The government has decided to make all former Satyam Computer Services top executives and board members, including the independent directors, answerable for the fraud in the company on grounds that they "attempted to enrich themselves unjustifiably at the cost of the company and its stakeholders".
Larsen & Toubro, India's largest engineering company, has sought permission from the market regulator to sell its 6.9 per cent stake in Mahindra Satyam, which is currently valued at around Rs 900 crore.
Satyam Computer's potential suitor may get to control the IT company at an affordable price, with market regulator Sebi on Monday saying it would amend regulations governing open offer to ensure transparent pricing.
The Union government on Monday indicated it was hopeful of a favourable reply from the US Securities and Exchange Commission to a request for being lenient on scam-hit Satyam Computers, thereby allowing it to remain on the rehabilitation track."We are expecting to get a fair judgment (from the SEC)," ministry of corporate affairs' Secretary, R Bandyopadhyay, said here at an interactive session organised by the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Raju was arrested by the Crime Investigation Department of Andhra Pradesh Police two days later along with his brother.
While warning that it may suspend Satyam shares if dealings were not advisable, New York Stock Exchange has said it may resume trading in the securities of Indian IT company on Monday if its assessment was found satisfactory.
The final arguments in the multi-crore accounting "fraud" in Satyam Computers commenced on Wednesday in a local court with the prosecution starting its arguments in the case.
Satyam Computer Services, India's fourth-largest software services provider, today came under fire from institutional investors after the company announced its acquisition of two companies -- Maytas Infra and Maytas Properties--for $1.6 billion (around Rs 7,680 crore).
The board -- which includes, Kiran Karnik, T N Manoharan, former chief, ICAI, and HDFC chief Deepak Parekh, appeared relieved after a marathon run of selecting a bidder for the scam-tainted firm.
Engineering giant Larsen and Toubro (L&T) is selling a third of its 6.9 per cent stake in Mahindra Satyam, formerly Satyam Computer Services. The transaction is expected to fetch Rs 304 crore (Rs 3.04 billion) for the company, said banking sources.
The former Satyam employees, who were granted bail, were its former internal chief auditor V S Prabhakar Gupta besides executives G Ramakrishna, D Venkatpathi Raju and Ch Srisailam. The fifth accused, who got the bail, is PWC's former auditor Subramani Gopalakrishnan.
Satyam Computer has deferred the joining dates of freshers, citing the global economic slowdown and the turn of events in the once iconic firm, while stopping short of asking them to look for jobs elsewhere.
The company has over 100 engineers operating in the country over the last three months. The team would work in programme managing deliveries out of China, Japan and India. Besides, Satyam has been successfully sourcing Japanese bilingual manpower from Vietnam.
The L&T stock, which fell by over 5 per cent in intra-day trades on Monday bounced back towards the end of the session though it was still in the red. The stock has been badly de-rated since the engineering major made it clear that it was a contender for Satyam, picking up a 12 per cent stake in the tech firm. Had L&T won control at the winning bid of Rs 58 per share, the stock may have lost further ground. As it stands, not too much damage has been done.
Satyam Computer Services Ltd on Tuesday said it is providing a free data management solution, as well as IT services to 'Project Hope' in China.\n
Though it's over 24 hours since the founder-chairman of Satyam Computer Services, B Ramlinga Raju, resigned after making shocking revelations, its employees (known as associates) are yet to come to terms with the reality.
Satyam Computer Services Ltd is launching an automotive development centre in Detroit to consolidate its base in the automotive industry.
Former chairman of Satyam Computer Services B Ramalinga Raju, the prime accused in multi-crore accounting fraud in the IT firm, on Monday gave consent for his examination on the charges against him through a questionnaire.
The XIV additional chief metropolitan magistrate on Saturday reserved the orders on the plea filed by the CBI, seeking permission to administer lie detection test on Satyam Computer Services Limited founder B Ramalinga Raju, his brother and former managing director and former Chief Financial Officer Srinivas Vadlamani, to July 9.
