Both benchmark indices were driven by strong gains in IT, teck, oil and gas, pharma and banking shares amid earnings optimism.
The strategy of returning cash to shareholders through stock purchases could hinder their digital expansion plans
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Indian IT companies have been under pressure to return excess cash on their books to shareholders through generous dividends and buybacks
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AI, cloud computing, data analytics are a few areas companies are looking for proficiency in
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Pravin Rao says firms with revenue of $600-700 millon will be preferred.
In 2010, TCS's brand value was $2.3 billion.
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The combined networth of India's 100 wealthiest is $381 billion (nearly Rs 25.5 lakh crore), a rise of 10 per cent from $ 345 billion in 2015
His compensation in FY17 was more than the combined salaries of the entire boards of TCS, Wipro and Infosys. 'I am a self-made man from a very modest background,' Tech Mahindra's CEO C P Gurnani tells Shyamal Majumdar.
'When you don't have food to eat, will you be worried about the virus or the next meal?'
In the broader market, the BSE Midcap index bucked the trend to gain 0.3%
The greenback rose 9 percent against currencies.
Sixteen major contracts worth nearly $14 billion to be renewed by June 2018 but uncertainty looms large.
Building front-end and stitching it with back-end is a task that IT firms are learning the hard way, finds Raghu Krishnan.
This makes him corporate India's biggest donor to society.
5,565 contracts, valued at $201 billion are up for rebids across geographies and verticals by 2018.
Tatas' brand value grows 12% in the past year, far ahead of Reliance and Airtel.
The Mumbai-based brokerage has constructed India Family Firm Index out of listed companies.
The Sensex and Nifty remained above their key levels of 36,000 and 10,900 throughout the session, indicating strong investor optimism after a prolonged spell of caution.
In the broader market, BSE Midcap and BSE Smallcap indices mirrored the gains in headline indices and rose 1% and 0.9% respectively.
The market breadth, indicating the overall health of the market turned negative from positive
India's billionaires are pledging a decent amount of their wealth for the welfare of society.
It goes without saying that the best performers are in the private sector, says TN Ninan.
In July-Sept 2016-2017, TCS had missed street expectations with 7.8% growth in revenue.
It's the second time Nasscom has projected single-digit growth in a decade.
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India's export-oriented information technology outsourcing industry is perhaps more optimistic today about growth prospects than it was in the past five years.
Poor disclosure among India-listed firms is a turnoff for foreign investors.
First acquisition under Sikka's plan of buying technologies for tomorrow
At 15.05 PM, the 30-share Sensex was up 281 points at 28,238 and the 50-share Nifty gained 86 points at 8,577
The annual talk-fest of rich and powerful from across the world in snow-laden Alpine resort town of Davos will be attended by nearly 40 heads of government among more than 2,500 global leaders from over 100 countries.
'Cognizant's results indicate that digital related spends can more than offset headwinds in traditional services'
'I believe that to be a successful leader, you need to develop fly vision.'
Reliance Industries was the top Sensex gainer up 5.6% after the company reported better-than-expected net profit growth at 12% in the second-quarter aided hby higher gross refining margins.
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Congruence on terrorism, current disquiet on immigration, short-term visa would top the wish list.
Facebook enabled users to mark themselves safe in Chennai since Thursday morning
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