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Mar 24, 2023 7 tweets 1 min read
Shares of Jack Dorsey’s payments company Block plunged nearly 20% on Thursday after activist short seller Hindenburg Research named the company as its latest short position.

themorningcontext.com/yesterday/hind… Hindenburg said Block allowed criminal activity to proliferate on the platform and grossly inflated user metrics.
Mar 23, 2023 5 tweets 2 min read
The government is offering to sell a stake of up to 3.5% in aerospace and defence firm Hindustan Aeronautics on Thursday and Friday as it looks to make up for a steep shortfall in its divestment target.

Read more in Yesterday by TMC: bit.ly/3ZaY5KG The floor price for the offer for sale has been set at Rs 2,450 per share, the company said in an exchange filing. At the floor price, which is a 6.7% discount to the stock’s closing price of Rs 2,625.20 on the BSE on Wednesday, the sale will garner approximately Rs 2,867 crore.
Mar 23, 2023 5 tweets 2 min read
The number of billionaires in India has fallen from 215 to 187 over the past year, according to the 2023 M3M Hurun Global Rich List released on Wednesday.

Read more in Yesterday by TMC: bit.ly/3ZaY5KG The global total declined for only the second time in the last decade. The total number of billionaires stood at 3,112, down by 269 from the previous year, with 445 dropoffs and 176 new faces on the list, the report said.
Mar 23, 2023 6 tweets 2 min read
It seems that food delivery company Zomato is starting to reclaim the market share it had lost to rival Swiggy in the second half of 2022. And the credit for it goes to its recently relaunched loyalty programme Zomato Gold.

Read more in Yesterday by TMC: bit.ly/3ZaY5KG A note by HSBC Global Research pegged Zomato’s market share at 55% and Swiggy’s at 45% for the first half of 2022, but that changed to 54% for Zomato and 46% for Swiggy in the second half.
Mar 23, 2023 7 tweets 2 min read
Tata Power has sought the government’s intervention in clearing Rs 1,789 crore in dues owed to it by state distribution companies for electricity produced by its 4,000 MW Mundra plant in Gujarat, according to The ET.

Read more in Yesterday by TMC: bit.ly/3ZaY5KG The company said it would otherwise be unable to operate the facility at full capacity under the government’s emergency directives.
Mar 23, 2023 6 tweets 1 min read
International Finance Corporation, the private investment arm of the World Bank Group, on Wednesday said it will invest Rs 600 crore in a new electric vehicle-focused last-mile mobility company to be incorporated by automobile major Mahindra & Mahindra.

themorningcontext.com/yesterday/mahi… The investment will be IFC’s first in an EV manufacturer in India as well as its first in the electric three-wheeler segment globally.
Mar 22, 2023 7 tweets 1 min read
WazirX on Tuesday said it received 431 requests for user data, content and account restrictions from law enforcement agencies between October and March.

Read more in Yesterday by TMC: bit.ly/3yXq05X Image This is a little more than half the number it received over the previous six months.
Mar 22, 2023 5 tweets 2 min read
Amul is expanding its portfolio of non-dairy products as it aims to become a total foods and beverages company to compete with FMCG makers, Jayen Mehta, the company’s new managing director, said in an interview with The ET.

Read more in Yesterday by TMC: bit.ly/3yXq05X Image “Dairy remains our core, but we have a robust pipeline of growth,” Mehta said, “We want to straddle every food category consumers use in the kitchen, and we are going about it with speed, scale and larger investments.”
Mar 22, 2023 5 tweets 2 min read
MobiKwik is planning to refile for an initial public offering in the next 12-18 months, the digital payments company’s co-founder Upasana Taku told Moneycontrol on Tuesday.

Read more in Yesterday by TMC: bit.ly/3yXq05X Image Gurugram-based MobiKwik had received approval from India’s market regulator in October 2021 to raise Rs 1,900 crore—Rs 1,500 crore through the fresh issue of shares and Rs 400 via an offer for sale by its promoters and existing shareholders.
Mar 22, 2023 4 tweets 1 min read
IT services and consulting firm Accenture on Tuesday said it has agreed to buy Bengaluru-based industrial artificial intelligence company Flutura.

Read more in Yesterday by TMC: bit.ly/3yXq05X Image “Flutura will strengthen Accenture’s industrial AI services to increase the performance of plants, refineries, and supply chains while also enabling clients to accomplish their net zero goals faster,” Accenture said in a statement.
Mar 22, 2023 4 tweets 1 min read
The Indian economy is exhibiting resilience in an international environment shrouded with uncertainty, the Reserve Bank of India said in its monthly bulletin on the state of the economy on Tuesday.

themorningcontext.com/yesterday/unli… “Unlike the global economy, India would not slow down—it would maintain the pace of expansion achieved in 2022-23,” the central bank said, adding that it remains optimistic about India, “whatever the odds.”
Mar 21, 2023 5 tweets 1 min read
The International Monetary Fund has approved Sri Lanka’s request for a $2.9 billion bailout, the cash-strapped nation’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced on Monday.

