Shivani Shinde &Amp; Kalpana Pathak

Stories by Shivani Shinde &Amp; Kalpana Pathak

Italian hotel major to enter India

Italian hotel major to enter India

Rediff.com   10 Aug 2007

The Domina Hotel Group, Italy's largest hotel and resort operator, will start operations in India in the next two years.

Brands fail to make inroads into PC market

Brands fail to make inroads into PC market

Rediff.com   7 Aug 2007

The PC assembling segment has held firm despite stiff competition from branded players.

Oracle not to delist i-flex for 5 more yrs

Oracle not to delist i-flex for 5 more yrs

Rediff.com   6 Aug 2007

To consider open offer if price falls below Rs 2,100 a share.

B-schools take to smart online marketing

B-schools take to smart online marketing

Rediff.com   1 Aug 2007

Education institutes are using a new technique - search engine marketing - to spread awareness about their programmes and to create a niche for themselves in the students' minds.

Midsize IT cos raising foreign funds

Midsize IT cos raising foreign funds

Rediff.com   1 Aug 2007

Mid-sized Indian IT companies are increasingly adopting the Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds route to raise funds.

150 B-schools, tech institutes face axe

150 B-schools, tech institutes face axe

Rediff.com   28 Jul 2007

AICTE to seek states' help to close institutes.

Govt plans capital sops to promote budget hotels

Govt plans capital sops to promote budget hotels

Rediff.com   27 Jul 2007

India has a shortage of 150,000 rooms and the government hopes this will create additional 7,000 hotel rooms for events like the Commonwealth Games, scheduled in New Delhi in 2010.

Harvard to study civic ills of Mumbai, Delhi

Harvard to study civic ills of Mumbai, Delhi

Rediff.com   26 Jul 2007

Harvard will now study the civic ills of Mumbai and Delhi. But will any good come of it?

Rupee appreciation hits IT majors' revenues

Rupee appreciation hits IT majors' revenues

Rediff.com   23 Jul 2007

The revenue growth rate for Tata Consultancy Services and Infosys Technologies has declined by over 20 percentage points to about 25 per cent from over 45 per cent in the quarter ended June 2006.

Guarding secret data against 'enemies' within

Guarding secret data against 'enemies' within

Rediff.com   17 Jul 2007

Enterprise rights management software, which controls access to any information being floated within an organisation, is set to see widespread use

Monsoon tourism makes a splash

Monsoon tourism makes a splash

Rediff.com   17 Jul 2007

Monsoon tourism, as it is known, has performed beyond the expectations of tour operators, garnering a 50 per cent increase in both in-bound and out-bound traffic.

Web 2.0 not hot in India yet

Web 2.0 not hot in India yet

Rediff.com   10 Jul 2007

Several Web 2.0 startups, however, have managed to get venture capital in the foreign markets and underatken studies to understand the market potential of Web 2.0 sites.

Zapak ties up for gaming content

Zapak ties up for gaming content

Rediff.com   9 Jul 2007

The company has entered into exclusive tie-ups with the US-based PopCap Games, Playfirst, and Russian game developer and distributor, Alawar, to provide content for casual (not the high-end ones) games.

The world's study material is just a click away

The world's study material is just a click away

Rediff.com   5 Jul 2007

The National Knowledge Commission is setting up an online network that will enable college students to access study material and connect with institutions and faculty members from around the world by the year 2008.

Tata Group to foray into food retail

Tata Group to foray into food retail

Rediff.com   5 Jul 2007

After Reliance Industries and the Aditya Birla Group, the Tata Group is poised to become the next big name to feast on the burgeoning food retail sector.

A chip in your passport to make travel safer

A chip in your passport to make travel safer

Rediff.com   26 Jun 2007

TCS, NXP Semiconductors and Gemini Traze are already in the fray.

Game developers eye Bollywood for content

Game developers eye Bollywood for content

Rediff.com   25 Jun 2007

Game developers are increasingly eyeing Bollywood production houses to create content.

A night in a luxury suite for Rs 4 lakh

A night in a luxury suite for Rs 4 lakh

Rediff.com   22 Jun 2007

The room rate for the presidential suite, spread over 12,000 sq ft and with an exclusive entrance and a private elevator, is exactly double that of most other expensive suites in India.

Sahara plans five-star hotel in Lucknow

Sahara plans five-star hotel in Lucknow

Rediff.com   20 Jun 2007

Sahara India Pariwar, a major player in the infrastructure and housing sector, is planning to build a five-star hotel in Lucknow. The company has plans to build a hotel in each of its 217 Sahara City homes.

CFA Institute may not hold December exams in India

CFA Institute may not hold December exams in India

Rediff.com   14 Jun 2007

The Chartered Financial Analyst Institute's level I exams scheduled for December 2007, registrations for which began this September, might not be held in India.