Finshots Daily
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A daily 5-min podcast explaining the most important finance and business happenings in plain English. India focused.
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Feb 22, 2021 • 5min
Understanding Starlink
In today's episode, we talk about the ambitious plan to stream data using satellites.
Feb 21, 2021 • 5min
Finshots Special | Why we need the National Education Policy 2020?
In today's Finhots Special, we tell you why there was an urgent need to revamp our policy on education. If you want to read the first part of this story, you can read it here.
Feb 20, 2021 • 6min
Tata's Consumer Product Play
Tata Consumer Products Ltd. — It’s one of those companies that’s making a lot of noise and since so many of you have asked us to talk about it, we thought we could review their journey so far.
Feb 19, 2021 • 5min
Why are petrol and diesel prices on the rise?
Many people have asked us to cover this story. And honestly, we aren’t looking forward to this story one bit. Because there’s nothing new happening right now. We knew all this 2 months ago. And we know pretty much the same things now. Global crude oil prices are increasing, the taxes are crippling us and the government has no recourse. That’s the story. But if you still want the long version, here goes…
Feb 18, 2021 • 6min
Citibank's $900 Million Fiasco
A few months back, Citibank accidentally transferred nearly $900 million dollars to a group of lenders. And now, a New York Court has ruled that the lenders are under no obligation to return the money. So in today's episode, we discuss the greatest blunder of 2020.
Feb 17, 2021 • 5min
An Explainer on SPACs
Companies are now ignoring the traditional IPO route and opting to go public via SPACs. Star investors like Chamath Palihapitiya are batting for SPACs. News media has been covering SPACs rather incessantly for the past few months. And we know it’s time we joined in on the bandwagon. So in today’s episode, we will finally cover SPACs and more.
Feb 16, 2021 • 6min
The Bumble Rumble
The popular dating app Bumble just witnessed a smashing wall street debut last week after having raised a cool $2.15 billion. So in today's episode, we look at the online dating scene and figure out how Bumble has emerged as a top competitor.
Feb 15, 2021 • 5min
India's Defence Dreams
In today's episode we talk about India's aspirations to become a major defence exporter
Feb 14, 2021 • 5min
Finshots Special | What if we abolished the Income Tax?
In today’s Finshots Special, we talk about the abolition of income tax.
Yes, we are going to talk about the abolition of income tax.
Feb 13, 2021 • 6min
Jockey - All or Nothing
Page Industries saw a surge in its stock price after the company announced its results for the previous quarter. And considering they posted their highest ever quarterly profit, there’s good reason for us to revisit the stock. So in today’s episode, we talk about Page, Jockey and the not so glamorous business of selling underwear.