Read more in Yesterday by TMC: bit.ly/3yQoT8j Image “We are pleased that the IMF Executive Board approved our programme, enabling Sri Lanka to access up to $7 billion in funding from the IMF and international financial institutions,” Wickremesinghe said, per AFP.
Mar 21, 2023 5 tweets 1 min read
Amazon is cutting 9,000 jobs in its Amazon Web Services, People Experience and Technology Solutions, Twitch and advertising divisions in a second round of layoffs, CEO Andy Jassy announced on Monday.

Read more in Yesterday by TMC: bit.ly/3yQoT8j Image “Given the uncertain economy in which we reside, and the uncertainty that exists in the near future, we have chosen to be more streamlined in our costs and headcount,” Jassy wrote in a memo to staff.
Mar 21, 2023 4 tweets 1 min read
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the Securities Appellate Tribunal’s cancellation of the market regulator’s disgorgement order against the National Stock Exchange of India in the co-location trading case.

Read more in Yesterday by TMC: bit.ly/3yQoT8j Image Dismissing an appeal against the SAT’s January ruling, the court also directed the Securities and Exchange Board of India to return Rs 300 crore of the Rs 1,044 crore that the NSE had deposited with the regulator.
Mar 21, 2023 6 tweets 2 min read
The spot price of gold crossed Rs 60,000 per 10 gm for the first time on the Multi Commodity Exchange of India on Monday as bullion continued to climb after a series of banking crises shook global markets last week.

Read more in Yesterday by TMC: bit.ly/3yQoT8j Image Spot gold surged as much as Rs 1,400 from the previous close to hit a lifetime high of Rs 60,100 per 10 gm, according to a PTI report. Silver also rose by Rs 1,860 to Rs 69,340 per kg.
Mar 21, 2023 6 tweets 1 min read
Six central banks, including the US Fed and the ECB, have announced a coordinated effort to boost the flow of US dollars with the aim of keeping credit flowing.

themorningcontext.com/yesterday/fed-… The six central banks, which include the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan, the Bank of Canada and the Swiss National Bank, announced the measures just hours after UBS, Switzerland’s biggest lender, agreed to a $3.25 billion all-share acquisition of its troubled Credit Suisse.
Jan 25, 2023 14 tweets 6 min read
Shares in Adani Group companies fell after US activist investor Hindenburg Research accused it of “brazen” fraud.

In the last two years, we have done extensive reporting on the Adani group companies.

A deep dive into our archives: bit.ly/3kHxWoc The elusive brother Adani

The elder brother of Gautam Adani, Vinod Adani, has been an enigma in the group’s history, the one responsible for offshore deals. While the group claims it has nothing to do with him, the Holcim deal shows that isn’t the case.

themorningcontext.com/business/vinod…
Jan 25, 2023 5 tweets 2 min read
The Export-Import Bank of China has offered Sri Lanka a two-year moratorium on a $2.83 billion loan, Reuters reported on Tuesday.

Read more in Yesterday by TMC: bit.ly/3kCRPg6 The bank also said it will support the bankrupt nation’s efforts to secure a $2.9 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund.
Jan 25, 2023 7 tweets 2 min read
The WHO is investigating whether there is any connection between the six drug manufacturers in India and Indonesia whose contaminated cough syrups are linked to the deaths of more than 300 children, Reuters reported.

Read more in Yesterday by TMC: bit.ly/3kCRPg6 The WHO is seeking more information about the specific raw materials used by India’s Maiden Pharmaceuticals and Marion Biotech, and Indonesia’s PT Yarindo Farmatama, PT Universal Pharmaceutical, PT Konimex and PT AFI Farma, the report said.
Jan 25, 2023 6 tweets 2 min read
Renowned architect and urban planner Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi died in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. He was 95.

Read more in Yesterday by TMC: bit.ly/3kCRPg6 “A master wielder of form and light, Doshi has left an indelible legacy. His contribution to architecture, art, life, culture and philosophy will be remembered forever,” Architectural Digest India wrote in an Instagram post announcing his death.
Jan 25, 2023 5 tweets 2 min read
Maruti Suzuki on Tuesday said its net profit jumped 132% YoY in the quarter ended 31 December to Rs 2,351.3 crore on a 25.5% increase in net sales at Rs 27,849.2 crore, as it benefited from a fall in raw material costs.

Read more in Yesterday by TMC: bit.ly/3kCRPg6 Cost reduction efforts, improved realization, favourable foreign exchange rates, a softening of commodity prices and higher non-operating income helped the company see an improvement in its margins during fiscal third quarter, it said in a stock exchange filing.