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Captain Fresh’s acquisition binge strains its balance sheet
The seafood marketplace’s rapid global expansion has lifted the top line, but left it with rising debt, weak cash generation, and uneven returns.
Bounce’s retail push faltered. Now it’s banking on rentals
The EV maker is turning to gig-worker rentals to absorb its scooter output. But questions on cost, competition and execution make its latest pivot uncertain.
A $12 billion UAE project in the Maldives
Billionaire Mohamed Alabbar goes for the Indian Ocean archipelago, India’s PhonePe gets UAE approval, and other updates from the week.
Can Ankush Grover take Rebel Foods to the IPO finish line?
After 15 years, more than $550 million in funding and over $200 million in revenue, the cloud kitchen startup must find a way to make a profit and go public. Grover is the man Rebel has chosen for the job.
Indiabulls’ acquisition of Fintech Cloud comes with red flags attached
Its Rs 1,050 crore bet on the five-year-old company—valued at an implied 11.2x revenue multiple and a promoter with baggage—raises serious questions around due diligence.
SEBI and exchanges may finally be tightening the noose around dormant stocks
Thinly traded listed entities have long served as breeding grounds for stock manipulation, hurting investors. The regulator, the NSE and BSE now want to fix things by focusing on efficient delisting.
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