In a major development in the Satyam fraud case, US regulators on Tuesday fined the software firm and its auditors PriceWaterhouse India up to $17.5 million for the accounts bungling that went undetected for several years.
The company aims to book a profit of over Rs 250 crore from the open market sale, said two sources familiar with the development.
CBI director Ashwani Kumar said the Satyam fraud was unique, as it was the founder, and not an outsider, who is the accused. According to sources, the fraud involves an amount that is much bigger than the Rs 7,800 crore (Rs 78 billion) estimated originally. It could be close to Rs 10,000 crore (Rs 100 billion) based on over 7,000 fake invoices and forged documents retrieved by the agency.
The short duration discussion under Rule 193 on the situation arising out of the alleged mismanagement of the affairs of the Satyam Computer Services will now be taken up on February 25, the Lok Sabha bulletin said. Initially, the discussion was scheduled to be held on February 13, but was deferred following a request from leader of the Opposition L K Advani.
Employees of Satyam Computer in India will be paid their February salaries by the month-end, while its employees overseas will be paid in two tranches beginning mid-February, a top source said.
Satyam Computer Services Ltd plans to expand its operations into smaller Chinese cities to meet the growing outsourcing requirements.
Employees of Satyam Computer Services are in a quandary over looking for jobs outside the company. Some admit that consultants are offering them jobs, but at salaries that are almost half their current cost-to-company packages. Many others are running into a dead-end given the poor job market.
Employees of Satyam Computer Services are in a quandary over looking for jobs outside the company. Some admit that consultants are offering them jobs, but at salaries that are almost half their current cost-to-company (C-to-C) packages. Many others are running into a dead-end given the poor job market.
India's scandal-hit Satyam Computer Services is to invite formal bids from potential suitors this week, pushing ahead with a possible sale - even though it could be months before its accounts are restated.
GramIT, rural business process outsourcing initiative of the Byrraju Foundation, is in talks with various funding agencies 'to expand the scope and presence of its rural BPO services,' said foundation's lead partner Verghese Jacob. Byrraju Foundation is the NGO outfit formed by Satyam Computer Services founder B Ramalinga Raju in his personal capacity.
L&T is the largest single shareholder in Satyam holding a 12 per cent stake in the IT firm.
The Satyam Computer Services scandal, which broke out on January 7 when the company's promoter, B Ramalinga Raju, announced that there was a Rs 7,800-crore (Rs 78-billion) hole in its deposits, is certain to have made it worse. According to the 2009 Edelman Trust Barometer, as much as 49 per cent of the respondents (all drawn from the top ten per cent income bracket) expressed growing concerns about business in India.
Showing clear signs of quicker recovery from the current crisis, the scam-devastated Satyam Computer Services has been awarded a fixed bid project on data modelling by a leading provider of healthcare solutions by diagnostic, treatment and preventative care.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India is expected to take up two critical issues at a board meeting scheduled February 2
The government is likely to appoint more directors on the board of the crisis-ridden Satyam Computer Services soon. "More directors will be appointed within two days," a senior official of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs said.
Demanding a probe by central regulatory agency into the financial irregularities committed by software company Satyam Computer Services, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday alleged that a scam of such proportions was not possible without the support of SEBI, MCA, Planning Commission and the Andhra Pradesh government.
Many members of the association, who had bought shares of the IT firm at Rs 540 some four months back, had suffered heavy losses when the scrip crashed to Rs 39 on Wednesday, he said.
The economic offence investigation wing of the government SFIO would take at least a year to probe the financial fraud at Satyam Computer, a senior official said on Wednesday.
Custody and probe still on after 15 months, 800 witnesses, 160,000 pages of evidence so far.
Satyam Computer Services expects to grow its headcount substantially in China from the current 300 to a few thousand in the next few years, even as it scouts for acquisitions to enhance its skills in areas it does not have a foothold.
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