The US economy is suffering its steepest downturn since at least the 1970s and could descend into a depression, Jeff Immelt, General Electric's chief executive, warned on Thursday.
For nearly seven years, Bhatia served in the first and second George W Bush Administrations, first in the department of commerce and then in the department of transportation, before finally enjoying a more than two-year stint as deputy US trade representative, the senior-most administration position ever served by an Indian American, before he resigned end October last year, to return to the private sector.
The strike notices were given by workers' unions of various sectors such as coal, steel, oil, telecom, postal, income tax, copper, banks and insurance.
This was decided at a meeting between State Energy Minister Dilip Walse-Patil and executives of General Electric, which had supplied power equipment to the erstwhile Dabhol Power Company. During the meeting, GE executives assured the minister that by the end of this month, the Block-I, currently lying defunct, would start generating around 600 Mw.
A broken system is driving our best-educated foreign workers -- talent desperately needed by U.S. companies -- to Europe, India, and China.
Debt conversion formula will increase govt stake.
The company which had reported a sales of $2.8 billion (last reported figure) in 2007, however said it remained confident about the growth opportunities in India in the medium to long-term, owing to huge spending that is expected to happen in the infrastructure development.
A spokesperson attached to GE's Jack Welch Research Center in Bangalore said after the new people join, employee numbers in Bangalore would cross the 4,500-mark. GE's technology product research and development team is currently 3,800-people strong, with an additional 350 people employed in global research.
Like so many other MNCs, it is targeting emerging markets, of which India represents a major chunk, as a critical growth area. But India is also rapidly becoming a key geography where some of the innovative products to address the market at the bottom of the pyramid are being developed.
'My adrenalin kicked in and the happiness returned! It was time to go in for the kill again.' IAF Veterans Group Captain Dilip Kumar Dass tells Air Commodore Nitin Sathe about how the IAF decimated tanks in the famous Battle of Longewala.
As a General Electric employee working in business development in New Delhi, Dhruv Bhatia knew something about finance.
In a response to the August 3 order, the Centre, represented by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, said till the time either the legislature or the poll panel steps in, the top court must lay down "dos and don'ts" for political parties in the 'larger national interest.'
GE India managed revenues of $2.6 billion (about Rs 130 billion) in 2007 and is hopeful of meeting its target of $8 billion (about Rs 400 billion) by 2010. Key projects in the transportation and nuclear power sector are expected to help it reach that target, says Vice-Chairman John G Rice.
Sunil Mittal's race up these rankings to No. 2 marks a triumph of core competence over diversification in India.
'If private capex has to kick in, there should at least be 2-3 years of visibility.'
GE Healthcare, a $15 billion segment of General Electric company, will continue to invest aggressively in India, where it's logging double digit growth, a top company official said on Friday.
More than 70% of all corporate acquisitions fail to create value. But when done correctly, acquisitions can be valuable disruptive tools.
General Electric's technology centre in Bangalore helps the company grapple with technology and costs. Here's the lowdown on this low-cost but cutting-edge facility.
The number of buses available for service could go down below 3,000 now.
'The Israeli government is saying, "OK, leave northern Gaza, because we're going to fight Hamas there".' 'But Hamas is not stupid. They are going to put militants in southern Gaza too. And then what's Israel going to do?' 'At some point are they going to say, 'Leave southern Gaza too because we want to fight Hamas there? Go across the border to Egypt"'? 'That's what people are worried about. Because they fear that once they cross the border into Egypt there will be no coming back.'
Infosys Technologies has been inducted into the Global Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises (MAKE) Hall of Fame.
Disposing of separate applications by SBI Cards customers Arun Kumar Verma and Dileep Ayachit, CIC has directed the SBI to take a decision on setting up a proper information redressal mechanism within 15 days.
GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt and Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin will also keynote the Indian Institute of Technology 2007 Global Alumni Conference titled 'Transforming the World through Technology' in California next month.
Valued at Euro 35 billion, Nokia is the world's fifth most valuable brand, after Coca Cola, Microsoft, IBM and General Electric. With annual turnover at 3.6 billion euro, India contributed nearly seven per cent to Nokia's total global revenues of 51 billion euro in 2007. Nokia has invested $ 210 million for setting up a manufacturing facility in Tamil Nadu and the Indian facility is 1 of the best among 9 Nokia factories. It has estimated 100mn new phone subscribers in India.
Six persons, including four women, died of asphyxiation following a major fire in a multi-storey commercial complex in Secunderabad, officials said Friday.
US-based retail giant Walmart is looking to source toys, shoes and bicycles from Indian suppliers as the company is targeting to increase its exports from India to USD 10 billion annually by 2027. The company also wants to develop new suppliers in categories such as food, pharmaceuticals, consumables, health and wellness, and apparel and home textiles, a company spokesperson told PTI. Officials from the Bentonville-headquartered firm recently held a virtual meeting with several domestic toy manufacturers in India.
General Electric on Wednesday unveiled plans to raise at least $15bn in capital through stock sales to Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway and the public.
'Elections in Madhya Pradesh have so far largely avoided freebies.' 'But this time both the Congress and BJP are making such announcements.'
GE is selling the shares to "an affiliate of a limited partner in one of Genapct's other shareholders," the companies said in statement. Genpact, one of India's largest business process outsourcing firms by revenue, started out in 1997 as the India-based BPO division of GE Capital.
Investment banking sources said Reliance had made its desire clear to be a global petrochemicals major.
The weather department has predicted occasional intense rain spells in the city in the next 24 hours.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday gifted famous Indian tea to the captains of 11 large American corporations.
The world's biggest industrial conglomerate General Electric is undeterred by a slowdown in the US economy as the group expects any weakness in the home market to be offset by fast growing sales in countries like India and China. Unfazed by the weakness triggered by the subprime credit crisis, Immelt said: "outside the US, particularly in China and India, economies appear strong. In the world as a whole, there is still a lot of liquidity."
'We feel that till the time statehood is not restored power sector should not be touched in J-K.'
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India's largest two-wheeler maker by volume - Hero MotoCorp (Hero) - posted a better-than-expected operating performance in the January-March (fourth quarter, or Q4) quarter of 2022-23 (FY23). Riding on higher average selling prices which were up 5 per cent year-on-year (YoY) and volume growth of 7 per cent, the company registered a 12 per cent growth in revenue to Rs 8,306 crore. The company sold 127,000 units in the quarter, largely driven by domestic sales which were up 11.6 per cent, while exports saw a sharp fall of 57 per cent over the year-ago quarter.
GE Money India said on Monday it is talking to big retailers including Bharti-Wal-Mart and Reliance for offering credit programmes such as the private label credit card it has provided to Tata Group.
The Gujarat Bharatiya Janata Party unit is upbeat and confident of forming the next government in the state with all the exit polls predicting a big mandate for the saffron outfit.
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