In one of the largest outsourcing deals ever, ABN Amro has signed a Euro 1.8 billion ($2.22 billion) contract with five IT-vendors, including Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys and IBM.
IT giant Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Tuesday slipped to fourth position in the list of the country's most valued companies, below Reliance Industries, ONGC and Coal India Ltd.
The domestic IT major Tata Consultancy Services said that its major expansion would henceforth take place within the notified Special Economic Zones in the country. TCS is setting up its largest global operating unit to accommodate 20,000 professionals in Rajiv Gandhi Infotech Park at Hinjewadi, Pune, a notified SEZ. Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on Wednesday laid the foundation-stone for the facility, which will become operational by December 2009.
It also retained its position among the 'Big 4' most valuable IT services brand worldwide -- in the ranking carried out by Brand Finance, the world leading brand valuation firm.
The quantum of hiring is likely to remain the same as that of the past financial year.
US President Barack Obama has already backed the Bill that seeks to put curbs on the use of H-1B visa for those companies which have a higher ratio of work force under this category.
Benchmark equity indices continued their record-shattering spree on Tuesday, with the Sensex and Nifty hitting their fresh all-time high levels in early trade, amid persistent foreign fund inflows. Also, buying in Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Finserv, Tata Consultancy Services and HDFC twins added to the positive market momentum. Rallying for the fifth straight session, the 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 381.55 points to hit its all-time peak of 65,586.60 in early trade.
Corporate earnings got a big boost from the fall in commodity and energy prices in July-September 2023 (Q2FY24) despite a slowdown in revenue growth during the quarter. The combined net profits of 3,123 firms that have declared their results so far were up 38 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) to Rs 3.07 trillion in Q2FY24, up from Rs 2.24 trillion a year ago. Earnings were, however, down 3.5 per cent on a sequential basis from Rs 3.18 trillion in April-June (Q1) FY24.
Dragged down by Coal India, the cumulative market valuation of four among the top 10 Indian companies fell by Rs 30,679.66 crore during the past week.
Excellent execution and a constant focus on the customer has helped TCS.
Tata Sons, India's biggest promoter in the private sector, is expected to earn a record Rs 27,797 crore via equity dividend and proceeds through share buyback from its listed group companies for the financial year 2021-22. This amount is up 17.6 per cent from Rs 23,663 crore that it pocketed in FY21. Nearly two-thirds of these proceeds will show up in Tata Sons' financial results for FY22, thanks to the quarterly interim dividend by its cash cow Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd's scrip was on Wednesday listed on the National Stock Exchange with the opening price of Rs 850 per share while the listing price was up at Rs 1049.
Macro environment, tech shift main challenges now: N Chandrasekaran
Pharma major GlaxoSmithKline and software giant Tata Consultancy Services on Tuesday signed a 'multi-year, multi-million dollar' contract to set up a global drug development support centre in Mumbai.
Apart from his vision, what helped Ratan Tata pursue his global dreams was the phenomenal success of Tata Consultancy Services, which is 74 per cent owned by Tata Sons.
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Thursday reported an 8.4 per cent rise in consolidated net profit to Rs 6,586 crore for the second quarter ended September 30 and said uncertainties in environment had resulted in holdbacks in discretionary spend by customers.
IT major Tata Consultancy Services on Friday bagged the Best Software Exporter National award for 2001-02 while Infosys received the second best award.\n\n
The two company spent about over Rs 3.15 crore.
N Chandrasekaran, managing director and CEO of Tata Consultancy Services, maintains that his company has proved its adaption to merging trends by reporting consistent growth.
The 600-million (approximately Rs 4,100 crore) UK Personal Accounts Delivery Authority (PADA) deal, which was recently awarded to Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to administer the National Employee Savings Trust (NEST) scheme for 10 years, has come under the scanner of the Conservative Party.
Asian Paints dropped the most by 1.33 per cent. IndusInd bank fell 1.2 per cent, Axis Bank by 1.19 per cent, SBI by 1.12 per cent, Bajaj Finance by 1.07 per cent, Nestle by 1.04 per cent, and TCS by 0.97 per cent. Hindustan Unilever, Reliance Industries, Power Grid and Kotak Bank also retreated. Maruti Suzuki was the lead gainer, rising by 2.22 per cent.
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has emerged as the biggest wealth creator over the past five years.
Consequently, RIL lost its about position of the country's largest company in terms of market valuation, which it had held for nearly a month.
The deal structure is expected to be similar to the Infosys recent announcement of acquiring three global offshore centres from Philips along with getting an outsourcing deal.
Strong macroeconomic headwinds causing turbulence in the $245-billion Indian IT industry are yet to calm down. Top Indian IT services companies are likely to post a decline or just marginal growth in sequential revenue in Q1FY24 because of a soft discretionary spending environment. Though the first quarter is seasonally strong for IT firms, "June 2023 will be an exception", according to analysts at Kotak Institutional Equities.
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IT major Tata Consultancy Services said that it made job offers to 1,006 students of Anna University this year.
After Infosys, the country's largest software services firm Tata Consultancy Services has warned of weaker earnings for the January-March quarter.
TCS is undertaking a significant performance-related restructuring of its workforce
TCS is aiming to add another $10 billion to its turnover in the next five years or so. Which means, the company has to grow at a compounded annual growth rate of 15 per cent. Can TCS pull it off?
India's largest information technology (IT) services company, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), may hire close to 11,000 employees in the January-March 2010 quarter. Close to 8,300 staffers are expected to be recruited from campuses, while 3,000 would be laterals or experienced hands.
During the afternoon trade, TCS commanded a market value of over Rs 2,38,223 crore (Rs 2,382.23 billion), the highest for any listed company in India.
TCS hopes to create a positive image for outsourcing by sponsoring a famous marathon
Tata Consultancy Services CEO and Managing Director S Ramadorai on Thursday felt merit alone should be the criteria for admitting candidates into institutes of higher education
From the Sensex pack, Power Grid, Infosys, Asian Paints, Mahindra & Mahindra, HCL Technologies, IndusInd Bank, Tech Mahindra, Bajaj Finance, Wipro, Tata Consultancy Services, HDFC Bank and Titan were the major gainers. Tata Steel and Bharti Airtel were the laggards.
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