Nomura said to probe if profits inflated at India bond desk

Nomura said to probe if profits inflated at India bond desk

[MUMBAI] Nomura Holdings is investigating its India fixed-income business, asking senior officials in its rates division to determine whether profits were inflated in recent years, according to sources familiar with the matter. The probe, launched by the bank’s compliance department, centres on how the firm valued trades in Strips, an acronym for Separate Trading of…

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China EV brands Zeekr, Neta inflated car sales using insurance scheme

China EV brands Zeekr, Neta inflated car sales using insurance scheme

CHINESE electric vehicle brands Neta and Zeekr inflated sales in recent years to hit aggressive targets, with Neta doing so for more than 60,000 cars, according to documents reviewed by Reuters and interviews with dealers and buyers. The companies arranged for cars to be insured before they were sold to buyers, the documents show, enabling…

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🐺 Beware the inflated job title

🐺 Beware the inflated job title

Three years ago, while my entire graduation batch struggled to find a job during the Covid pandemic, I found out that my friend got hired by a government ministry as an assistant director. Director? As a fresh grad? Intrigued – and partly jealous – I asked him about it. It turned out that all 13…

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Colombian Artist Fernando Botero, Who Inflated Beauty And Pain, Dies At 91

Colombian Artist Fernando Botero, Who Inflated Beauty And Pain, Dies At 91

Colombia’s most famous artist, Fernando Botero, who was known for his voluptuous depictions of people and animals, has died aged 91, President Gustavo Petro announced Friday. Botero’s works of plump and slightly surreal forms became enormously popular and were on display in museums and public spaces in cities around the world, including Bogota, Madrid, Paris,…

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