A stake sale deal between Patni Computer Systems and iGate is on course, but has been delayed due to procedural issues.Sources involved in the deal said they include tax-related developments and offshore transaction fees.
India Inc is set to mobilise over Rs 1,40,000 crore through public issues in the new year. The collections were Rs 1,05,647 crore in calendar year 2010.
However, the Carlyle-Advent consortium could revise its bid upwards, said two independent sources tracking the deal.
The current talks on stake sale by its promoters at India's seventh largest information technology services company, Patni Computer Systems, seem to be in the final stages. Whichever way the deal swings, analysts feel the company will lose some business.
Pavan Vaish, one of the co-founders and the chief executive officer of IBM Daksh, has announced that he will leave IBM by the end of February. IBM announced it had completed the integration of IBM Daksh and its business process outsourcing (BPO) operations would be rebranded as IBM Global Process Services.
Gold futures for February delivery closed at in the red on weekly basis after reaching a record $1,432.50 an ounce on December 7. This week, the gold dropped 1.51 per cent or $21.30, the most since mid-November on concern that China may tighten monetary policy eroded demand for precious metals.
Deals worth $27 billion are up for renewal. Of these, almost $1.7 billion worth of contracts are currently with Indian services providers, said data from TPI.
Google, Yahoo, Rediff vie for market share of mobile internet users.
The performance of subsidiaries abroad played a stellar role in India Inc's performance for the second quarter ended September. The consolidated results of companies that take into account the results of both foreign and domestic subsidiaries showed their net sales grew 22.2 per cent, while net profit grew a robust 70.4 per cent.
NTT had earlier sought the combined 63 per cent stake of the promoters and private equity firm General Atlantic Partners, but their exclusive talks failed due to a valuation mismatch.
Private sector has continued to look at outsourcing and offshoring, despite government's measures.
Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), the country's leading online-ticketing platform, has seen a jump of 60 per cent in mobile ticket booking between January and October.
Private equity (PE) players and investment bankers are divided over the timing of the BT Group's reported move to exit Tech Mahindra. BT owns about 30 per cent in TechM.
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), the country's largest information technology services company, will hire 50 per cent more students from campuses for 2011-12.
Order inflows during the quarter-ended September declined 31.5 per cent compared to the level a year ago. Companies are still not committing fresh capital expansion.
India's second largest information technology services provider, Infosys, believes businesses in the US, including the government, will continue to favour global sourcing. This despite the increase in anti-outsourcing voices and a ban on it by the Ohio state government.
Tata Consultancy Services has become the second-largest insurance business process outsourcing provider in the UK, after winning two deals worth 250 million pound (around Rs1,800 crore).
Hewlett Packard has lost its personal computer market leadership in India for two reasons: Dell's focus on the retail and SME segments has started paying off and its new distribution strategy is going through initial troubles.
One tenth mobile subscribers in India own multiple mobile phone connections, says a report.
Mahindra Satyam's Gurnani to be CEO after Tech M integration.
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