Recent US border security legislation will double the H-1B and L-1 visa application fee from the present level of about $2,300 to about $4,300 per application.
The deal is expected to close in the January-March quarter.
Tata AIG Life Insurance Ltd will extend insurance cover to 15,930 employees of Wipro Ltd for a total sum assured of Rs 876 crore (Rs 8.76 billion).
Wipro Ltd, India's third-largest software exporter, said on Friday its back office services firm, Spectramind, was on track to meet its revenue target of $12.5 million for the quarter ending December.
Wipro Ltd has informed BSE that the board of directors vide the circular resolution effective January 13 resolved to issue and allot 4870 equity shares of Rs 2 each pursuant to exercise of stock options by eligible employees.\n\n\n\n
IT firm Wipro Ltd on Wednesday reported 21.26 per cent growth in consolidated net profit at Rs 1,217.4 crore (Rs 12.174 billion) for the third quarter ended December 31, 2009.
Stock markets will be driven by further developments on the US-China tariff war front along with quarterly earnings announcements from IT majors Wipro and Infosys in a holiday-shortened week, analysts said. Global market trends and trading activity of foreign investors would also dictate market movement this week, experts noted.
Total income has increased from Rs 6,345.7 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 to Rs 7,371.5 crore.
Shares of IT services major Wipro on Monday surged nearly 8 per cent after the company reported an 8 per cent growth in consolidated net profit in the December quarter.
Its FY08 consolidated net profit was at Rs 3,282.90 crore (Rs 32.81 billion) and consolidated net sales was at Rs 20,019.50 crore (RS 200.19 billion).
Software major Wipro Ltd has decided to take up its second project, a technology centre, in West Bengal with a total investment of Rs 75 crore earmarked for the state.
The total income of the company rose by 34.64 per cent at Rs 4,883.6 crore (Rs 48.83 billion) for the quarter reviewed against Rs 3,627 crore (Rs 36.27 billion) for the same quarter last year, Wipro said in a communique to the Bombay Stock Exchange.
India's third largest software exporter, Wipro Ltd, has said its proposed special economic zones (SEZs) in Pune and Chennai would be operational in 18 months.
Wipro will be implementing the core banking solution for Paytm.
The company's revenues rose by 13 per cent to Rs 9,613.1 crore (Rs 96.13 billion).
Wipro has guided for 0.8-2.8 per cent sequential growth in IT service revenue for December quarter, saying revenue from that business is expected to be $ 2,065-2,106 million.
The company's total income increased from Rs 7,326.7 crore (Rs 73.267 billion) in FY 04-05 to Rs 10,379.6 crore (Rs 103.796 billion) for the fiscal year 2005-06.
Wipro Ltd posted a net profit of Rs 2215 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2002 as compared to Rs 2222 million in the quarter ended December 31, 2001. Total Income increased from Rs 8899 million in DQ-01 to Rs 10434 million in DQ-02.
An Indian woman employee at the London office of IT major Wipro has filed a 1 million pounds compensation case of sexual discrimination.
IT major Wipro Ltd today posted a 11.57 per cent rise in its net profit at Rs 854 crore (Rs 8.54 billion) for the third quarter ended December 31, 2007 as against Rs 765.40 crore (Rs 7.654 billion0 in the corresponding quarter of 2006.
Wipro posted a 4.6 per cent rise in revenue at Rs 15,711 crore in January-March quarter compared to Rs 15,006.3 crore in the year-ago period.
These 90 new jobs are in addition to the 280 staff that Wipro already employs across Scotland.
Zomato emerged as the biggest gainer, followed by Reliance, Nestle, Asian Paints and Power Grid.
The company's growth was driven by a decline in total expenses, lower finance cost and higher other income.
Revenue from its IT services business rose 9 percent to $1.86 billion.
With a modest workforce of 1,200, the 2007 start-up is already taking business from its bigger, established rivals, winning outsourcing contracts from leading US mortgage companies.
Trading in stock markets this week will be majorly influenced by the upcoming quarterly earnings from IT majors TCS and Infosys, along with global trends, analysts said. Besides, global oil benchmark Brent crude, rupee-dollar trend and trading activity of foreign investors would also dictate the movement, they said. "On the domestic front, all eyes will be on the beginning of corporate performance for the third quarter of the current fiscal year.
Ambani and Adani account for a fifth of the net worth of all billionaire promoters in the country and half the combined net worth of the top 10.
Wipro and HCL Technologies among its top picks.
The stocks are largely from sectors such as chemicals, finance and cement, which struggled earlier but the worse seems to be behind them.
This is the largest philanthropic transfer by any individual in the country.
As the results season kicks in, the quarterly earnings numbers of several blue-chip firms -- such as Infosys and Reliance Industries -- along with global trends and trading activity of foreign investors, will determine equity market movement in the holiday-shortened week ahead, according to analysts. The domestic WPI inflation data for June -- scheduled to be announced on Monday -- will also influence trading sentiments, traders said. Markets will remain closed on Wednesday for Muharram.
Subject to customary regulatory approvals, the acquisition is expected to be completed during the quarter, the Bengaluru-headquartered company said. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.
Software major Wipro's IT enabled services business subsidiary Spectramind has bagged a Business Process Outsourcing order from global giant Microsoft, a top company official said
He is betting on emerging firms to generate ideas and build wealth through Premji Invest
The new unlisted firm will include Wipro Consumer Care & Lighting (including furniture business), Wipro Infrastructure Engineering (hydraulics and water businesses) and Medical Diagnostic Product & Services business, Wipro said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange.
Wipro, Satyam join TCS, Infosys in beating rupee blues.
