VOA标准英语2009年-Indian Government Yanks Lifeline for Scandalize

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Indian officials are ruling out a government bailout for one of the country's largest information technology enterprises, Satyam Computer. This comes following speculation² Satyam was under consideration to receive a lifeline from the government after its founder³ - who admitted to conducting $1 billion-plus fraud - was arrested.
　
Media personnel wait outside office of Satyam Computer Services Ltd. in Hyderabad, India, 08 Jan 2009

Government officials say they will try to preserve the jobs of tens of thousands of Satyam employees, but are not looking to bail¹ out the high-tech⁴ company.

Minister of State for Industry Ashwani Kumar says India's government is not going to directly or indirectly⁵ subsidize what he calls "wrongdoing and fraud in Satyam."

Earlier, some top government officials had said a massive cash bailout was under consideration.

Satyam - one of India's largest software and outsourcing entities⁶ - is in a deep crisis, after founder B. Ramalinga Raju revealed he had falsified company accounts to the tune⁷ of nearly $1.5 billion.

Despite the depth of the financial debacle, Indian minister of state for corporate⁸ affairs, Prem Chand Gupta, tells reporters it is premature⁹ to talk of a government rescue package for the troubled company and that Satyam has not requested such a bailout.

"The company may not need that. They have sufficient receivables. Their clients are all triple-A class clients. And, then, now it is for the new board [of directors] to take a view," said Gupta.

The government appointed a board of eminent¹⁰ outsiders, after ousting¹¹ the corporation's directors.

Analysts¹² say the situation at Satyam is so confusing it is difficult to know just how many employees and clients the company has, let alone ascertain¹³ its financial standing¹⁴.

Satyam has appointed two new auditing¹⁵ firms to examine the extent of the fraud and restate financial results for the publicly-traded company. Once that happens, Satyam may be able to approach equity¹⁶ partners or banks for a loan.

Satyam had a valuation of $7 billion, six months ago but its shares have plunged¹⁷ about 90 percent since the scandal came to light, last week.

Authorities say Satyam founder Raju has admitted falsely inflating¹⁸ profits for years. Raju, his brother and Satyam's former chief financial officer have been jailed and face criminal charges.

Satyam's clients include many of the world's largest corporations.