Shivani Shinde &Amp; P B Jayakumar In Mumbai

Stories by Shivani Shinde &Amp; P B Jayakumar In Mumbai

RIL likely to go slow on pharma, healthcare

RIL likely to go slow on pharma, healthcare

Rediff.com   18 Jun 2010

Plans to set up an integrated pharma firm in a phased manner.

Mukesh Ambani eyes energy source to power UMPPs

Mukesh Ambani eyes energy source to power UMPPs

Rediff.com   17 Jun 2010

Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd may be one of the biggest producers of natural gas in the country, but its power foray is likely to be coal or renewable energy based. The company is planning to not only bid for ultra mega power projects but also go in for acquisition of the power plants, said industry sources.

Gold adds shine to PE portfolio

Gold adds shine to PE portfolio

Rediff.com   16 Jun 2010

Low delinquency rates, huge demand attract investors to the unique gold financing sector.

Sun, Ranbaxy hit by US patent counter-suits

Sun, Ranbaxy hit by US patent counter-suits

Rediff.com   15 Jun 2010

US-based Abbott Laboratories has sued Sun Pharmaceutical Industries and Ranbaxy Laboratories in courts there for challenging the patents of its cholesterol-lowering drugs, Niaspan and TriCor, respectively, in separate infringement suits.

 TCS, Wipro shortlisted for UID project

TCS, Wipro shortlisted for UID project

Rediff.com   28 May 2010

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.

Social networking sites may irrupt your privacy

Social networking sites may irrupt your privacy

Rediff.com   24 May 2010

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.

Birlas get Kerala nod for Rs 4,000-cr IT park

Birlas get Kerala nod for Rs 4,000-cr IT park

Rediff.com   21 May 2010

The Aditya Birla Group has received in-principle approval from the Kerala government to set up a Rs 4,000-crore (Rs 40 billion) IT and Biotech Knowledge Park and a branch of Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences (BITS) at Kozhikode.

 'We run ERP on private clouds today'

'We run ERP on private clouds today'

Rediff.com   17 May 2010

Peter Gartenberg, SAP India Managing Director tells about the changes taking place at SAP globally

UID number: Challenges and security concerns

UID number: Challenges and security concerns

Rediff.com   13 May 2010

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.

L&T on aggressive expansion abroad

L&T on aggressive expansion abroad

Rediff.com   6 May 2010

Larsen & Toubro, India's largest engineering, construction and technology company, is aggressively expanding its footprint across various places abroad

Pfizer, Wyeth sue Ranbaxy over drug

Pfizer, Wyeth sue Ranbaxy over drug

Rediff.com   3 May 2010

Pfizer, the world's largest drug company, and Wyeth have sued Daiichi Sankyo-owned Ranbaxy Laboratories in a US court for infringing the patent rights of Wyeth's drug, Rapamune.

NTT close to buying out Patni promoters

NTT close to buying out Patni promoters

Rediff.com   1 May 2010

Japan's leading information technology services and solutions provider, NTT Data Corporation, has emerged as the most aggressive suitor for Indian software services firm Patni Computer Systems. NTT is in advanced talks with the promoters of Patni Computer to buy their combined 46.5 per cent stake, investment banking sources said.

MindTree pips IBM to bag first UID project

MindTree pips IBM to bag first UID project

Rediff.com   30 Apr 2010

MindTree, the Bangalore-based information technology services provider, has bagged the application development services segment of the Nandan Nilekani-headed Unique Identification (UID) project, renamed as 'Aadhaar'. This is the first of the many IT projects that has come up for bidding till date.

IT/BPO firms increase hiring but exercise caution

IT/BPO firms increase hiring but exercise caution

Rediff.com   28 Apr 2010

India's second-largest software services company, Infosys Technologies, for instance, plans to hire close to 30,000 this financial year.

Infy eyeing at least two deals every quarter

Infy eyeing at least two deals every quarter

Rediff.com   27 Apr 2010

Infosys, India's second-largest information technology services provider, believes winning two to five 'transformational' deals in the range of $30-80 million for the company every quarter could become a norm.

MindTree may bag first UID IT project

MindTree may bag first UID IT project

Rediff.com   26 Apr 2010

Close to 19 firms had bid for it.

No place for Big 3 in first UID project

No place for Big 3 in first UID project

Rediff.com   24 Apr 2010

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys Technologies and Wipro were eliminated from the selection process for the project on technical grounds. Another IT major, HCL Technologies, was also rejected. The size of the project is not yet known.

Elder Pharma to hire 1,000 for rural sales

Elder Pharma to hire 1,000 for rural sales

Rediff.com   15 Apr 2010

Elder Pharma employs about 3,300 people in India, with about 2,700 professionals in marketing and sales. This recruitment will help Elder Pharma to have one of the largest drug sales force in India, like market leaders such as Cipla, Ranbaxy, Piramal Healthcare and Lupin.

Tax sunset clause unnerves small,mid-size IT firms

Tax sunset clause unnerves small,mid-size IT firms

Rediff.com   7 Apr 2010

Polaris gets over 90 per cent of its revenue from exports. Till financial year 2009-10, the company did not actively think about a strategy to buy space in a special economic zone.

Tech Mahindra arm to launch mobile applications

Tech Mahindra arm to launch mobile applications

Rediff.com   5 Apr 2010

CanvasM, a joint venture between Tech Mahindra and Motorola, is planning to launch 6,000 new indigenously developed applications for mobile phones.