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IDFC First Bank shares rise 3% after Haryana CM says Rs 556 crore returned to govt; what lies ahead?

Shares of IDFC First Bank rose around 3% on Tuesday after Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said the entire amount debited from the state government-linked accounts in the alleged Rs 590-crore fraud case has been recovered in less than 24 hours.The lender’s shares rose to Rs 72.24 apiece on Tuesday afternoon before wiping out […]

What if the SaaSpocalypse is a myth?

A new word has entered the business headline writer’s lexicon this past month: the “SaaSpocalypse.” Between mid-January and mid-February 2026, approximately $1 trillion was wiped from the value of software stocks. The S&P North American Software Index published its worst monthly decline since the 2008 financial crisis. Individual stocks have been devastated, with even Microsoft, […]

Why pessimists make more money

No, I’m not talking about making money as an investor. There, the track record of chronically bearish investors is terrible. But investment gurus who sell bearish newsletters make more money selling their newsletters and books than people who sell useful information. Investing is essentially about numbers and the ability to analyze those numbers. Whether analyzing […]

MACC, JPJ and police action against “Tontos” – paultan.org

In response to bribery, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and JPJ, in collaboration with the police, launched Ops Middleman. The operation, which launches today, will take action against ‘tondos’, or middlemen, who use bribery to help commercial vehicle operators evade the law. Operations were carried out in the Klang Valley, with several heavy vehicles stopped […]