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Gupta approaches apex court in last-ditch effort to avoid jail

Gupta approaches apex court in last-ditch effort to avoid jail

Rediff.com11 Jun 2014

In a lengthy-118 page submission to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Gupta requested to remain free on bail, saying he is not a flight risk and if an appeals court rules in his favour, he will 'likely' be entitled to a new trial.

'Gupta's sentencing to deter others from breaching duties'

'Gupta's sentencing to deter others from breaching duties'

Rediff.com25 Oct 2012

The Indian Institute of Technology and Harvard educated former McKinsey head is one of the most prominent Wall Street titans to be charged by fellow Indian and Harvard alumnus Bharara.

Gupta seeks probation on insider trading charges

Gupta seeks probation on insider trading charges

Rediff.com18 Oct 2012

In a 99-page sentencing memorandum submitted in federal court on Thursday, Gupta's lawyer Gary Naftalis requested that the 'court impose a sentence of probation with the condition that Gupta perform a rigorous full-time program of community service.'

Who will win the FIFA World Cup? Brazil, Argentina, Spain?

Who will win the FIFA World Cup? Brazil, Argentina, Spain?

Rediff.com29 May 2014

From data analysts to financial firms, everyone has their views on who could win the FIFA World Cup, starting in Brazil next month. Here are some interesting predictions by two international firms -- Opta and Goldman Sachs -- about the how tournament could pan out. Read on...

Modi magic: Markets end at record highs

Modi magic: Markets end at record highs

Rediff.com19 May 2014

Markets ended at record highs on Monday on hopes that the new government would unveil reforms in the infrastructure space.

Gupta asks court to rethink order to pay $13.9-mn penalty

Gupta asks court to rethink order to pay $13.9-mn penalty

Rediff.com8 Apr 2014

Gupta's lawyers said he did not accrue any 'direct financial benefit' from the insider trading offences and yet he has been ordered to pay a 'heavy price' of two years in prison, a $5 million fine and a separate $6 million in restitution to Goldman Sachs.

Rajat Gupta seeks re-trial over insider trading case

Rajat Gupta seeks re-trial over insider trading case

Rediff.com22 May 2013

Seth Waxman, lawyer for Gupta, told the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in New York on Tuesday that wiretaps played for the jury were inadmissible because they amounted to hearsay evidence.

15 global banks that Moody's downgraded

15 global banks that Moody's downgraded

Rediff.com22 Jun 2012

Some banks called the Moody's move backward looking, arbitrary and unwarranted.

15 banks that Moody's downgraded

15 banks that Moody's downgraded

Rediff.com22 Jun 2012

Some banks called the Moody's move backward looking, arbitrary and unwarranted.

'Rajat Gupta secretly served as Galleon executive'

'Rajat Gupta secretly served as Galleon executive'

Rediff.com1 Jun 2012

Testifying for the government on the eighth day of 63-year-old Gupta's insider trading trial yesterday, former marketing executive at Sri Lankan native Rajaratnam's Galleon hedge fund Ayad Alhadi disclosed that Gupta had been secretly serving as a Galleon executive.

Rajat Gupta trial: Prosecutors want email about Mukesh

Rajat Gupta trial: Prosecutors want email about Mukesh

Rediff.com30 May 2012

According to the email, Kumar said, "When with Mukesh on portfolio question. . . 2 things to explore: A) Raj wants to know if they will get into the solar biz aggressively and when (there are implications for supplier companies etc)."

US court wants specifics of financial benefits made by Gupta

US court wants specifics of financial benefits made by Gupta

Rediff.com6 Jan 2012

A US judge has asked prosecutors to provide specific financial benefits they allege former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta made by passing inside information to his friend Raj Rajaratnam amidst allegations that he also tipped him about Proctor and Gamble's 2008 sale of Folgers Coffee Co to JM Smucker.

Rajat Gupta's loses bid to stay out of prison, term starts on June 17

Rajat Gupta's loses bid to stay out of prison, term starts on June 17

Rediff.com12 Jun 2014

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who handles emergency applications from the 2nd Circuit, on Wednesday denied Gupta's request to stay out of prison.

'Modest revival in economy in 2013'

'Modest revival in economy in 2013'

Rediff.com2 Nov 2012

According to the research report by the investment banking major, economic activity levels remain weak in the country, particularly investment demand, as demonstrated by still 'anemic' order inflows and project starts.

