Oracle Corp., the world's No. 2 software maker, said on Friday it offered to buy rival PeopleSoft Inc for $5.1 billion, four days after PeopleSoft offered to buy another rival, J D Edwards & Co.
Outlining its plans Syntel (India) on Tuesday said that it had acquired land in the IT corridor of Chennai and would be setting up a big facility in the next one-year. The company plans to invest $20 million and hire 1,500 people during this year.
"The official diagnosis by the doctor was that he was shocked that I was playing this many tournaments in the beginning," Williams said.
The seventh seeded Russian beat the American ace in the quarter-finals of the Amelia Island championship.
Satyam Infoway Limited, an Internet, network and e-commerce services company, announced on Tuesday that it has completed the change of its name to Sify Limited.
47-year-old Martina Navratilova and Lisa Raymond were also picked in the U.S. team for their Fed Cup first-round tie against Slovenia.
United States-based enterprise ASP firm Corio Inc, which set up its offshore centre in Bangalore in May, plans to ramp up its strength to over 100 by the 2003-end.
Nasdaq listed Sanmia-SCI Corporation is to set up a software development laboratory and a global IT support centre in Chennai with an investment of over $4 million in phase one, according to a top executive of the company.
Nasdaq-listed wireless and broadband equipment major UTStarcom has announced its agreement with Tata Teleservices for supplying 56,000 lines of AN-200 platform to the largest private basic service operator in India.
The Nasdaq-listed Digital Video Systems Inc will invest $25 million to set up a manufacturing plant for consumer electronics in Bangalore.
The Nasdaq-listed information technology company Keane Inc will triple its headcount in India to 5,000 next year to expand operations and will chalk out plans for the fourth development centre in the country.
Software major Infosys on Wednesday said it had identified Thailand as a key target market for its global banking solutions suite, Finacle.
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Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Andy Roddick beat Vince Spadea 6-1, 6-3, while Guillermo Coria beat Fernando Gonzalez 4-6, 7-6, 6-1 in the semi-finals of the Nasdaq-100 Open.
In the women's event of the Nasdaq 100 Open, second seed Venus Williams joined sister Serena in the last eight.
Former world number ones Lleyton Hewitt and Jennifer Capriati were also shown the exit door in the Nasdaq 100 Open.\n\n
Seventh-seeded Briton Tim Henman was a surprise loser, however, as he went out 7-6 2-6 7-6 to world number 64 Juergen Melzer at the Nasdaq-100 Open.
While the long-term sustainable job recovery in the US markets could be a possibility in the not so distant future, there are no such luxuries for its Indian counterpart.
The Indian tennis star has jumped up two places to 75th in the latest WTA Tour tennis rankings.
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