At a time when the Indian information technology services industry is the focus of anti-outsourcing rhetoric, the global in-house centres (GICs) or captive units of multinational companies are increasing their offshore penetration.
Size of targeted firms for M&As increases from $10-20 mn to $80-100 mn.
With 1.36 million employees, the railways are one of the country's biggest employers, constituting 28 per cent of the total central government employees.
The requirement of one million units would entail a huge market for firms such as HCL Infosystems, Geodesic, VeriFone, Visiontek and others manufacturing micro-ATMs.
Reports that the government is considering seeking a review of that judgment are worrying.
Indian aviation has deep-rooted problems that need comprehensive and coordinated solutions, and high aviation turbine fuel pricing is certainly the most urgent.
The company said these numbers represented the offers made to only engineering students at Indian campuses and the final hiring target for 2012-13 would be announced by the end of March.
Yes, provided the financial health of banks is not impaired; but there is a great risk of companies misusing rescue funds.
Clients picky on various heads; vendors need to maintain share.
The FDI floodgates have opened mega opportunities for not only brick-and-mortar retailers, but for their virtual peers as well.
Indiagames is a leading developer and publisher of mobile and online games.
BT has been associated with Tech Mahindra since the latter's inception and contributes 40 per cent to the firm's revenue but it has been looking at divesting its stake.
Mumbai-based business process outsourcing firm Firstsource plans to sell US-based MedAssist, a health care business it acquired in 2007. Firstsource had paid $330 million for the acquisition.
According to two independent sources in the know, the group is exploring the possibility of tapping private equity investors for a significant minority stake in the company or may even exit the business, provided it gets a significant exit premium.
The Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers' (ICANN) decision to expand gTLD (generic top-level domain) names on the internet to include almost any name (even .anything), is foxing both users and registers. It has also raised fears of online trademark violations and cybersquatting.
Ashutosh Vaidya, head, Wipro BPO Solutions, and Deepak Jain, head, Technology Infrastructure Services, have put in their papers, said the sources. The reasons for the resignations could not be confirmed.
India needs to rapidly generate gainful employment for millions of young men and women expected to join the workforce in the coming decade.
There are thousands of stocks within the NSE, for example, that are rarely traded.
No one expects the US to sign up on any real deal till the next presidential elections are over.
Asia has more than one candidate who fits the bill.
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