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Can empathy reduce the probability or impact of crisis?

Picking out the emerging risks, planning for a quick response and packing empathy in the response are the three must-dos to protect reputation

Top headlines: India GDP growth, CJI under RTI Act, Delhi pollution, & more

From Indian GDP growth forecast to SC striking down rules in amended Finance Act 2017, here are the top news stories that made headlines today

Brexit deal spells good news for India Inc with large investments in UK

The biggest relief will be felt at Bombay House, the headquarters of the Tata group

India ranks third among Asian countries for environmental sustainability

Companies in Hong Kong recorded the best overall performance in Asia with an average score of 70.06, followed by South Korea (64.57) and India (63.12)

Building startups and companies that last

The tendency to announce near-victory is a pervasive disease. This is exemplified by the reports on ease of doing business

How Indian companies with large investments in UK could benefit from Brexit

The Brexit deal has fostered the longest winning streak across markets since March

RBI relaxes ban for those looking to buy stake of foreign firms in India

Indian companies cannot set up their subsidiaries through their foreign wholly-owned subsidiaries or joint ventures

Just 10% of top Indian CEOs confident about reliability of AI, says PwC

Artificial Intelligence is fast becoming a political and economic tool, as it is a matter of technology.

53% of top Indian firms have male to female employee ratio of 10:1: Study

A total of 103 companies have actually reported a reduction in the number of women employees

Time to reboot

How an economic slowdown can be a branding opportunity for companies

Letter to BS: Good sign that firms think about employees before layoffs

Layoffs should be well thought out as it could affect the morale of the employee

US corporate sector hails India's move to cut income tax rate for companies

This is a welcome step to reverse the economic slowdown

Indian corporates need to follow global standards of governance: K M Birla

Birla said there were various sectors in India which had the potential to grow into billion dollar business over a period of time

Boards of Indian companies are becoming getting older but more independent

The Companies Act, 2013, mandated that listed firms must have one female director from April 1, 2015, with businesses given one year to comply

Software, energy, realty at bottom of list in new company formation

Trading, finance, social services and manufacturing firms, on the other hand, topped the list during 2016-2018

India's corporate profits one of the lowest among major economies

Combined net profit of BSE500 companies at $63 bn is 2.3% of GDP; global average is 5%

More Indian cos setting up offices in UK, London remains preferred location

842 Indian companies operating in the UK, up from about 800 in the previous year; combined revenues at about £48 billion

Nine of top 10 cos lose Rs 88,609 crore in m-cap; HDFC, TCS suffer the most

In the ranking of top-10 firms, RIL was placed at the number one position, followed by TCS, HDFC Bank, HDFC, HUL, ITC, SBI, Infosys, Kotak Mahindra Bank and ICICI Bank

Indian firms supplying US tech to Huawei may face US sanctions: Report

The government has not yet taken a call on whether to ban the Chinese telecom equipment maker

Tax proposal in Budget 2019 hits Indian companies' year of share buybacks

More than 70 companies, including software exporter Wipro Ltd., announced or completed Rs 354.6 billion ($5.2 billion) of share buybacks in the first half of 2019