Reliance Capital: IIHL seeks RBI approval to pledge 100% of RCap’s shares

Reliance Capital: IIHL seeks RBI approval to pledge 100% of RCap’s shares

Mumbai: Hinduja Group-linked IIHL BFSI (India) has sought the banking regulator’s approval to pledge 100% shares of Anil Ambani-promoted Reliance Capital, the company it acquired in a bankruptcy resolution, to raise ₹8,000 crore, people with knowledge of the matter told ET. IndusInd International Holdings (IIHL), a holding company of IIHL BFSI (India), received the NCLT … Read more

Steward Health Care says it is selling the 30+ hospitals it operates nationwide

Steward Health Care says it is selling the 30+ hospitals it operates nationwide

Steward Health Care said it plans to sell off all its hospitals after announcing this week that it filed for bankruptcy protection. The Dallas-based company, which operates more than 30 hospitals nationwide, said it does not expect any interruptions in its hospitals’ day-to-day operations, which the company said will continue in the ordinary course throughout … Read more

sam bankman-fried: Sam Bankman-Fried appeals FTX fraud conviction, 25-year sentence

sam bankman-fried: Sam Bankman-Fried appeals FTX fraud conviction, 25-year sentence

Sam Bankman-Fried, facing the prospect of spending much of his adult life behind bars, on Thursday appealed his conviction and 25-year prison sentence for stealing $8 billion from customers of the now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange he founded. Defense lawyer Marc Mukasey had announced plans for the appeal to the Manhattan-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of … Read more

RBI’s now become an enabler of the market economy: Governor Shaktikanta Das

RBI’s now become an enabler of the market economy: Governor Shaktikanta Das

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will ensure a strong and stable financial system that will act as a bedrock for the country’s economic progress, Governor Shaktikanta Das said, underscoring central bank’s efforts to shore up domestic resilience in a volatile global environment. “Given the rapid changes taking place in today’s world, especially in … Read more

Vice Media says ‘several hundred’ staff members will be laid off, Vice.com news site shuttered

Vice Media says ‘several hundred’ staff members will be laid off, Vice.com news site shuttered

NEW YORK — Vice Media plans to lay off several hundred employees and no longer publish material on its Vice.com website, the company’s CEO said in a memo to staff Thursday. Vice, which filed for bankruptcy last year before being sold for $350 million to a consortium led by the Fortress Investment Group, is also … Read more

Think the news industry was struggling already? The dawn of 2024 is offering few good tidings

Think the news industry was struggling already? The dawn of 2024 is offering few good tidings

NEW YORK — On Friday, the National Press Club is offering solace — and a free meal — by giving recently laid-off journalists tacos in recognition of a brutal stretch that seems to offer bad news daily for an already struggling industry. For anyone who works in the news media, the list is intimidating — … Read more