The US slowdown, service tax on leased and rented premises and imposition of minimum alternate tax are expected to take a toll on the revenue and earnings growth rates of all frontline IT companies in 2007-08.
The appreciation of the rupee, the dividend distribution tax and the hangover of the minimum alternate tax on information technology companies under the Software Technology Parks of India scheme have pulled the prices of IT stocks down.
The move will induce more transparency and simultaneously rearticulate the company's brand strategy with an estimated Rs 50 crore (Rs 500 million) annual campaign.
If you want a new, high-end configuration machine -- even though your tasks generally hover around typing letters, there's a solution. Instead of buying a branded computer, you can opt for an assembled machine.
The government has also proposed to raise the excise exemption limit for small scale industry from Rs 1 crore to Rs1.5 crore.
Union Communications Minister, Dayanidhi Maran, wants India to accept market-driven technologies.
The pound 29,350 billion Vodafone, the largest company in terms of revenue in the mobile space, is planning to move in a big way in rural areas of emerging markets such as India.
The initiative comes in the wake of allegations in the US and the UK that the country's call centre workers have stolen and sold data processed by local outsourcing/BPO firms.
Companies that invest heavily in firewalls and other protection measures forget that over 15 per cent of their employees are talking to headhunters and prospective new employers at that very moment, say experts.
It is too late to devote resources to chip manufacturing. India, instead, should explore opportunities in solar energy, where entry barriers are low and end-products are sold like commodity, states a JP Morgan report.
It's the Year of Broadband in India and Frank Hanzlik, MD of the Wi-Fi Alliance, wants Wi-Fi to rise above the din created by WiMax (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) and 3G.
IT companies have weathered the appreciating rupee in their December 2006 results and are poised for strong growth this quarter.
The IT industry is today India's top exporter with exports of over $23.6 billion in 2005-06, 33 percent growth.
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Despite a complex interface, online banking is fast gaining acceptance.
The third CITU strike in West Bengal and the move of unions to call the shots in Kerala's IT sector are developments that the IT industry, at large, has denounced.
Big companies offer modular packages and consultancy offers; they offer EMIs too.
In-Stat predicts that over 60 million households will have at least one wide screen, high-definition TV display in their home by end 2007
Open interest, the carry-forward position of stock market participants, increased by Rs 18,000 crore (Rs 180 billion) -- nearly 50 per cent -- in the first six days of the December contract, whose trading began on the first day of this month.
E-commerce in India has almost touched the Rs 5,000 crore mark and is expected to garner around Rs 9,500 crore by 2007.
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