Past Present ContinuousMythology Mondays The Iglesia Maradoniana is a religion, created by the fans of the retired Argentine footballer Diego Maradona. The Church of Maradona (yes literally) simply believes that Maradona was the greatest soccer player in the history of the sport and prays to that fact. On June 22 1986, four years after Argentina had failed […]
Finance Fridays It has been over a decade since Ramalinga Raju’s Satyam Computers shook the Indian markets. One of India’s fastest growing IT companies, then the 4th largest, disappeared in thin air, with billions in market cap lost. This is the story of India’s Enron. In 2007, Ramalinga Raju was named as the Ernst & […]
Finance Fridays One of the greatest match fixing scandals of the 21st century, the Calciopoli Scandal rocked the top tier of Italian Football and saw Serie A teams Juventus, Fiorentina and Lazio get relegated while AC Milan received a points deduction. Back in 2004, rumours started in Italian football, alleging that Juventus players were involved […]
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