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When a small footnote is used as a tool to make a weak balance sheet look strongThis is the uncomfortable truth about company accounts. A number on a balance sheet is not always cash that will return, and a liability tu...
NSE flags regulatory, tech, AI, derivatives concentration risks in IPO papersThe National Stock Exchange raises a red flag regarding substantial financial and operational threats. Emerging regulatory frameworks, tech...
The accounting trick used by companies to make a weak balance sheet look strongIn one recent case, a large investment sat comfortably under equity until the auditor read the shareholders' agreement, found a buyback cla...
Balance sheet trick: Decoding another manipulation, and how to spot a bad apple in your portfolio before othersThere is one line in the accounts that most investors skip because it looks routine. But behind that line can sit disputed demands, old los...
Trump lawyers deny BBC access to financial details in $10-billion lawsuit, report saysDonald Trump's legal team has refused to share financial details with the BBC. This comes amid Trump's $10 billion defamation case against ...
CCPA slaps fines on PhysicsWallah, McAfee for 'Dark Pattern' practicesIndia's consumer watchdog has fined edtech firm PhysicsWallah and cybersecurity company McAfee. They were found using deceptive interface d...
IndusInd Bank faces fresh whistleblower allegationsThe new complaint alleges insider trading by Samir Agarwal, former zonal head of eastern India at IndusInd Bank, manipulation of financial ...
IndusInd Bank shares fall 3% after fresh whistleblower complaint reaches PMO, RBIIndusInd Bank shares fell on Wednesday after a fresh whistleblower complaint was sent to the Prime Minister’s Office, RBI, and other regula...
Operation Octopus: Trapping the tentacles of India’s cyber fraud networkAmidst the alarming increase in cyber scams, the Hyderabad Police have initiated Operation Octopus, a mission aimed at dismantling the enti...
Sebi targets 'finfluencer' misconduct to protect retail investors, freezes accounts of perpetratorsAccording to the SEBI order, the operators bought small/mid-cap stocks, artificially inflated prices by sharing unsubstantiated bullish tip...
Sebi bars seven entities in social media stock recommendations, alleges Rs 58 crore gainsThe market regulator Sebi barred seven individuals for allegedly generating Rs 58 crore in wrongful gains by using social media (including ...
Ketan Parekh Case: Sebi sends show cause notice to 6 Capital Group FPIsIndia's market regulator Sebi has issued a show cause notice to six Capital Group FPIs for alleged lapses in trade confidentiality. Two tra...
Cheap stocks aren’t always bargains; 5 valuation ratios every investor must trackDifferent sectors use different valuation metrics because business models vary. Investors therefore need to understand not just valuation m...
Profit on paper, loss in reality: How a routine accounting tool is used to deceive and take investors for a rideAmortisation is a number most investors skip, but it can shape reported profit. On the surface, it looks routine: A company spreads the cos...
When a boss says “can you just take this on for now?” what employees may already expectAs organizations evolve, changes often emerge quietly through informal channels. A temporary project can gradually transform into a full-fl...
Bengaluru techie quit his Rs 30 lakh job to chase a dangerous dream, only to end up being arrestedDelhi Police have arrested a 31-year-old Bengaluru-based software engineer, Ravi Rathore, for allegedly running a fake online trading racke...
Six companies, six tricks in Indian balance sheets, and how investors get taken for a rideWhenever an Indian company imports goods, borrows in foreign currency, earns overseas revenue, or runs a foreign subsidiary, forex accounti...
Wall Street's mystery traders minted millions in 6 cases amid Iran-US war. Coincidence or insider trading?The ongoing US-Iran conflict has roiled global markets, but a few traders have made outsized gains by placing timely bets in stocks, oil fu...
SFIO widens probe into IndusInd Bank; summons audit firms over ₹2,000 crore derivatives irregularitiesThe Serious Fraud Investigation Office is investigating IndusInd Bank's derivatives portfolio. Major audit firms associated with the bank o...
Hyderabad police crackdown on pan-India cyber fraud network, 32 bank officials among 52 heldUnder 'Operation Octopus 2.O', as many as 32 bank officials, 15 mule account holders and five middlemen were apprehended for complicity, Hy...