Making employers provide creche facilities would be a powerful incentive for women to stay on in the workforce rather than drop out owing to the pressure of child care, says Shuma Raha.
Stocks below a certain size in terms of market capitalisation don't attract much institutional interest
After Infosys, hike in other IT companies also seen in 6-9% range.
The catchwords today are digital, analytics, robotics.
Poor disclosure among India-listed firms is a turnoff for foreign investors.
First acquisition under Sikka's plan of buying technologies for tomorrow
IT services firms would no longer focus on large volume hiring from campuses like they did at least two to three years ago, as demands of clients are changing.
Brokerages expect revenue growth at a 7-quarter high but profitability may disappoint.
The first reason is engineering services, says Anant Gupta
Interview with Anant Gupta, HCL Tech's president and chief executive officer.
FII stance, progress of monsoon, crude oil and rupee movement are likely to dictate the trend.
For top IT services firms, revenue growth in FY15 was the slowest since the Lehman crisis
It is not that platforms and products are something that Infosys has not tried earlier.
Premji is ranked 13th on Forbes' first ever list of '100 Richest People In Tech', followed by Nadar on the 14th spot.
Investors will look at how TCS has performed when it announces the quarter's results on October 13, and the forecast from Infosys on October 14
Now sole contender as L&T Infotech quits race
Mid- and small-cap companies seem to have done better than top-tier companies
New entrants could include Flipkart, Paytm, Cafe Coffee Day and ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, it says
Experts tell Ujjval Jauhari that investors need to be careful in picking stocks given high valuations and with markets possibly ignoring potential risks
Combined net profit up 7.4% over a year ago, versus 11.2% in Q2.
FPIs sold shares worth a net Rs 1236.95 crore on Friday.
TCS kicked-off the Q1FY17 earnings season for information technology companies on Thursday.
Mindtree, eclerx and Hexaware are trading at similar valuations to that of the larger peers.
managers said the weaker rupee, which has driven up shares of technology companies, has helped the fund fetch better returns.
Reliance Industries was the top Sensex gainer up 5.6% after the company reported better-than-expected net profit growth at 12% in the second-quarter aided hby higher gross refining margins.
HDFC and HUL are the latest entrants in the club
In five years, per-employee revenue for IT companies grew at 9 per cent each year.
Top gainers from the Sensex pack are Infosys, Cipla, NTPC, ITC and Lupin
Anant Gupta, HCL Technologies' chief has an amazing success formula to get things done.
Capital Goods shares ended mixed on the back of weak IIP numbers. L&T ended down 0.7% while BHEL ended with marginal gains.
The local markets are expected to react to global triggers until the government announces the Union Budget.
Credit Suisse thinks it possible for the company to narrow its forecast ('guidance') range.
Top ten billionaires in India.
The broader markets ended negatively with mid-caps and small-caps shedding 0.5 per cent on the BSE.
Stocks of companies having operations and exports to Europe were the top losers.
Infosys, however, feels the high level of cash is an important tool to weather tough times.
HCL's president & CEO Anant Gupta talked to Business Standard about the demand environment, its in the European market and Roshni Nadar's induction into the company's board of directors.
IT exporters were the top gainers amid a weak rupee along with select index heavyweights.
Congruence on terrorism, current disquiet on immigration, short-term visa would top the wish list.
'Don't waste your time in doing long pointless graduation courses.' 'Try and get into an apprenticeship or a job after Class 10 or Class 12, as there is always time to get back to academics and learn new skills.'
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