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Finshots
A daily 5-min podcast explaining the most important finance and business happenings in plain English. India focused.
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Dec 4, 2020 • 4min
The Pepper Loophole
In today's Finshots, we talk about pepper imports and RBI's latest diktat for HDFC Bank.

Dec 3, 2020 • 7min
The Scourge of Trademark Squatting
What happens when a multinational corporation is forced* to delay a product launch because someone else owns the right to use the name?
Well, ask Sony.
*While there were rumours circulating that Sony was forced to delay the launch of their much-anticipated console in India because of the trademark issue, it’s still not quite clear if this was the principal reason for the apparent delay. After all, despite the gentleman withdrawing the application. Sony is yet to announce a launch date for the PS5 in India. So who knows?

Dec 2, 2020 • 7min
The Burger King IPO
We’ve been bombarded with questions about the Burger King IPO. So we thought we could answer all your queries with this one story.

Dec 1, 2020 • 5min
The Economic Cost of Data Breaches
In today's Finshots, we talk about data breaches and how they affect people and businesses alike.

Nov 30, 2020 • 5min
The $1 Billion Adani-SBI loan
During the 1st ODI between India and Australia, two protestors barged into the Sydney Cricket Ground holding a sign that said "No $1B Adani Loan."
And yeah, we need to talk about it.

Nov 28, 2020 • 7min
Motherson Sumi and the growth challenge
Last week, Motherson Sumi unveiled its detailed 5-year plan where it set an ambitious target of reaching sales figures totalling ₹2.6 lakh Cr by 2025. That means they’ll have to quadruple sales over the next five years. And while such lofty proclamations are usually met with derision, investors and analysts have been quite optimistic about the company’s prospects. In fact, its stock price made a yearly high right after the announcement.
So we have to look at this more closely and ask — Do these claims warrant serious consideration or are they mostly fluff? Well, in today’s Finshots Markets, we will discuss this and more.

Nov 27, 2020 • 8min
Tax Havens and why they exist?
In today's Finshots, we talk about offshore financial centres, why they're such a menace and who's responsible for all of this.

Nov 26, 2020 • 4min
How Air Cargo saved the day?
In today's Finshots, we talk about what's happening with air freighters.

Nov 25, 2020 • 5min
Why the Right to Repair movement is taking over the world?
In today's Finshots, we talk about planned obsolescence and the right to repair.

Nov 24, 2020 • 5min
Need for Speed?
In today's Finshots, we talk about Nitin Gadkari's comments on increasing the speed limit on certain multi-lane expressways.


