One popular strategy is to hire contract workers.
Nearly half of the 20 indexes polled globally are now expected to end the year lower than where they started
Many analysts find market expensive, even at current levels.
Infosys' aspirations to improve revenue per employee might also prove to be a tall task, believe analysts.
'We are all from middle class backgrounds...' 'We are not like those super privileged kids to whom the parents say "Jao beta. Studio khareed lo".'
Here are 10 global and domestic factors.
NTPC to be the worst hit, stock slides to five-year low on announcement.
Sensex lost 76 points to end at 25,589 while Nifty shed 23 points to end at 7,649.
The 30-share Sensex ended 53 points higher at 28,439 and the 50-share Nifty closed 18 points higher at 8,494.
The BJP's national leadership seems to have convinced itself that with a weakened, post-Jaya AIADMK for company, they should be able to strike roots before long, and start by winning about 10-15 Lok Sabha seats in 2019, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
Without cash flows, one can hardly aspire to better living conditions.
India Inc will report good set of numbers in Q4.
Deal to bolster firm's position in healthcare IT.
In the December quarter, Sensex earnings had contracted 5 per cent.
Education sector has reasosn to cheer Budget.
By region, Thiruvananthapuram leads with 247 defaulters, followed by Kolkata with 173 and Bhubaneswar with 115
Shares of rate sensitive sectors such as realty, infrastructure, banking and automobiles ended higher ahead of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) mid-quarter policy review on June 17.
The optimism in global markets could help India as the rebound in GDP is expected to continue and get more broad-based.
Need for much more investment; sector would like govt help
'If there is anything a man fears, it is financial instability and it matters to me as well,' Fawad Khan tells Sonil Dedhia.
Financial numbers can sometimes paint a rosy picture because of changes in the accounting policy or a one-time income.
While chips have become ubiquitous, Moore's Law has remained a self-fulfilling prophecy even half a century later. Not bad for an industry where the time scale is not measured in decades and centuries, but in annual quarters, says Shivanand Kanavi.
In an hour-long chat on rediff.com on Thursday, A K Prabhakar, senior VP and Head - Equity Research (Retail), Anand Rathi Financial Services Ltd, answered some important questions on the market.
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