The government's decision not to extend the tax holiday on exploration of oil blocks being offered in the ninth round of bidding under the New Exploration and Licensing Policy (Nelp) may impact the current bidding process, of Nelp-IX.
This implies that the 30-odd institutions in Maharashtra will be free to select candidates through any of five national level entrance tests.
BP has valued Reliance Industries' (RIL) new exploration and production (E&P) business at around $25 billion (Rs 1,12,500 crore), according to Goldman Sachs.
According to Grant Thornton's January data, IT & ITeS tracked the highest in terms of value, with the industry investing $1.2 billion in M&A over 12 deals.
With Reliance Industries openly expressing displeasure about the merger between its joint venture gas partner, Atlas Energy, with Chevron, all eyes are now on Atlas' special shareholder meeting on February 16, called to approve the proposed merger.
Several management institutes across the country plan legal action to seek a reprieve from recent guidelines issued by the All-India Council for Technical Education
To get the best talent, they put stiff riders for recruitment.
The Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad, has so far seen the highest domestic job offer on its campus at Rs 39 lakh from a private equity firm, according to two recruiters familiar with the development.
Sources said Vishal Gondal, founder of Indiagames, along with existing investors Cisco and Adobe, are in talks with both private equity consortia and strategic investors to buy back the stake they'd once sold to the parent firm.
"Every Cricket enthusiast would like to watch the matches in the best quality format. Hence it is obvious that players are hoping for a good sales year. But this will also mean plethora of schemes for the users to chose from," said a market expert.
The cost of a Bluetooth is less than $5. Besides, Bluetooth is based on radio technology. Radio is very simple and it does not support high data runs.
In December 2010, Mumbai-based Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies received an A*** grading by credit rating agency Crisil.
Vijay Mallya-promoted Kingfisher Airlines has turned second time lucky; the state-run Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) has granted it a three-month reprieve to pay jet fuel dues. KFA owes BPCL Rs 220 crore (after adjustment of interest) for fuel dues.
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.
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.
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.
There are four nodes and each of these, like Dronagiri, is also formally termed an SEZ, all part of the NMSEZ.
KFA owes BPCL Rs 220 crore or Rs 2.2 billion (after adjustment of interest).
