.8 per cent , to $40.59 a barrel by 11:03 a.m. EDT (1503 GMT), a day after hitting its highest since prices started plunging in March. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude fell $2.04, or 5.1 per cent , to $38.33 a barrel. US crude oil inventories swelled…

June 23, 2020 9 min readOpinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. This article was written by Alex Sixt, an Entrepreneur NEXT powered by Assemble expert. If you are looking to take the NEXT step in your business then we encourage you to check out Entrepreneur NEXT powered by Assemble. How many promotional emails do you read every day? If you’re like most people, it’s probably only a few if any, plucked out from the 50 you receive just within the early morning hours. This is the reality many brands face with email marketing: the challenge of standing…

In a fresh set of guidelines, the insurance regulator has asked general and health insurers to offer two products specifically for covid-19 by July 15. One will be an indemnity-based product (Covid-19 standard health policy) and the other one will be benefit based product (Covid-19 standard benefit-based policy). While the policy wordings and the benefits received will be uniform across all insurers, the pricing of the product has been left to the insurers. Experts say, the standard product will be cheaper than other comprehensive health products and the benefit based covid product will be priced higher than the indemnity…

Markets regulator Sebi on Tuesday restrained 20 entities from accessing securities market for conducting fraudulent trading in the scrip of Pyramid Saimira Theatre, thereby violating market norms. The regulator has also directed two entities to disgorge unlawful gains of over Rs 21 lakh, made while dealing in the scrip of the firm. Sebi found that as per media reports published in December 2008, the regulator had directed one of the promoters of Pyramid Saimira Theatre, P S Saminathan, to make an open offer for an additional 20 per cent stake at…

Engage in new ways – and with humor – to make customers loyal long beyond these stressful few months. June 22, 2020 4 min readOpinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. When you watch a movie or read a book that’s centered on a hero’s journey, you’ll frequently find a pivotal moment, the point in the story when the hero must commit to the journey or abandon it. Think about Frodo in the Lord of the Rings trilogy: He literally crosses the threshold when he leaves his home in the Shire for new lands, dangers and challenges. In…

When countries began shutting down in response to the growing pandemic this spring, many employees found themselves working from home. That can be freeing and productive for some people, but lots of others scrambled to work around housemates, pets, partners, and children; splintered teams were reunited in endless Zoom meetings, and corporate life suddenly took on a very different tone. Which is precisely why Krissee Chasseur’s team at Zappos, the online shoe retailer, started a book club. “We were putting together ideas to keep our team digitally engaged, and a weekly virtual book club seemed like an easy fit to…

Oil prices edged higher on Monday as major producers cut crude output, but price gains were limited by worries that a rise in coronavirus infections worldwide might stall a recovery in fuel demand. Brent crude was up 48 cents, or 1.1 per cent , at $42.67 a barrel by 11:45 a.m. EDT (1545 GMT). The West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude contract for August, which became the days more active contract, rose 50 cents, or 1.2 per cent , to $40.33. South Korea said for the first time that it was in the…

June 19, 2020 6 min readOpinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. “Email marketing is an often overlooked but vital part of PR, media relations and thought leadership strategy,” says Blair Nicole, who is the CEO and founder of Media Moguls PR. She’s right. Most business owners I know rarely look at email as a public relations tool. For many, it’s a marketing channel on which they focus to increase sales. But as the lines between digital marketing and PR are blurring, you could be missing out by not adding a PR component to your email strategy. Email…