UpFront
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As businesses close, WeWork tries to lure workers back
Most of WeWork's locations continue to stay open—but almost no one is in them. The coronavirus pandemic is depressing demand for shared workspace and the looming recession could prompt many freelancers and small businesses to save money by working from home
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In India, other vulnerable countries, pandemic rivals 2008 crisis
International investment is fleeing so-called emerging markets at a pace not seen since the global financial crisis of 2008, diminishing the value of currencies and forcing people to pay more for imported goods like food and fuel
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Indian IT and ITES companies to continue working through lockdown
Companies are making arrangements to have staff work from home and continue to support clients overseas, including top markets of the US and Europe
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India goes into 21-day lockdown, FM announces tax compliance relief
While Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for a complete shutdown across the country to contain Covid-19, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman offered businesses regulatory relief. Experts welcome the moves but seek more clarity on measures
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Technology changes creating new avenues in risk management
The fast changing technological landscape is creating new opportunities for insurance companies in the risk management space
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Risk management critical for stable, sustainable business: Bhargav Dasgupta
Dasgupta said that new risks are emerging at a rapid pace that are threatening businesses
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Businessess grappling with new-age risks along with traditional ones: Carmen Reinhart
Dwelling on the Chinese economic slowdown, Reinhart said India could be one of the beneficiaries
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Tokyo Olympics postponed: How Covid-19 has impacted the schedules of global sporting events
The IPL faces a threat of cancellation too. Find latest updates here
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SoftBank says it will sell $41 billion in assets to buy back shares
SoftBank has spent the past several months trying to recover investor confidence after the dizzying fall of office-space company WeWork, one of Son's flagship investments
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Quarantine binge-list: Books and movies
Some great classics on disease outbreaks that shine mirrors to the dystopian-seeming times we are living in
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How South Korea flattened the curve
South Korea is one of only two countries with large outbreaks, alongside China, to flatten the curve of new infections. And it has done so without China's draconian restrictions on speech and movement, or economically damaging lockdowns like those in Europe and the US