Canada and Mexico emerge as preferred destinations to service clients in the US; east Europe and Nordic nations are favoured alternatives
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Revenues from mobile messaging are set to grow to $ 165 billion by 2011 across the world, driven by the strong growth in India, China and North American markets, a global messaging firm forecasts. Mobile messaging revenues are expected to grow to $ 165 bn globally by 2011, according to the leading messaging firm Acision, which provides communication solutions to over 300 network operators and service providers globally. The forecast is 200% higher than previous predictions.
The next three months will be a wrenching time for every player in the North American motor industry as the Detroit carmakers seek to prove their long-term viability.
Former World No 1 Roger Federer has pulled out of next week's Montreal Masters, organisers said on Friday.
IT offshoring major Polaris Software said on Thursday it has launched a nearshore application development centre and a global performance engineering and certification lab in Mississauga, Canada.
With an integrated network of marine, air, road and rail systems, the Atlantic Gateway provides strong connections to global markets, he said, adding that upon entry, goods flow easily through the Gateway's transportation corridors to major markets in Central Canada and the US.
Faced with imminent recession in the United States, Indian IT services companies might take this step from April 1, 2008.
However, the world's largest non-alcoholic drinks company said that it remained well-placed to face any slowing in US consumer demand, as it reported results supported by strong international growth.
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Infosys Technologies Ltd announced on Friday it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc., in the leaders quadrant in the 'Magic Quadrant for North American offshore applications services 2007' report.
FIFA technical director Marco van Basten would like to see how football works without offside and limit the number of fouls a player can commit during a game.
The much-hyped film -- the first Hindi movie produced by Warner Bros -- grossed an unspectacular $650,000 from the 130 theatres it was released in North America.
The proposed annual quota for Indian companies could be between 10 and 15 per cent. Currently, there are no country-specific limits on H-1B allotment.
Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has hinted the club may be pursuing Real Madrid's Spain defender Sergio Ramos and could also sign a "surprise" striker.
Rafael Nadal beat Andy Murray 7-6, 6-3 to set up a Toronto Masters final against resurgent German Nicolas Kiefer.
Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire, an art house hit in America and Canada and which will roll out of across the United Kingdom next month, grabbed a trio of top awards at the British Independent Film Awards. The film, which is slowly adding extra theatres each week, was No 11 on the North American box-office chart for the weekend, earning $1.36 million, taking its total to $3.6 million. It is in 49 theatres, having added 17 over the weekend.
Subhash Ghai's bad luck continued in the lucrative North American territory where his Yuvvraaj grossed a meager $264,000 on 77 screens in three days.
"With the regulatory approval process now finalised for the new route, we are very pleased to enter this new stage of Jet Airways' North American expansion," Jet Airways founder and chairman Naresh Goyal said.
Another reason working in Air India's favour now is the government's plan to clean up part of the airline's burgeoning debt from its books - a major deterrent for investors when it attempted divestment the previous time.
World number one Roger Federer launches his Olympic preparations and his North American hardcourt campaign this week at the Toronto Masters.
The three-nation United States-led bid to host the 2026 World Cup outscored its rival Morocco as both passed an inspection of their facilities and infrastructure, global soccer body FIFA said on Friday.
Royal Bank of Canada, a leading North American financial service organization, will set up a representative office in India to explore possibilities of business opportunities in rapidly growing financial sector.
A retired Indian geologist who made an internationally renowned discovery in the 1960s in Canada has received a rare honour -- a 565 million-year-old fossil has been named after him.
Apollo tyres lines up Rs 1,160 cr investment to set up manufacturing unit in Hungary to produce passenger car radials.
West Indies and Bangladesh will play two Twenty20 matches in Florida in August, Cricket West Indies (CWI) announced on Tuesday.
The low fares will come with a discernible sea-change in service quality and minus the luxury which comes as an essential part of any long-haul travel
Rafa Nadal says his mental stability has returned after a topsy-turvy year for the former world number one.
Sources close to the development said senior executives of these three companies recently visited the facilities of Stelco, which was put on the block last month.
Shah Rukh Khan won't be able to beat the John Abraham record with Water, the highest grossing Hindi film ever, with a $5 million plus gross in North America.
Besides Surat, which will also be the world's fastest growing city during 2019-35, the other nine cities are Agra, Bengaluru Hyderabad, Nagpur, Tiruppur, Rajkot, Tiruchirappalli, Chennai and Vijayawada.
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Reliance Power Limited, the flagship company of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG), plans to invest about Rs 2,500-3,000 crore (Rs 25-30 billion) over a period of three years, to develop three coal mines to fuel its Sasan Ultra Mega Power Project in Madhya Pradesh. Reliance Power currently has access to coal reserves of about one billion tonnes in India and abroad, including a coal mine in Indonesia, which it acquired recently.
Bhool Bhulaiyaa does good business in USA and UK, while Laaga Chunari Mein Daag flops.
Software services provider i-flex Solutions Ltd on Friday announced it will acquire 100 per cent stake in Canada-based Castek Software Inc.
Crossdomain will continue to position itself as a niche services provider in the BFSI segment
Asian Player of the Year Jeev Milkha Singh believes that with the right domestic support and financial backing, the region's golfers can become more competitive in European and North American events.
At a time when instability in the US leveraged buyout (LBO) market is making world equities markets jittery, JSW Steel is planning a leveraged buyout of a North American steel company.
With this, we are getting a global footprint in 29 countries and take our employee strength to 100,000.
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