One effect of the globalisation of Indian business has been the rise in the grant by companies to staffers of employee stock options.
Communication has instilled a sense of trust and belief among the employees.
Most companies see the next few quarters as a period of uncertainty and are trying to shift costs from fixed to variable.
Politics of climate negotiation is expected to reach a crescendo tomorrow when the Durban talks enter the last leg of deliberations. With only one day to go and no major decision surfacing from almost two-week long parleys, uncertainty is looming large over the outcome of the talks.
BPCL plans to save Rs 500-800 cr, while HPCL eyes 10% reduction in total costs.
RIL, which had over 1,470 retail outlets, is said to be running only 350 of those at present.
With retail outlets, hotels, restaurants, logistic companies and even telecom firms hiring temporary staff to manage the increased footfall during the festival season or September-December months, festive hiring has gone up by over 25 per cent this year.
It is in talks with a local player for a discovered asset so that it can have a ready cash flow in one or two years.
The action plan is supposed to focus on measures that state governments will take in reducing the carbon footprint and greenhouse gas emissions, besides adopting a low carbon development path.
Call it the urge for double income or a stress buster, most sites have seen higher registrations during downturns.
It hopes a significant part of its growth in India would come from the government sector, with the thrust on e-governance initiatives.
The state government's water resources department has alleged the company's Jharsuguda unit has not paid Rs 10.94 crore (Rs 109.4 million) of its bills, since 2008.
Industry chieftains, strategists and analysts were unanimous that a slowdown, if at all happens again, won't affect the prospects of the $17-billion industry.
Be it soft drink ones such as Coca-Cola, beer maker SABMiller or packaged water firm Bisleri, they are all measuring the water consumed for bottling every litre of their retailed drinks, trying to cap this and replenish the sources.
Firm ready to accept the five preconditions specified by environment ministry.
Proposed format to have real-life scenarios that mirror the kind of thinking students need at graduate-level work.
The heightened activity on permissions to power and mining projects, which had been stuck for long, coincides with the run-up to a likely reshuffle of the council of ministers this month.
The company is in talks with BG India and Italian E&P major, ENI.
With job markets opening up and companies looking for more experienced hands, head-hunters are back.
The rules will come into effect from May 1, 2012.