FIIs meet Chidambaram; discuss economic issues

FIIs meet Chidambaram; discuss economic issues

Rediff.com1 Nov 2012

The meeting with foreign investors assumes significance as the government is undertaking host of reform initiatives to attract investment.

Lessons that the Rajat Gupta case holds for India

Lessons that the Rajat Gupta case holds for India

Rediff.com26 Oct 2012

The two bigger takeaways from this case for Indian regulators and enforcement agencies are the speed and efficiency with which it was concluded.

Rajat Gupta to be sentenced on Wednesday

Rajat Gupta to be sentenced on Wednesday

Rediff.com24 Oct 2012

Will Judge Jed Rakoff be swayed by the former Goldman director's influential well-wishers or will he deliver stiffer punishment?

10 companies that tried to buy Facebook

10 companies that tried to buy Facebook

Rediff.com15 Apr 2014

Microsoft came the closest and acquired 1.6 per cent stake in the company for $250 million valuing it at $15 billion.

Rajat Gupta's sentencing advanced by a day to Oct 17

Rajat Gupta's sentencing advanced by a day to Oct 17

Rediff.com28 Aug 2012

US District Judge Jed Rakoff had set as October 18 the date for sentencing Gupta after the ex-McKinsey head was found guilty by a jury here of passing confidential company information to Rajaratnam.

Pause now, lower later: Repo rate cuts may start by year-end

Pause now, lower later: Repo rate cuts may start by year-end

Rediff.com18 Apr 2023

Higher for longer' may be the narrative in the developed markets, but interest rates might not stay high for very long in India, with a section of the market expecting rate cuts to begin this year. The six-member Monetary Policy Committee of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) decided to keep interest rates unchanged at 6.5 per cent in the April review - after hiking the policy repo rate in six previous meetings. RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das emphasised that the pause was only for the April policy and that the central bank was ready to act if the situation demanded.

Rajat Gupta convicted on insider trading charges

Rajat Gupta convicted on insider trading charges

Rediff.com15 Jun 2012

Rajat Gupta, one of the most successful Indian Americans on the Wall Street, was on Friday found guilty of passing confidential market information to Galleon hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam, in one of America's biggest insider trading cases.

Berkshire's Ajit Jain to give testimony in Gupta trial

Berkshire's Ajit Jain to give testimony in Gupta trial

Rediff.com8 Jun 2012

Berkshire Hathaway's India-born head of reinsurance business Ajit Jain, seen as a possible successor to billionaire investor Warren Buffett, will testify through a video deposition for his "close friend", former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta in his insider trading trial.

Indian-origin law student courts trouble at Rajat Gupta trial

Indian-origin law student courts trouble at Rajat Gupta trial

Rediff.com7 Jun 2012

The brief courtroom drama began on Monday when the jury was listening to the testimony of star government witness Goldman Sachs chief executive officer Lloyd Blankfein.

Shashank Samant is GlobalLogic's new CEO

Shashank Samant is GlobalLogic's new CEO

Rediff.com29 May 2012

Samant said he has been into R&D for the past 24 years and before joining GlobalLogic, he was president at Ness Technologies and had worked at Hewlett-Packard lab in India and also has worked at IBM labs.

10 reasons why the Indian economy has gone off track

10 reasons why the Indian economy has gone off track

Rediff.com28 May 2012

The ugly underbelly of the policies of economic liberalisation followed over the last two decades has been crony capitalism at its worst.

Govt to set FY18 fiscal deficit target at 3.3-3.4%: Report

Govt to set FY18 fiscal deficit target at 3.3-3.4%: Report

Rediff.com23 Jan 2017

Lower reduction in fiscal deficit is to stimulate demand in a weak economic environment post demonetisation.

VISTA 2006: IIM-Bangalore's biz fest

VISTA 2006: IIM-Bangalore's biz fest

Rediff.com11 Oct 2006

The Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore invites corporates, entrepreneurs, professionals, MBA students and undergraduate students to attend its annual festival VISTA 2006.

Charges against Rajat Gupta baseless: Counsel

Charges against Rajat Gupta baseless: Counsel

Rediff.com2 Mar 2011

Indian-American Rajat Gupta, former board member of Goldman Sachs and Proctor and Gamble, has rubbished charges of insider trading against him as "baseless" with his lawyer asserting that his conduct and integrity were "beyond reproach".

How Budget may affect income tax, industry sectors

How Budget may affect income tax, industry sectors

Rediff.com22 Feb 2011

The Union Budget for 2011-12 comes at a critical juncture for the economy -- high inflation, tight liquidity, elevated fiscal and current account deficits, and a slowdown in the reform process have taken away the sheen from the India growth story.

