Nevin John &Amp; Shivani Shinde In Mumbai

Stories by Nevin John &Amp; Shivani Shinde In Mumbai

Reliance on a cash raising spree

Reliance on a cash raising spree

Rediff.com   7 Jan 2010

Reliance Industries (RIL), which raised Rs 2,675 crore (Rs 26.75 billion) through the sale of treasury shares on Monday, is looking to generate a similar amount over the next few weeks by selling more stock to institutional investors.

Steel firms play the retail game, plan expansion

Steel firms play the retail game, plan expansion

Rediff.com   23 Dec 2009

Steel trader Kunal Gandhi has stopped going to metal yards -- he now buys 80 per cent of his monthly steel requirement of 2,500 tonne from JSW Shoppe at Mumbai's Vile Parle, which opened three months back.

Soon, IIMs may scrap Day Zero for placement

Soon, IIMs may scrap Day Zero for placement

Rediff.com   23 Dec 2009

Day Zero was created when demand for IIM graduates had peaked and the institutes had to resort to creative mathematics to accommodate big recruiters without offending the existing ones. Falling job market has forced the B-schools to review the strategy, including placement fee revision.

Satyam: Out of the woods, but miles to go

Satyam: Out of the woods, but miles to go

Rediff.com   16 Dec 2009

Mahindra Satyam still has to face 13 Class Action Law suits filed in the US. Analysts peg the cash outflow for these cases to be around $100 million. Satyam also has to get large marquee outsourcing deals, and is yet to restate its accounts which will give investors a good picture of where the company stands.

Post-slowdown, offshoring gets new urgency

Post-slowdown, offshoring gets new urgency

Rediff.com   16 Dec 2009

For start-ups, the model can save 30-40 per cent of the total costs.

India to be Capgemini's largest centre

India to be Capgemini's largest centre

Rediff.com   16 Dec 2009

Capgemini, the information technology services and consulting major, plans to add 6,000 people in India over the next 12 months, which will make this the company's largest global centre, with over 26,000 employees. The company has a little over 20,000 employees at its headquarters in Paris.

RIL woos Lyondell creditors as mgmt fights back

RIL woos Lyondell creditors as mgmt fights back

Rediff.com   15 Dec 2009

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), in its efforts to gain control over LyondellBasell, is looking to team up with the unsecured creditors and bond holders of the bankrupt Dutch petrochemicals giant.

Google adds real-time updates to tackle Bing

Google adds real-time updates to tackle Bing

Rediff.com   11 Dec 2009

Bing clocks 18 million visits every month, while Google India has unique monthly visits of 753 million.. Analysts say while Bing is in its infancy, it can grow up rapidly once it powers Yahoo! searches across the world.

AOL India sharpens focus on digital ads

AOL India sharpens focus on digital ads

Rediff.com   10 Dec 2009

The company plans to strengthen the offerings of its digital platform, Adtech, which it launched a few months back.

RIL may buy part of LB group's debt

RIL may buy part of LB group's debt

Rediff.com   9 Dec 2009

Mukesh Ambani-controlled Reliance Industries is expected to buy out a fifth of LyondellBasell's $27 billion gross debt and seek a rollover of the balance after acquisition, as a step towards gaining the confidence of creditors in its plans to acquire the world's third largest petrochemical company, sources familiar with the developments said.

Computer call: When your PC becomes a phone

Computer call: When your PC becomes a phone

Rediff.com   23 Nov 2009

VoIP services come in real handy to make cheap overseas calls.

India Inc discovers the power of two

India Inc discovers the power of two

Rediff.com   18 Nov 2009

When United States-based drug major Merck bought Schering-Plough early this month, it decided to go off the beaten track. Instead of having one managing director for the merged entity, it decided to retain both: Naveen A Rao will continue to head Merck's subsidiary MSD Pharmaceuticals in India and K G Ananthakrishnan will retain his position as MD of Schering-Plough's subsidiary Fulford India.

India Inc gets into bear hug with Russians

India Inc gets into bear hug with Russians

Rediff.com   16 Nov 2009

The Year of India in Russia - as 2009 is officially known - has helped India Inc get into a long bear hug with the Russian consumer. They are lapping up everything - from Ratan Tata's marquee cars to Vijay Mallya's whisky.

Mid-sized firms to drive IT spend, says Gartner

Mid-sized firms to drive IT spend, says Gartner

Rediff.com   16 Nov 2009

Almost 80% mid-sized firms plan to raise IT budget for 2010.

Tata Steel gets land in Vietnam for $5-bn project

Tata Steel gets land in Vietnam for $5-bn project

Rediff.com   9 Nov 2009

After two years of waiting, Tata Steel will get alternative land in Vietnam for building a 4.5 million tonne a year steel plant with an investment of $5 billion. Decision to allocate 725 hectares comes after a long delay.

'WNS back to focusing on finding a CEO'

'WNS back to focusing on finding a CEO'

Rediff.com   9 Nov 2009

WNS, an NYSE-listed business process outsourcing company, recorded good second quarter numbers, reflecting the improving market conditions in global markets. Neeraj Bhargava, Group CEO, attributed the performance to better volume growth and a robust pipeline. In a chat with Business Standard, he spoke about the recent stake sale talks with Warburg Pincus, appointing a new CEO and other issues.

Big deals begin to click again for IT companies

Big deals begin to click again for IT companies

Rediff.com   4 Nov 2009

That the flow of deals has resumed is evident from the third quarter Global TPI Index that tracks commercial contracts valued at $25 million or more.

IT firms heave a sigh of relief as US recovers

IT firms heave a sigh of relief as US recovers

Rediff.com   2 Nov 2009

With the US economy showing a positive annual growth rate of 3.3 per cent, the Indian IT industry - which gets over 50 per cent of its revenue from the US - is heaving a sigh of relief.

Tata Group set for consolidation again

Tata Group set for consolidation again

Rediff.com   26 Oct 2009

India's largest private conglomerate is looking to integrate some of its smaller businesses with their respective flagship companies, with a view to leveraging the value of the entities and increase cost efficiency.

Dell takes the SME path

Dell takes the SME path

Rediff.com   22 Oct 2009

Dell says the credit goes to its campaign -- 'Take Your Own Path' -- launched in October, 2008. It was the first such campaign by Dell anywhere in the world as the company mainly relied on direct marketing earlier.