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Riding on the company's stellar market debut, Twitter co-founders Evan Williams and Jack Dorsey saw their combined fortunes soar by over one billion dollars in a single day to $3.6 billion.
Laxmi Mittal-promoted Arcellor Mittal is raising $3-billion, of which $2.5-billion would be through equity and $0.5-billion through convertible bonds offering, which it is doing on two of its platforms, he said.
The high-profile race to buy India's second-largest business process outsourcing (BPO) company, WNS Holdings, ended abruptly today after the company informed the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it had decided to stop discussions with interested parties regarding a possible change of control.
For IT czar Azim Premji, what's happening in the Eurozone facing a two-year debt crisis is something like new Bollywood films hitting silver screens every week in India.
US market regulator Security and Exchange Commission and Sebi (Securities and Exchange Board of India) are not in favour of a joint investigation into the Satyam case, a top source said.
The NYSE also warned that an 'LF' indicator would be appended to the company's trading symbol and profile, date and news pages provided by the Exchange, Satyam announced in a filing to the BSE and NSE on Tuesday.
The 15 Indian entities listed on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq saw their cumulative market value plummet.
The New York Stock Exchange-listed Indian IT major Satyam Computer Services' founder and then-chairman Ramalinga Raju had shocked the world three weeks ago on January 7 with the disclosure of a massive financial wrongdoing to the tune of over a billion dollar at the company. This was followed by the NYSE suspending trading in Satyam shares the very same day.
"Less than two week back, we faced a set of allegations from the US about compliance practices. This is not the first time we have faced such challenges. What I can tell you is that every attack makes us stronger," he said addressing the 51st Gems and Jewellery Award in Jaipur.
Manchester United's early exit from the Champions League last season cost the English club almost 17 million euros in payments from UEFA compared with the previous year, figures released on Friday showed.
Manchester United's David Gill will step down in June after a decade as chief executive of the English Premier League football club, United said on Wednesday.
English Premier League soccer club Manchester United are the world's first professional sports team to be valued at more than $3 billion, according to Forbes Magazine.
The team will then proceed for discussions with the government-appointed Board of Satyam Computer Services in Hyderabad on Thursday to assess the present status of India's fourth- largest software firm. Following the confessions of Satyam's founder and former chairman B Ramalinga Raju that he had cooked up the firm's balance-sheet for several years, US investors have filed over a dozen law suits against the company in various US courts.
Superstorm Sandy made landfall along the coast of Southern New Jersey on Tuesday bringing hurricane-force winds and heavy rains to a wide swath of the United States East Coast, officials said. The storm has claimed 11 lives at least.
Business process outsourcing company Genpact has set the ball rolling for a $600 million (around Rs 2,500 crore) initial public offer on New York Stock Exchange
Tuesday's opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange will not only kick off a day of trade on Wall Street, it may also herald the end of an era at Manchester United, who are rumoured to be on the brink of announcing manager Alex Ferguson's retirement.
In response, the New York Stock Exchange-listed firm said it has paid the tax and has sought a meeting with Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike for a discussion on the issue and has a 'strong enough' case in defence.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has said that the metropolitan city is the 'epicenter' of the coronavirus crisis in the United States, as government officials announced some of the most stringent measures to slow the spread of the pandemic that has claimed over 200 lives in the country.
In terms of percentage, Exlservice Holdings Inc has recorded the biggest loss of about 19 per cent, while Infosys, Satyam, Sify, Wipro, Rediff, WNS, HDFC bank, VSNL, Genpact, Dr Reddy's and Patni also saw their market values dipping. All the major IT scrips saw a fall of more than seven per cent, led by Satyam Computer (over 10 per cent), while Wipro and Satyam lost about eight per cent and seven per cent respectively.
The newly-formed entity which will list on the NYSE as Eros STX Entertainment Corp, will remain listed on the New York Stock Exchange, with headquarters in both Mumbai, India, and Burbank, California, and has also got $125 million in fresh funding. The merger will not change the structure of Eros's Indian arm which is also listed on Indian stock exchanges.
English soccer club Manchester United retained their title as the world's most valuable sports team, according to an annual top 50 list released by Forbes on Monday that was dominated by National Football League (NFL) franchises.
The MCX chief was in the US to clinch a deal with the NYSE that has bought 5 per cent stake in MCX.
"Outlook for wages and salaries... given the current scenario, we have no plans for increase in the course of the year," the Bangalore-headquartered, New York Stock Exchange-listed company's executive vice-president, Pratik Kumar said. On campus hiring in the current fiscal, he said the company would visit the colleges (only) in January-March (unlike previous years when they selected students a year before they got the degree) but gave no firm numbers.
The chairman of Wipro Azim Premji would ring the Closing Bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Friday.
New York Stock Exchange-listed Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc, on Wednesday said it expects to operate 50 hotels in India by the end of 2012 and the country is second only to China in its plans for future growth.
The strike has been on for four days at the Nashik centre of the business process outsourcing company, which has a headcount of 23,874.
Senapaty indicated that Wipro's acquisitions, whenever they are made, would be large, saying the company generally avoided very small companies because "the impact is not going to be felt."
Premji said that the country was very innovative with fundamental R&D in the solar energy space, and not just a copycat.
Other regions where the New York Stock Exchange-listed firm is targeting to expand its presence include China and Latin America. In an investor presentation, it said that as part of measures to cut costs in "corporate and other overhead, the company has slashed its headcount by 14 per cent," in addition to which finance, HR and IT staffing have also been reduced.
The company would hire over 1,000 people for its Gurgaon office in the country, the New York Stock Exchange-listed firm said.
Global technology service provider EDS said on Monday it has reached an agreement to acquire Bangalore-based software testing firm RelQ Software Private Ltd.
From bhikshus of Ashokan 3rd century BC and medieval Sufis to Oxfam, Omidyar and Soros now, non-State actors have any real power only when they work in conjunction with a real State, asserts Shekhar Gupta.
The New York Stock Exchange-listed Nova said in a statement that it has signed a letter of intent with RIL for the joint venture, which is expected to be operational by the third quarter of 2008 after finalising the formal agreements. Shares of Nova Chemicals rose 3.8 per cent to $26.17 at the NYSE on Thursday, while that of RIL were trading 1.3 per cent up at Rs 2,649 at the Bombay Stock Exchange on Friday.
Wipro has announced changes in the management structure of its IT business and expansion of its board. The firm appointed Girish Paranjpe, Suresh Senapaty and Suresh Vaswani to the Board of Wipro Ltd. Wipro also re-structured its IT business by appointing Girish Paranjpe and Suresh Vaswani as joint-CEOs. Paranjpe was the president of the banking, financial services & insurance business unit of the global IT business of Wipro. Suresh Vaswani was the president of Wipro Infotech
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