Oil Talks Snag
A panel of OPEC+ ministers couldn’t reach an agreement on whether to delay January’s oil-output increase, leaving the matter unresolved before a full meeting of the cartel and its allies on Monday. Most participants in an informal online discussion on Sunday evening supported maintaining the production curbs at current levels into the first quarter, said a delegate. Yet while Russia spoke in favor of postponing the supply hike that’s currently scheduled to happen in the new year, the United Arab Emirates and Kazakhstan were opposed. Unless the agreement is revised this week, they will restart about 1.9 million barrels a day of halted output, potentially pushing the global market back into surplus and undermining the recent surge in crude prices.

These days, you just don’t hear that much about business plans. The feeling from some corners of this industry — entrepreneurs and investors—seems that business plans have lost their snap, but I simply don’t agree.
There are plenty of good and necessary reasons for savvy entrepreneurs to invest time and energy to write a memorable business plan. Here are my top five.

What if there was a programme that could help your company grow, even in this challenging Covid-19 climate? What if this programme could help you identify roadblocks and next steps, allowing you to harness all the untapped potential for innovation and growth within your business?
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Whether you are an entrepreneur, a small business owner or a C-suite leader, the need to adapt and move fast has never been more pressing than it is today.

Millions of Americans have lost their jobs during 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and many of those Americans may be considering starting a business.
If you’re new to the world of entrepreneurship, you may want to consider making your business official by establishing a Limited Liability Company (LLC) or other legal business entity. But, even if you operate as a sole proprietor to start, it’s important to separate your personal finances from your business finances.

SINGAPORE - While many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) here have strategies in place to go digital, the take-up rate has been slow, with firms blaming Covid-19 for causing delays in their digitalisation plans.
This is in stark contrast to the belief that the outbreak has fast-tracked digitalisation for many companies, a study by the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (ASME) and tech giant Microsoft showed.
The SME Digital Transformation Study involved a poll of 400 SME owners and key IT decision-makers here from March to June.