For the first time ever, India's second largest software exporter Infosys Technologies would aggressively scout for talent in US universities, from where it would hire 300 fresh graduates.
When Dhirubhai Ambani entered with his big bang public offer the foundation for the Indian stock market was laid.
West Indies Cricket Board president Ken Gordon will not seek re-election after the expiry of his term at the end of this month.
Basant Kumar Birla, chairman of the Rs 8,000-crore (Rs 80 billion) BK Birla group, has altered his succession plan and at the hub of the change is the Rs 2,500-crore (Rs 25 billion) diversified company Kesoram Industries.
Billionaire Lakshmi Mittal will trust none other than his better half Usha when none of the directors are there to run the world's largest steel company.
'Byju's financials only reflect the core business. At a group level, they are experiencing substantial losses.'
Cairn India on Wednesday said it will invest about $2 billion in the country over the next one and a half years for developing oil fields and building a pipeline which will deliver oil from Barmer in Rajasthan to the coastal areas of Gujarat.
The fuel from the KG basin will prune Rs 114,000 crore (Rs 1,140 billion) from the country's import bill. The price of $4.2 per million British thermal unit (mBtu) approved by the government for selling gas implies potential savings of about Rs 85,000 crore (Rs 850 billion) for consumers, said Ambani. Ambani's statement on gas pricing comes even as the government is considering a revision of the floor price of $4.2 mBtu that was approved in September 2007.
Incumbent Ajay Shirke was on Wednesday elected unopposed as the BCCI Secretary at the Board's 87th Annual General Meeting in Mumbai. Shirke was the lone BCCI functionary to file his nomination for the post on Tuesday. The 62-year-old became the secretary in July after Anurag Thakur was elevated as the President with Shashank Manohar opting to quit BCCI for the ICC chairmanship.
Reliance Industries Ltd, on Thursday announced that it has struck gas off the Orissa coast in Bay of Bengal.
Malaysia's top mobile operator Maxis Communications may expand into regional markets like India and neighbouring Indonesia within the next two years in search of new business opportunities, Maxis chairman Megat Zaharuddin said Monday.
The Union Agriculture Minister pipped incumbent Ranbir Singh Mahendra by a 20-11 margin.
Indra Nooyi, who is due to become chairperson of $32 billion Pespsico in May, is stepping down from the board of directors of phone manufacturer Motorola.
'There cannot be anyone like Air Marshal Keelor -- he was so difficult to emulate.' Air Commodore Nitin Sathe (retd) salutes War Hero Air Marshal Denzil Keelor PVSM, KC, AVSM, VrC who passed into the ages last month.
Former BCCI president Inder Singh Bindra rebutted talk of a 'secret understanding' with the Jagmohan Dalmiya faction.
The Kolkata high court stayed the BCCI's AGM till conclusion of the hearing on an appeal filed by the Jagmohan Dalmiya group.
Chidambaram stresses importance of addressing the issue of escalating costs and prices.
The Confederation of Indian Industry rated the performance of the NDA government on the economic front "excellent" even though the reforms agenda was unfinished.
Australia's leading bank, St George's Bank has said it is sticking to its decision to send 76 computer services jobs to India due to competition.
If Raha's resistance to the petroleum ministry's interference turns into a plebiscite at the firm's AGM on Sept 21, the ministry may vote for his ouster.
The acquisition is likely to be followed by the merger of Shaw Wallace & Company with group flagship United Spirits.
Dunlop India of the Pawan Ruia group has submitted a Rs 600 crore (Rs 6 billion) draft rehabilitation scheme to the Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction for the revival of the ailing outfit.
Facing a severe backlash for appointing scam-tainted Suresh Kalmadi and Abhay Singh Chautala as life presidents, the Indian Olympic Association has been forced to revoke its controversial decision.
Pointing out that government borrowings would be less than what was projected for the current fiscal, Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday said that there was pressure on inflation due to rising oil prices and money supply.
The 77th Annual General Meeting of the BCCI is set to be a tame affair after reigning president and three of his confidantes were declared elected unopposed for a two-year term.
The world's best-known investment guru Warren Buffett has lost close to $310 million in the first quarter of the current financial year from his bets against the US dollar, The Times reported on Monday.
In a move to capture a slice of the rapidly growing domestic mobile phone market, public sector telecom equipment major ITI Ltd on Tuesday said it was contemplating manufacturing GSM cellular phones, besides WLL-CDMA instruments in the country.
Emami Ltd on Friday said the company was planning to foray into setting up ayurvedic and herbal spas and clinics both in the domestic and international market.
The September 27-28 meeting will, for the first time, elect office-bearers and selectors for a two-year term.
A statement from the BCCI on Thursday evening said Manohar, who is a vice-president of the Board, was the only nomination for the post, election for which was to be held at the 79th Annual General Meeting in Mumbai on Friday.
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