State run refineries stand to gain as govt raised the FDI limit to 49 per cent from 26 per cent.
To be modelled on the Carnegie Mellon University.
Last week, Reliance Entertainment signed up with Manchester United for an exclusive, global three-year game development deal, which reports estimated at $100 million. Rajesh Sawhney, president, Reliance Entertainment, talked to Business Standard about the company's plans in the gaming, animation and home entertainment space.
All low-cost laptops and desktops come pre-loaded with a Linux OS or a DOS version (obsolete on desktops). The installation of a legal Microsoft operating system (OS) and office suite (for word, excel, etc) will increase the price of the desktop or laptop by 20 to 35 per cent.
Logix, a company dealing in automative e-retailing solutions, is negotiating the acquisition of a US firm.
In the last three months, attrition of the company has come down by 25 per cent. The company's attrition on an average ranges from 38 to 58 per cent annually.
The Express group is expected to get around Rs 500 crore (Rs 5 billion) from the deal.
The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have a 2008 budget wishlist. They want the government to grant them more funds to support their infrastructure expansions and research initiatives.
Foreign B-schools are finding great potential in India's growing economy and are therefore coming up with executive education programmes and centres here.
A recent US Department of State directive to the US consular posts now requires consulting an electronic record for visa issuance in these categories.
The US-based Chartered Financial Analyst Institute has decided to approach the All India Council for Technical Education to seek approval for its India operations.
Indian IT-BPO firms are looking at Philipines as a viable option to build outsourcing centres.
Oil India chief reveals plans of the upcoming IPO and future investment strategies.
The largest such refiner -- Indian Oil Corporation -- has earmarked over Rs 13,500 crore (Rs 135 billion) to meet these specifications (essentially lower sulphur and aromatic hydrocarbons) in petrol and diesel at its seven refineries.
The year 2007 surely belonged to the Indian gaming industry. Though investments made were larger than the returns, the number of people playing games certainly grew.
If you search for Benazir Bhutto on the Net, chances are that you would reach a malicious website that will steal your money and personal details stored on the computer and may even crash the system. All this if you do not have a genuine anti-virus installed on the PC.
Matrix's new SIM offering promises less paperwork.
The declining prices of mobile handsets and low connectivity costs have helped in doubling Internet access through cellphones this year.
The Essar group firm is in talks with 7-10 companies for a "strategic fit", as it races to become a $500 million company by 2010. In some of these cases the due diligence process is in progress. Aegis is looking at firms in the US, South America and the Philippines.
Consider these numbers. The latest figures from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India reveal that the number of Indians using their mobiles to logon to the internet has increased from 16 million in 2006 to 38 million in 2007 (both GSM and CDMA).
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