Satyam chief Raju quits, shares fall

(01:32) Report

Jan. 7 - The head of outsourcing giant Satyam Computer Services has resigned after admitting profits had been falsely inflated for years.

Shares in Satyam tumbled nearly 80 percent after the revelations. It is India's biggest corporate scandal in memory and it threatens future foreign investment flows into Asia's third-largest economy and casts a cloud over growth in its once-booming outsourcing sector.

The news sent Indian equity markets into a tailspin, with Bombay's main stock index tumbling 7.3 percent.

Sonia Legg reports.

Featured Videos

Top News
Embed this channel:

Entertainment
Embed this channel:

Oddly Enough
Embed this channel:

Business
Embed this channel:

World News
Embed this channel:

Technology
Embed this channel:

Lifestyle
Embed this channel:

Environment
Embed this channel:

Most Recent
Embed this channel: