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'There were mistakes, but I am not an insider trader,' says Rajat Gupta, former head of McKinsey & Co
Fp Staff • 6 years agoGupta, a graduate from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi and Harvard Business School, was the first ever Indian-born CEO of McKinsey.
Sebi seeks consent to intercept calls: Should such enormous power be conferred on regulator in absence of global precedent?
Shehnaz Ahmed • 7 years agoSEBI has already been conferred with a wide array of legislative, executive and quasi-judicial powers.
Suketu Mehta's new novella, What Is Remembered, explores an immigrant's memories
Rohininair • 9 years agoSuketu Mehta's new novella, What is Remembered, is as much about the vagaries of human memory as it is about the immigrant experience
US opposes Rajat Gupta's plea to reverse conviction, says he is 'not an innocent man'
Fp Archives • 10 years agoIn court papers filed on Thursday, prosecutors said Gupta is "not an innocent man" as he abused his position as a corporate insider
US court rejects Rajaratnam's plea to reconsider conviction
Fp Archives • 12 years agoJailed billionaire hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam's petition seeking reconsideration of his conviction for running one of the biggest insider trading schemes in US history has been rejected by a court here.
Appeals court upholds conviction of Rajaratnam in insider trading case
Fp Archives • 12 years agoA federal appeals court on Monday upheld the insider trading conviction of Galleon Group hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam, rejecting his argument that wiretap evidence was used improperly to convict him. The decision by a unanimous three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York was a victory for federal prosecutors, who have used wiretaps to win convictions or guilty pleas for dozens of defendants in a wide-ranging investigation into insider trading that was unveiled in October 2009.
The Billionaire's Apprentice: Tracing Rajat Gupta's Icarus-like fall
Choudhury • 12 years agoFinancial journalist Anita Raghavan's book, The Billionaire's Apprentice, is a fascinating account of the takedown of Galleon founder Raj Rajaratnam and the self-destruction of Rajat Gupta, who had reached the highest echelons of corporate America.
Rajat Gupta vs Raj Rajaratnam: The 21st century Great Gatsby
Roy • 12 years agoThough Leo DiCaprio will never portray him on screen, Raj Rajaratnam could well be the Jay Gatsby of our times. The whole Rajat Gupta vs Rajaratnam affair is playing out like a modern day Great Gatsby.
Former Goldman exec Rajat Gupta seeks re-trial in insider trading case
Fp Archives • 12 years agoFormer Goldman Sachs Group Board of Director Rajat Gupta's attorneys asked the Judge to reverse his insider-trading conviction, saying wiretap evidence used by the prosecution should not have been introduced at trial stage.
US court studies wiretaps in Rajat Gupta insider trading case
Fp Archives • 12 years agoLawyers for former Goldman Sachs Group Inc( GS.N ) board member Rajat Gupta sought to reverse his insider-trading conviction on Tuesday, arguing that wiretap evidence used by the prosecution should not have been introduced at trial.