Sitharaman, a newcomer on the Forbes most powerful women list, is ranked 34th. The Forbes 2019 list of 'The World's 100 Most Powerful Women' has been topped by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, followed by President of the European Central Bank Christine Lagarde in the second spot and Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, ranked third. Also on the list is Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina (29).
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HR experts estimate that up to 70 per cent companies in the manufacturing and services space including sectors like auto components, edutech and construction equipment are looking to restore the salary cuts over the next couple of months.
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The BSE Midcap and the BSE Smallcap indices pared all intraday gains to end 0.3% and 0.5% lower
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It goes without saying that the best performers are in the private sector, says TN Ninan.
Poor disclosure among India-listed firms is a turnoff for foreign investors.
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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.
The contract, according to the sources, include two different components - one for mainframe and IT infrastructure support and management.
With Infosys reportedly increasing the pay packages of senior executives, including executive vice-presidents and a few vice-presidents, threefold, the Indian information technology (IT) services space might well get a new benchmark.
Engineering graduates specialising in artificial intelligence and machine learning can earn up to 24 lakh a year, says Saran Balasundaram, founder and CEO, HanDigital, a talent consulting firm.
New entrants could include Flipkart, Paytm, Cafe Coffee Day and ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, it says
A McKinsey study on the last slowdown of 2001-2002 showed the companies that emerged successfully from the downturn were those that used their cash, did lots of mergers and acquisitions, and stepped on the accelerator.
Making employers provide creche facilities would be a powerful incentive for women to stay on in the workforce rather than drop out owing to the pressure of child care, says Shuma Raha.
ONGC was the top gainer which surged over 4% followed by Axis, SBI, CIL
Brokerages expect revenue growth at a 7-quarter high but profitability may disappoint.
FII stance, progress of monsoon, crude oil and rupee movement are likely to dictate the trend.
'The industry growth in 2016< came from the new digital technology segment which grew at over 20%.' 'The challenge for the industry is that the legacy business makes up almost 80% of revenue.' 'Hence the urgency to transform into digital business.'
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Motherson Sumi, Tata Steel, Jaguar Land Rover will face higher cost.
Tablet market is getting hotter day by day in India and it is propelled by low cost tablets that are flooding market. In October, 19 tablets were launched in the country and all of them were low cost tablet and the cheapest tablet was priced at Rs 3,999.
The December quarter, generally a soft one for India's IT sector due to holidays and furloughs in certain sectors, is expected to be further affected because of currency volatility.
The broader market outperformed with the S&P BSE Midcap down 0.3%, while the S&P BSE Smallcap was little changed.
Spend on IT in US is expected to increase by 6.1 per cent in 2014.
Stocks of companies having operations and exports to Europe were the top losers.
Sensex closed over 118 points down on Thursday.
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.
The recovery was led by information technology exporters.
Infosys, however, feels the high level of cash is an important tool to weather tough times.
FPIs sold shares worth a net Rs 1236.95 crore on Friday.
Mid- and small-cap companies seem to have done better than top-tier companies
The Street is especially looking forward to the management commentary to get a sense of its new direction
Indian names that figure on the list, but lower down the pecking order include Tatat (101). Airtel (rank: 252), Infosys (287), Life Insurance Corporation of India (292), State Bank of India (334), HCL (390), Indian Oil (427), Reliance (445) and Larsen & Toubro (464).
HCL Technologies and Infosys should benefit more than TCS and Wipro
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.
Congruence on terrorism, current disquiet on immigration, short-term visa would top the wish list.
Capital Goods shares ended mixed on the back of weak IIP numbers. L&T ended down 0.7% while BHEL ended with marginal gains.
Strong demand from the government, banking and technology sectors saw shipment of personal computers in India grow at an impressive 29 per cent year-on-year in 2004-05 to touch 3.6 million units, according to IDC.
IT majors along with metal names Sesa Goa and Hindalco buck trend.
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