Stanchart, 3i want to invest in expressway

Stanchart, 3i want to invest in expressway

Rediff.com31 Jan 2011

Global private equity majors - Standard Chartered Private Equity and London-headquartered 3i - are understood to have shown keen interest to invest in the litigation-prone Rs 4,000 crore (Rs 40 billion) Bangalore-Mysore expressway being developed by Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise Limited (NICE).

Barclays to cut 70 jobs in Asia investment banking

Barclays to cut 70 jobs in Asia investment banking

Rediff.com24 Jan 2013

The total number of staff to be cut has not been finalised but could be as high as 90 people, the sources said, declining to be identified because the matter is confidential.

Rajat Gupta seeks new trial, reversal of conviction

Rajat Gupta seeks new trial, reversal of conviction

Rediff.com23 Jan 2013

India-born former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta has asked a US court for a new trial to reverse his conviction on insider trading charges, arguing that the district judge had committed "serious evidentiary errors" that tipped the scales decisively in the case.

Political uncertainty is main risk to GDP growth in 2024

Political uncertainty is main risk to GDP growth in 2024

Rediff.com20 Nov 2023

India's real GDP growth will decline marginally to 6.3 per cent in 2024 from the 6.4 per cent estimated for 2023, an American brokerage firm said on Monday. The next calendar year will be of two halves, wherein the government spending before the upcoming General Elections will be the key driver for growth, while after the elections, it will be the re-acceleration in investment growth, especially from the private sector, Goldman Sachs said in a report. From a fiscal year perspective, the brokerage said it expects growth to accelerate to 6.5 per cent for FY25 from the 6.2 per cent it has projected for the ongoing FY24, it added.

Rajaratnam to pay $1.45 mn to settle SEC suit

Rajaratnam to pay $1.45 mn to settle SEC suit

Rediff.com28 Dec 2012

Jailed hedge-fund founder Raj Rajaratnam has agreed to pay $1.45 million to settle a civil lawsuit filed by US regulator SEC against him and India-born former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta for their roles in one of the largest insider-trading schemes in US history.

Most brokerages lift targets for UltraTech Cement

Most brokerages lift targets for UltraTech Cement

Rediff.com26 Jan 2025

Although UltraTech Cement's results for the December quarter of the current financial year (Q3FY25) were not an improvement compared to Q3FY24, the company managed to surpass Street expectations. The company's profit attributable to the owners of the parent dropped 17.4 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) to Rs 1,469.5 crore in Q3FY25 as against Rs 1,777 crore in Q3FY24.

Bharti Infratel: IPO not a great deal for PE traders

Bharti Infratel: IPO not a great deal for PE traders

Rediff.com4 Dec 2012

Bharti Infratel plans to raise Rs 4,500 cr through its IPO.

Walmart-owned PhonePe calls off deal to acquire fintech startup ZestMoney

Walmart-owned PhonePe calls off deal to acquire fintech startup ZestMoney

Rediff.com31 Mar 2023

Walmart-owned digital payments firm PhonePe has decided to halt its proposed acquisition of Goldman Sachs- and Xiaomi-backed ZestMoney, a Bengaluru-based buy now, pay later (BNPL) platform. The deal, which was poised to fetch anywhere between $150-200 million and $300 million, has hit a snag over lapses in due diligence, disagreements over valuation, sustainability of the business, and shareholding structure of ZestMoney, according to people familiar with the matter. The collapse of the deal is also being attributed to a slowdown in the financial technology (fintech) sector in the midst of a funding winter, difficult regulatory environment, and macroeconomic uncertainty, informed other sources.

Rajat Gupta files appeal against conviction

Rajat Gupta files appeal against conviction

Rediff.com16 Nov 2012

According to the Notice of Appeal filed by his lawyer Gary Naftalis in US District Court Southern District of New York, Gupta's "appeal concerns conviction only."

Slowdown: RBI may halt rate hike

Slowdown: RBI may halt rate hike

Rediff.com1 Dec 2011

Moderating economic growth and easing inflation may prompt the Reserve Bank to halt interest rate hike in the upcoming mid-quarterly credit policy review later this month, according to analysts.

Why Rajat Gupta's sentencing is balanced

Why Rajat Gupta's sentencing is balanced

Rediff.com9 Nov 2012

The 15-page judgment is amazingly lucid, elegant and balanced.