Employees in India were found to be more eager than employees across the region to adopt new workplace technologies
Soon after paying her tributes, the President posed for photographs with children and gladly interacted with media persons.
Venezuelan Prez Hugo Chavez promised to give India more oilfields in its heavy-oil belt, as he seeks to tap the world's second fastest growing economy to diversify energy trade beyond US. He intends to supply 1 mn barrels per day of oil to India in the near future. The Junin area is believed to hold some 500 bn barrels of in place oil reserves, of which Junin Norte may have about 7-8 bn barrels. OVL is expected to be given preference in the development and production phase.
Three South American sides have accounted for almost half of all World Cup titles but their worst overall performance since 2002 has raised the question: Is South American football on the wane?
Caisse manages nearly $155 billion of pension and insurance funds in Canada and North America while Ivanhoe has 70 shopping centres in Canada, the US, Europe and Latin America, totalling 46 million sq ft.
Poor faculty and scholarships also dissuade students.
The emerging markets strategic business unit of the country's largest IT services provider Tata Consultancy Services aims to touch the revenues of $2 billion by 2011-2012. The SBU targets regions such as Eastern Europe, West Asia, South Africa and Latin America. The company is also planning to have strategic development centres that will cater to these regions, beginning with Egypt & Russia. Emerging Markets offer great opportunity for TCS as IT sector there is growing at 8%.
For decades, high school students in America have been able to take classes in Latin, Spanish, French and even German. But given a shifting global order and an increasingly diverse domestic population, high schools are finding it necessary to offer more 'exotic' options.
Speculations are rife in the local media about MTN's next move after the failure of talks with two Indian entities RCOM and Bharti Airtel for a possible merger, with some saying that the South African telecom major might now target other telecom operators from India.
Notwithstanding the uncertainty over the Indo-US Nuclear deal in the face of Left opposition, the IBSA summit will provide a useful opportunity to Dr Singh to garner the support of Brazil and South Africa, influential members of the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group, for global civil nuclear cooperation.
Pharmaceutical company Strides Arcolab said on Friday it has inaugurated its sterile injectable facility at Compos in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Trade Missions between India and US will rise in the next few months with more and more US companies scouting for business opportunities in India.
Though the global M&A volume has reached a whopping $3 trillion mark, it represents a decline of 22 per cent from its year ago period, as all regions except Latin America reported decreasing M&A volume, according to data compiled by deal tracking firm Dealogic.
Suzlon Energy has bagged an order from Spain for supplying 42.5 MW wind turbines.
"There was no breach of protocol. I had a valid visa and I visited a university in the US purely for academic purpose only from the point of view of knowing about their educational facilities," he said. "I did not do any business, no agreements were signed, no contracts were sealed. I went there as I was interested in observing their classrooms, laboratories and learning about their syllabus as I am associated with several educational institutes," Shekhawat told PTI.
Even as the domestic pharmaceutical industry is exploring new markets in Latin America and the Commonwealth of Independent States, exports to countries in Africa are declining.
Patil arrived in the Chilean capital Santiago from Mexico Sunday night. The two nations would be inking four projects which also include an agreement on science and technology and increasing cooperation on Antarctica.
"A rising rupee is a good time to go and acquire companies abroad," Godrej Group Chairman Adi Godrej said at the India Economic Summit in New Delhi on Monday.
President Pratibha Patil walked into a near empty Brazilian Senate for her address, leaving Indian Embassy officials and the hosts red-faced. Only 15 of the 81-member House turned out on Tuesday to greet 73-year-old Patil. A senior Brazilian government official said it was not unusual for sparse attendance during special sessions since only leaders of political parties are invited.
This is the message of the latest Human Development report, 2007-2008, which was released on Tuesday by Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia in New Delhi. The global release was in Brazil.
After her inaugural speech at the reception hosted in her honour, the organisers of the function, possibly surprised at an early end of the meeting, asked all those who had gathered to line up for a photo op with Patil.In no time, the entire hall at a five-star hotel saw people queuing up for the photo-op, taking her security personnel by surprise. After nearly 30 minutes, the organisers, unable to cope up with the rush, decided to end the impromptu event.
In a sectoral analysis of exports, the Confederation of Indian Industries said India needs to become among the top three exporters in the world in four sectors -- textile, leather, gems and jewellery and engineering. It said exports to new markets of Latin America and Caribbean and Africa should be given a push for achieving the $500 billion by 2013.
The Delta flight DL 185 will leave Mumbai at 1.05 am and reach Atlanta at 8.30 am (the next day) while the flight DL 184 will depart Atlanta at 7.15 pm and arrive in Mumbai at 10.35 pm (the next day). It would be a 17-hour, 55-minute non-stop West-bound flight.
Already a fifth of the nearly Rs 8,000 crore toothpaste market in India (around Rs 1,500 crore) is herbal with the segment estimated to become a fourth (or Rs 2,000 crore) in the next few years.
The downturn in the aviation sector is expected to continue till at least the end of this year as record oil prices compel airlines to raise fares, according to International Air Transport Association (IATA) and Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA).
Has the Kargil victory, like so much else, fallen prey to petty, partisan politics?
A new agreement has been clinched with pharmaceutical firms to substantially decrease the cost of treating AIDS in 66 countries in Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Caribbean, former US President Bill Clinton has announced.
The brunette from Toronto was chosen from five contestants, including four from Latin America, in the final round of the competition.
Experts point to the bitter experience of countries including Mexico, Thailand, South Korea and Russia and desist from going forward with plans of issuance of such securities. They say rather than going abroad, the country should increase participation of foreign investor in the government securities which does not have any forex risk.
Vice President Hamid Ansari on Tuesday left Lima for the first ever bilateral visit to Cuba by a top Indian leader after a "landmark" tour of Peru during which four agreements were signed.
'If global growth continues to be sluggish, India instead could potentially take a bigger piece of a shrinking pie,' says Prachi Mishra, managing director, Global Macro Research, and India chief economist, Goldman Sachs.
My gamble to stand in the queue and get Rs 500 notes had failed. And only the months ahead will tell us if Modi's gamble will succeed or not.
Sensing great opportunities in the blooming $80 billion global flower market, Indian companies involved in growing and exporting roses have gone on the fast track to acquire farms in African and Latin American countries.
From Latin America to West Bengal, it is Communism that binds. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has sent a cheque for Rs 11.91 lakh to construct a new building of a school in North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal. Chavez, a man of strong words and actions, promised during a visit to West Bengal in 2005.
For instance, Tata Consultancy Services recently won a $200 million deal in Mexico, Wipro announced the opening of a development centre in Australia, and Infosys announced the setting up of 'The New Growth Engines' business unit in Latin America.
In India, Danone holds a 25.5 per cent stake in market leader Britannia Industries through holding company Associated Biscuits International Holdings.
Airline to deploy around 50 planes in the next seven months
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."
