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WAL-MART's 50TH   

09 Jun 2012, 12.32 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

Where in the world would you find Lionel Ritchie, Justin Timberlake, Taylor Swift & Celine Dion - all in one place at 7 am? No idea? Think Wal-Mart! ...

Eminent Domain Laws: World View   

09 Jun 2012, 12.27 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

In a way - it's the modern day version of the battle of Kurukshetra. And in keeping with the times it's being fought in parliament between the governm...

CBI gets state nod to attach estate of Raju & kin  

07 Jun 2012, 6.36 pm  |  Source: PTI

Andhra Pradesh government today gave its consent to CBI for attachment of 44 properties belonging to Satyam Computers founder B Ramalinga Raju and his...

SEBI & Consent: Ahead Of the Curve Or Boxed In?   

02 Jun 2012, 1.40 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Consent or settlement is widely used by regulators across the world - the reasons are common - immediacy of sanctions and hence more effective deterre...

Consent Guidelines Amended! Relevant For?   

02 Jun 2012, 1.37 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Today we have a one point agenda on the show - consent orders! Consent proceedings allow a party accused of violating a law or regulation to settle wi...

RBI's new overseas investment policy   

01 Jun 2012, 11.45 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

INDIA INC. BEWARE! RBI IS WORKING ON A NEW OVERSEAS DIRECT INVESTMENT POLICY. MENAKA DOSHI SPEAKS TO SOURCES TO BRING YOU AN ADVANCE GLIMPSE OF WHAT T...

SEBI's HPAC Meet On Consent Guidelines    

01 Jun 2012, 8.50 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

SEBI's High Powered Advisory Committee or HPAC on consent orders met today. Remember, last week, SEBI had released new guidelines for consent mechanis...

Biocon's accounting issues   

26 May 2012, 4.42 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Last week CNBC TV18’s Ronojoy Banerjee scooped a very big story and one with game-changing consequences as well. That RBI maybe planning to move all...

Welcome AIF Rules!   

26 May 2012, 10.51 am  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

2 rounds of consultations have done the alternative investment fund regulations a world of good. Because the final regulations out this week are being...

Border Control   

26 May 2012, 10.37 am  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Last week CNBC TV18’s Ronojoy Banerjee scooped a very big story and one with game-changing consequences as well. That RBI maybe planning to move all...

Sebi makes consent guidelines tough; won't please India Inc   

25 May 2012, 9.15 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Sebi has amended the five-year old consent guidelines where the market regulator had barred consent orders for offenses like insider trading, serious ...

Judge Holwell on the Rajat Gupta case    

24 May 2012, 3.36 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Richard Holwell, who presided over the Raj Rajaratnam insider-trading trial, provides his perspective on the insider trading trial of former Goldman S...

Deaf and dumb are valid witnesses: SC  

21 May 2012, 6.36 pm  |  Source: PTI

Deaf and dumb are valid witnesses: SC...

The Facebook IPO Journey   

19 May 2012, 4.21 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Our top story today is about a 28-year-old man and his 8-year-old company’s journey to a USD 100 billon valuation on Wall Street. I am talking Faceb...

If Greece Exits...   

19 May 2012, 12.39 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

India's trade with Greece is miniscule. Nor do any leading Indian companies have a substantial exposure...Atleast none that is publicly known of! Why ...

GAAR Rules Will Level Playing Field?   

12 May 2012, 12.01 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Can the yet-to-be announced GAAR rules level the playing field?...

Finance Bill: Vodafone & Tax Treaties   

12 May 2012, 11.59 am  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Does Vodafone have no option but to pay Tax?...

Future of Multi-Layered Structures?   

05 May 2012, 11.16 am  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

Last week, in a Conference hall on the 15th floor of the RBI headquarters in Mumbai, 12 people met in a closed door meeting. Now RBI holds plenty such...

Software Payments: Royalty Reigns!   

05 May 2012, 11.09 am  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

Imagine climbing a steep hill. The first 50 steps take you to the Advance Ruling Authority. Then a few hundred and you’re at the Tribunal. Then you ...

Of Politics, Policies & Policing   

03 May 2012, 12.02 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Senior Advocate Harish Salve speaks about the implications of amendments proposed in Finance Bill 2012, tax policies, corruption and governance issues...

Public Figure vs Public Interest vs Privacy   

28 Apr 2012, 12.37 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

The Abhishek Manu Singhvi scandal has once again pitched the right to privacy against public interest. ...

BIT Notice: Desperate Measure or Trump Card?   

21 Apr 2012, 10.51 am  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

This week we ask: Investment treaty, tax treaty, constitutional validity of retroactive amendments...does any road lead Vodafone to a no-tax destinati...

Retroactive Amendment Challenge?   

21 Apr 2012, 10.46 am  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Did Vodafone invoke the Bi-lateral Investment Treaty because challenging the retroactive amendments in the Supreme Court may not yield success?...

GST: What not to Learn from Europe?   

20 Apr 2012, 2.33 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

In an interview to The Firm, Richard Baxter- Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal Taxand UK talks about what principles India should not pick up from t...

Client codes modified! Fat fingers or tax evasion?   

16 Apr 2012, 12.00 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

A SEBI order this week has raised 3 interesting issues - can client code modification, allowed for genuine fat finger errors, be used as a tax saving ...

Presidential references: The how, why & what next?   

16 Apr 2012, 11.54 am  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

The 2G case is full of twists and turns – this week barely had the government moved a presidential reference that the Supreme Court - Justice Singh...

Of FCPA, PCA & Bribery Act!   

09 Apr 2012, 5.33 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

At the IBA M&A Conference in Mumbai, the panelists - Amit Desai, Lord Peter Goldsmith QC, Aslesha Gowariker, Satish Maneshinde, Neerav Merchant, Myso...

Enforcement@ India   

09 Apr 2012, 4.50 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

At the IBA M&A Conference in Mumbai, the panelists- MP Bharucha, Philip Rohlik, Gautam Bhattacharya, Darius Khambatta & C Rashmikant - debated the mos...

What is Control?   

07 Apr 2012, 11.10 am  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

The developments of this week had me wondering - is not economic influence a measure of control?...

AAR or GAAR?!   

07 Apr 2012, 11.02 am  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

This week's top story can be described in 3 pithy words- AAR YA GAAR. Payaswini Upadhyay explains the rest. ...