Author: Biz India

Biden Is Favored in Our Final Presidential Forecast – But It’s a Fine Line Between a Landslide and a Nail-Biter

By Nate Silver – In FiveThirtyEight Nov 03, 2020, 1:08 a.m.  – FiveThirtyEight has issued its final presidential forecast. There hasn’t been a lot of change over the past 24 or 48 hours, as most of the late polling either came in close to our previous polling averages, or came from — frankly — fairly random pollsters that don’t get a lot of weight in our forecast. Of course, you can click over to the forecast right now if you’d like to see what it says — I’m sure most of you have already done that. But in these accompanying write-ups, I...

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Forbes’ List Of India’s 100 Richest Shows Gains In Wealth Despite Pandemic

By Forbes Staff (BIZ INDIA Editor’s Note: This appeared in the October 2020 issue of Forbes) – Amid the Covid-19 pandemic which hit India hard and led to a sharp economic contraction, half of the nation’s 100 richest on the 2020 Forbes India Rich List saw gains. Their collective net worth rose 14 percent to US$517.5 billion from a year earlier, even as the benchmark BSE Sensex stock index remained flat from a year ago. Mukesh Ambani accounted for more than half of those gains and remains at No. 1 for the 13th year. The tycoon added $37.3 billion, bringing his fortune...

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Opinion: Navigating the Difficult Times

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” – Thomas Edison Life in the dynamic and unpredictable business world means that sometimes things will not go according to plan. When a business, country or world is in crisis, it is easy to become trapped beneath a mountain of problems but, in order to succeed, individuals must be motivated and be able to sustain performance during a crisis and times of stress. Many people respond to a crisis by being overwhelmed by stress, which turns to fear. It is easy to be afraid when you have a crisis situation, but if you remain brave, everyone around you will be too, and together you will be able to turn anything around. Whatever you chose to focus on as your life’s work has to be a lifetime commitment. takes work and a relentless attitude. It is essential for everyone during a crisis to show sincere interest in every single customer as an individual, to thank them for any purchases and invite him or her to return. Customer service is treating customers like houseguests or good friends. Make sure things are right and they will remember, tell their friends about your company and more specifically…about you. And for you to realize that money is the by-product of a relentless commitment...

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Amitabh Bachchan Stars on Gulabo Sitabo

Shoojit Sircar’s quirky dramedy Gulabo Sitabo starring Amitabh Bachchan and Ayushmann Khurrana will premiere across 200 countries and territories on Amazon Prime Video on June 12, 2020. By Team Media House Amitabh’s Quotes: On working with Shoojit Sircar: “What I have developed over the years working with Shoojit is an immense respect for his craft, his understanding of the subjects he chooses to make and the great cinematic guile he possesses in designing his characters. Directors are all-rounders. They possess immense qualities.  They are scriptwriters, screenplay setters, production designers, music directors, editors, actors and marketing and publicity gurus. Shoojit is in...

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Day Trading Has Replaced Sports Betting As America’s Pastime

By Randall W. Forsyth – Barrons May 22, 2020 – A funny thing is happening while we’re holed up at home. In addition to binge-watching and bread-baking, day trading among individual investors has taken off. A full-blown retail mania has taken hold in buying and selling small lots of stocks and options, says Jim Bianco, head of the eponymous Bianco Research, who over the years has been in front of the big trends in markets, in part because he watches things that conventional indicators don’t pick up. The day-trading trend has been powered both by changes in the online...

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