The US celebrates its independence day on July 4. But since it was Sunday, the American government had declared Monday as a holiday.
Maharashtra is considering imposition of betterment charge and service tax on developers of residential and commercial complexes adjacent to the mega-infrastructure projects lined up in Mumbai.
Shares of Indian software majors have plunged into red on news that BP would cut its spend on information technology.
Research firm Gartner today reported that worldwide IT spending will touch $3.350 trillion--an increase of 3.9 per cent from 2009. However, it simultaneously lowered its outlook for the IT industry from the first quarter of this calendar year, when it had forecast worldwide IT spending to grow 5.3 per cent. This is primarily due to the devaluation of the euro versus US dollar since the beginning of the year.
Whitehurst talks about India expansion plans, its latest offering in cloud computing and India's most ambitious project Aadhaar.
Deora told Business Standard that a substantial volume of kerosene was also smuggled across the border, since the prices there were much higher. He added the government may have to rework various measures taken so far to curb the menace.
Rentals were already high due to strong manufacturing sector growth.
The committee members asked if SBI was waiting for private sector banks to announce their rates before it takes a call on the issue.
The committee members from the ruling and Opposition parties, in separate interactions with BSE and NSE, termed the volatility as 'clueless' and wanted both the exchanges to pull up their socks.
Ministry seeks more active role by state governments to address issues.
With the economy giving positive signals, hiring is back. However, so is attrition, with disgruntled employees demanding more or moving to greener pastures to make up for lost time and money.
Low delinquency rates, huge demand attract investors to the unique gold financing sector.
With just a day to go for the biennial Maharashtra Legislative Council elections, Chief Minister and Congress leader Ashok Chavan is confident that the three candidates nominated by his party would win. There are 11 candidates in fray for 10 vacant seats, giving indications that the elections will be fought very hard.
Domestic information technology services majors Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro Technologies and Tech Mahindra and global players like IBM and Japan-based NEC are among the 10 shortlisted companies for the Nandan Nilekani-headed Unique Identification Authority of India biometrics job.
Sites like Facebook and Orkut may be great for connecting with others, but they also provide a sure-fire way for broadcasting intimate details about you.
The newly appointed president of Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry Sunil Mantri speaks on various issues in relty sector
Peter Gartenberg, SAP India Managing Director tells about the changes taking place at SAP globally
NHAI expected to be debt-free by 2030-31 and added the authority, which raised about Rs 14 billion (Rs 1,400 crore) in 2009-10 through capital gains tax exemption bonds, planned to mobilise Rs 40 billion (Rs 4,000 crore) in the current financial year.
The Maharashtra unit of the Congress party is divided over the nomination of Commerce Minister Anand Sharma to the Rajya Sabha from the state.
People tend to think that online means access to information on the fly. But that does not mean that any individual can access the data, says Sunil Chandiramani.
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