2009: A year of scandals and tragedy for Andhra

Andhra Pradesh was plagued by bad news in 2009. The year has seen th state go through some of the worst turmoil in recent times. Mohammed Siddique looks back at the state's annus......

The remorseful CEO

Today, apologies by CEOs of global corporations have become so common that you get case studies on the subject. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com. Facebook, Apple, Toyota, Microsoft, Uber,......

BSE Sensex's long 10,000-point crawl

The Sensex took less than two years to rally from the 10,000-mark it first hit in February 2006 to double that on that New Year’s Eve. On New Year’s Eve, when 2007 was giving way to......

Satyam scar lingers even after 7 years

Satyam's employees had to undergo mental trauma, job uncertainty and financial problems, after many were forced to leave. It was on January 7, 2009, that B Ramalinga Raju, the poster boy of......

Verdict unlikely to bring curtain down on the Satyam case

April 9, 2015, could well be a red-letter day in the corporate history of India. The court that tried the Satyam Computer Services fraud case delivered its verdict on that day on what the Supreme......

Best laid to rest on French clay

What is the first name that comes to your mind when you are asked 'who is the best player never to have never won Wimbledon'? Ivan Lendl, to most. Maybe, Ken Rosewall and Ilie Nastase, for......