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Keenly watching India-US trade deal developments: Brown-Forman India MDBrown-Forman, the maker of Jack Daniel's, is closely monitoring the India-United States trade deal. Positive signs are emerging for the bil...
‘Main Street vs The Merger’: Hollywood workers rally against $110 bn Paramount-Warner dealA major media merger faces opposition from industry professionals and politicians. They fear the Paramount Skydance acquisition of Warner B...
Paramount to face legal challenge from states on Warner dealTop lawyers from approximately 10 states, led by California, are preparing a legal challenge to Paramount Skydance Corp.'s $110 billion acq...
Warren Buffett on how CEOs manipulate earnings – and how to spot itWarren Buffett compared modern corporate accounting to a golfer who turns in a score of 140 in his first round (thanks to fake bogeys), and...
At Big 4 firms, AI is starting to reshape the tax professionMajor accounting firms in India are embracing artificial intelligence for tax services. AI is automating routine tasks, research, and draft...
Govt’s new ‘law-to-code’ push; UpGrad’s $1.7 billion valuationHappy Wednesday! The government plans to translate legal provisions into software code that enforces compliance by design. This and more in...
No broadcaster for World Cup? What FIFA’s India standoff could really costAs FIFA gears up for the 2026 World Cup, it encounters a broadcasting conundrum in India. Following a surge in online viewership during the...
Reliance-Disney launch legal battle against Indian TV rival Zee over Bollywood filmsIndia's entertainment giants JioStar and Zee are locked in a legal battle. JioStar accuses Zee of broadcasting movies it holds rights to. T...
AI can't steal your job! A China twist can avert AI jobs apocalypseA Hangzhou court has set a precedent, ruling that companies cannot use AI automation as a blanket justification for firing workers. The dec...
When the acquisition looks great but the footnote doesn't: How Indian managements turn deals into balance-sheet fictionAcquisitions are among corporate finance’s most celebrated events. But the harder story usually emerges later, when the accounting begins t...
Door's open, yet foreign law companies stay on the fenceRegulatory uncertainty, tax ambiguity and thin margins have kept foreign law firms from launching offices here despite market liberalisatio...
SC tags multiple pleas challenging UP Gangsters Act, refers them to 3-judge benchThe Supreme Court has consolidated all pending petitions challenging the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters Act. These cases will now be heard by a th...
Zee needs strategy shift to survive after Sony merger plan crumblesA Zee-Sony India merger would have created a media powerhouse in the world's most populous nation with 90-plus channels across sports, ente...
Why the birth of a $10 bn media & entertainment behemoth still buffering upA merger deal between Japan's Sony group's Indian arm (Culver Max Entertainment) and Zee Entertainment Enterprises that will create a $10 b...
DoT gets legal nod to challenge order on Rs 7,000 crore bank guaranteesDepartment to soon file case in SC to demand dues from Airtel, Tata Teleservices.
Idea shareholders approve name change to Vodafone Idea, fund raising of Rs 15,000 croreThe merger of the country’s No 2 and No 3 carriers will create the largest telecom firm in the country.
Financial Technologies asks shareholders to oppose 'forced' NSEL mergerThe government, in October last year, had ordered the merger of NSEL with its parent firm Financial Technologies (India) Ltd.
Tech Mahindra hopeful of merger with Mahindra Satyam soonTech Mahindra took over reins of the scam-tainted Satyam Computers in April 2009 and rebranded it as Mahindra Satyam.
- Sun wins temporary relief in Taro case
Sun Pharmaceuticals won a temporary relief from the Tel Aviv District Court on shareholders’ meeting of the Israeli company.
- Investors make last challenge to Lloyds/HBOS deal
A British regulator considered a last-ditch legal challenge by investors to Lloyds Group TSB's takeover of rival HBOS PLC, just days before...