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Adani stops 847mn deal.

 Gautam Adani’s elec­tri­city unit is halt­ing an $847mn acquis­i­tion of a coalfired power sta­tion in India

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in a sign that his busi­ness empire is slow­ing down spend­ing fol­low­ing a short seller attack. The Adani Group did not respond to a request for com­ment. Widely regarded as an ally of Nar­en­dra Modi, India’s prime min­is­ter, Adani presen­ted him­self as the archi­tect of logist­ics net­works and power gen­er­a­tion that formed the back­bone of India’s grow­ing eco­nomy. But a retrench­ment would mark a change in strategy for Adani, 60, who built his con­glom­er­ate dur­ing a debt­fuelled expan­sion, adding rev­en­ues by buy­ing or build­ing new projects ran­ging from solar power to air­ports.

Adani Power in August agreed to buy DB Power, a com­pany that owns a prof­it­able coalfired power plant in the Indian state of Chhat­tis­garh, and its par­ent com­pany Dilii­gent Power Private. In quarterly earn­ings announce­ments last week, sev­eral Adani port­fo­lio com­pan­ies said they would be scal­ing back cap­ital expendit­ure for the fin­an­cial year start­ing in April. «We will not make new com­mit­ments until we settle this volat­il­ity period,» said Adani Group chief fin­an­cial officer Juge­shinder Singh on an ana­lyst call.

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  1. Joseph17 February 2023 at 14:03

    I wonder what happened to stop this deal. Maybe there's more than meets the eye as Adani was on a shopping spree in the last few years. Maybe they discovered something they didn't like?

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    1. Andrew17 February 2023 at 15:57

      Or it could be because of the recent scandals they are involved in. Maybe they need to regroup and think about what they can spend money on considering the current worldwide events.

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