Love is a four-legged word. The connection between hoomans and their fur babies is timeless; asking for so little, they give their all. And while every day is a great day to celebrate a 'pawsome' pet-story, we bet nothing could warm your Covid-weary heart like this one would.
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Love is a four-legged word. The connection between hoomans and their fur babies is timeless; asking for so little, they give their all. And while every day is a great day to celebrate a 'pawsome' pet-story, we bet nothing could warm your Covid-weary heart like this one would.
The Coronavirus got nothing on the 'pawfect' hold the furry companions have on their humans. You see, while the US economy staggered under the Covid-19 blitzkrieg, along with toilet paper rolls and hand sanitizers, was the curious shortage of pets...available for adoption!
We're not kidding. Waiting lists at some pet adoption centers stretches well into 2022! Driven by loneliness, isolation, absence of social contact and events, this 'Corona puppy' surge is being likened to a similar trend observed during the 2007-08 economic crisis when the pet-ownership rates skyrocketed from 34.9% of U.S. households in 2007 to 38.1% by 2011! Fur-real!
Guess which industry is Corona-proof?
ESG is no longer a buzz word for corporations and governments ... it is fast becoming a lifestyle choice. A survey of 10,000 respondents across the US and major EU countries showed that >60% consumers prefer products
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ESG is no longer a buzz word for corporations and governments ... it is fast becoming a lifestyle choice. A survey of 10,000 respondents across the US and major EU countries showed that >60% consumers prefer products with lower carbon footprint. This, along with the already mounting pressure on companies to decarbonize themselves has given birth to a new addition to product labels – the "Carbon Label", which educates the consumer about the "cost to climate" of that product i.e. all the greenhouse gases emitted through the product lifecycle.
With names like Unilever, L'Oreal, Quorn Foods etc. pledging to put carbon labels on products, this feels like wind under the wings of the ESG movement. What do you think - will carbon labels create any significant impact, or will this end up as yet another marketing gimmick without any sustainable impact? Let us know in the comments.
It's no secret that investors have been worried this year, fielding curve balls thrown by issues like the US-China trade wars, the Covid-19 pandemic, US elections et all. In the midst of this drama, digital currencies like Bitcoin have outperformed traditional assets
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It's no secret that investors have been worried this year, fielding curve balls thrown by issues like the US-China trade wars, the Covid-19 pandemic, US elections et all. In the midst of this drama, digital currencies like Bitcoin have outperformed traditional assets like equities, gold, fixed income and commodities! In the last couple of years, Bitcoin has delivered a return of more than 400%, way ahead of the S&P 500 Index (46%) and gold (42%)!
Now this isn't a shocker – it has happened before, and let us tell you, it didn't end well. The previous Bitcoin upsurge (that ended in a meltdown) was seemingly driven by speculation and higher retail-investor activity. Purportedly, experts say that things are different this time because Bitcoin, it seems, is gaining better acceptance from the big boys' network: asset management firms and banks.
All said and done, it is no surprise that the sustenance of Bitcoin's latest rebound is being eyed with suspicion. Speculations are rife that the market is overheated and might prove to be a kick in the knees for the already fragile global financial markets!