2020 Financial News

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Thierry Delaporte’s exit as Wipro’s top boss comes a year after Brian Humphries, another expat CEO, was removed by the Cognizant board. There are issues, beyond managing profit and loss, that expats have found challenging in India. Culture, for instance.

BENGALURU : Wipro Ltd chair Rishad Premji asked chief executive officer Thierry Delaporte to step down during a late March phone call, where the Frenchman wanted to know if he’d get a second term at the company which has trailed rivals amid an employee exodus. Delaporte, whose five-year term was to end on 5 July, 2025, told Premji that India's fourth largest IT services company should do better in the second half of FY25, two executives aware of the call said, despite Wipro not expected to grow in the April-October period.

Gen Z, are showing more interest in buying local products, pushing up the age group’s contribution to their sales in the last three to four years. Several companies in categories such as electronics and technology products, personal care and fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) said Gen Z roots for desi products, unlike consumers in the age group from the late 30s to the 50s, who have a soft corner for foreign brands. Sales from younger consumers are growing at the fastest pace — two to three times the overall sales growth in the last few years, marketers said. Latest study by market researcher NielsenIQ said almost 100 million Gen Z consumers in India are shaping a new form of patriotism, going beyond traditional notions.

Wipro Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director. He will be succeeded by Srinivas Pallia, who has spent nearly three decades with Wipro. Till now he was the CEO for the company's Americas 1 area, said the company in its BSE filing on Saturday.

will take over as the new new CEO and MD from April 7, 2024, for a period of five years, said India's fourth-largest tech major in its statement on Saturday. Palia is a Wipro veteran and has spent over three decades at Wipro.

Wipro's share price rose 121.43 per cent during Thierry Delaporte's tenure as chief executive officer (CEO) and managing director (MD) of India's fourth-largest technology major. Delaporte took over as Wipro boss in July 2020 when the Wipro's closing price was seen at ₹219.05 (on July 1, 2020) compared to the latest closing price of ₹485.05 (on April 5, 2024).

Bitcoin (BTC) halving is expected later this month but a confluence of factors is likely to set the cryptocurrency’s fourth such event apart from prior occurrences.

Mark Zuckerberg passed Elon Musk on Friday to become the third-richest person in the world, the first time since 2020 the arch-rival billionaires have held those positions. Musk, who ranked first on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index as recently as early March, fell to fourth after Reuters reported Tesla Inc. had canceled plans for a less-expensive car, sending shares lower. However, Musk denied the report. That followed news earlier in the week that Tesla’s vehicle deliveries fell in the three months through March, their first year-over-year decline since the early days of the Covid pandemic.

Purple Cap IPL 2024: The match between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on April 5 saw the re-entry of Pat Cummins in the Purple Cap tally. As the Orange Cap (currently claimed by Virat Kohli) goes to the highest run-getter in the tournament, the highest wicket-taker gets the Purple Cap. Let’s take a look at who are in the Top 10 after the SRH vs CSK match.

Jujutsu Kaisen" has made way into Guinness World Records. The popular anime, which made its debut in 2020, has etched its name in the record book for being the most in-demand anime in the world. Notably, «Jujutsu Kaisen» anime was adapted from Gege Akutami's shonen manga. «Legendary anime show Jujutsu Kaisen has been confirmed as the world's most in-demand animated TV show,» Guinness World Records tweeted.

Prostate cancer cases worldwide are projected to more than double and deaths to increase by 85 per cent between 2020 and 2040, with low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) likely to bear the «overwhelming brunt» of this spike, according to The Lancet Commission on prostate cancer. The surge in cases is «inevitable», with actual numbers likely to be much higher because of under-diagnosis and missed opportunities for data collection in LMICs, researchers said. They said ageing populations and improving life expectancy will lead to more cases of prostate cancer in older men, and given than being 50 years or older is a risk factor, lifestyle changes and public health interventions may not be able to prevent the upcoming surge. «As more and more men around the world live to middle and old age, there will be an inevitable rise in the number of prostate cancer cases. We know this surge in cases is coming, so we need to start planning and take action now,» said lead author of the Commission, Nick James, professor of prostate and bladder cancer research at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.

Huawei of misleading banks about the tech company's business in Iran, among other charges, is heading toward a January 2026 trial. At a status conference on Thursday in Brooklyn, New York, Assistant US Attorney Alexander Solomon told US District Judge Ann Donnelly that «settlement discussions ended in an impasse. We believe it would be prudent to schedule a trial date.»

Meta Platforms has rebuffed an attempt by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to amend a 2020 privacy settlement, noting that it had voluntarily disclosed two technical errors related to its Messenger Kids app to the agency. Meta disclosed the bugs in July 2019, the Facebook-parent said in a filing on Thursday, adding it had spent $5.5 billion on its privacy program and related privacy initiatives.

Purple Cap IPL 2024: The match between Gujarat Titans (GT) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) on April 4 saw a new name emerge as the leading wicket-taker in the tournament, displacing Mustafizur Rahman from the top spot. The Orange Cap (currently claimed by Virat Kohli) goes to the highest run-getter in the tournament, while the highest wicket-taker gets the Purple Cap. Let’s take a look at which bowlers are in the Top 10 after the GT vs PBKS match.

Mint. Fourth Partner Energy, which counts TPG Capital’s RISE Fund and Norway’s Norfund as investors, has a current installed green energy capacity of 1.35 gigawatt (GW), with operations in Vietnam, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Indonesia; and plans to reach an installed capacity of 3.5GW by 2025. It was founded in 2010 as a solar component and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) firm.

La Niña phenomenon, according to initial forecast by hurricane researchers at Colorado State University (CSU), as per a Fox Weather report. The Colorado State University hurricane research team has issued a bold forecast for the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season, projecting the development of 23 named storms. Among these, they anticipate that 11 will strengthen into hurricanes, with five potentially reaching major hurricane status, characterized by winds exceeding 115 mph. With their extensive expertise and cutting-edge analysis, the CSU researchers provide valuable insights into the potential intensity and impact of tropical cyclones in the Atlantic basin, Fox Weather reported.

The number of Americans applying for jobless benefits rose to their highest level in two months last week, but layoffs remain at historically low levels as the labor market continues to chug along despite elevated interest rates

Sporta Technologies, which operates the fantasy sports platform Dream 11, not to take any steps towards insolvency and keep the company as a going concern. The appellate tribunal said it has already stayed the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) of the company. «We only clarify that IRP is directed not to take any steps in the CIRP, however, IRP being in the place shall keep the company as a going concern,» the NCLAT said in its order.

Guardian report says that the India's foreign intelligence agency allegedly began to carry out assassinations abroad as part of an emboldened approach to national security after 2019. Notably, this is the third time India has been accused of assasinating, or attempting to assassinate individuals in foreign sol. Earlier Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had claimed that there was credible allegation against India, in the killing of Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

Mint explains what to expect this fiscal: Land deals were down to a trickle before the pandemic in 2020, when the residential sector witnessed a prolonged slowdown. Since 2021, transactions have seen a steady rise, reaching a peak in 2023, mainly led by the residential sector, warehousing and logistics. The spurt in home sales led to more liquidity among developers, who are building a supply pipeline by investing in acquisition of land across the top tier cities.