Tech Mahindra was the biggest loser in the Sensex pack, slipping 4.59 per cent, followed by Asian Paints, Wipro, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Bajaj Finserv, Infosys, ITC, Mahindra & Mahindra, Hindustan Unilever, IndusInd Bank, Reliance Industries and JSW Steel. In contrast, Larsen & Toubro, Bharti Airtel, Power Grid and Axis Bank were among the gainers.
Global financial services giant Citigroup Inc on Tuesday sold its 100 per cent subsidiary Citi Technology Services Ltd to Wipro for $127 million. CTS is an India-based captive provider of information technology services and solutions to Citi entities worldwide.
The move comes at a time when the company is looking to strengthen its position in soaps.
The company's profit rose with better IT spending by global clients and a rise in high margin digital projects.
The Maharashtra Food and Drug Adminstration has served a notice to Wipro for allegedly "misbranding and mislabelling" its baby oil.
Among the Sensex firms, HDFC Bank, Bharti Airtel, Infosys, UltraTech Cement, Tata Steel, Wipro, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Reliance Industries, Tech Mahindra and JSW Steel were the major laggards. Power Grid, Titan, Mahindra & Mahindra and NTPC were among the gainers.
Wipro, the Bangalore-based business conglomerate with interests in IT and FMCG, said it has succeeded in "convincing" one of its recently-won international clients, Australia's Origin Energy, about the circumstances under which the World Bank had imposed a ban on the company
Wipro Ltd has informed BSE that the Board of Directors of the company vide the circular resolution effective February 13, 2003 resolved to issue and allot 2945 equity shares of Rs 2 each pursuant to exercise of stock options by eligible employees.
Founded in 2006, PremjiInvest's assets under management are worth over $2 billion across India
With the developments in Satyam Computer unfolding shocking irregularities, Wipro Technologies, a NYSE-listed company, on Wednesday said this incident is one of its kind and is unlikely to affect the industry.
As a venture partner, DVP said that Neemuchwala would be bringing deep technology expertise and invaluable experience of building businesses.
The company over the past two years has spent a little over $500 million (little over Rs 2,000 crore) for around a dozen acquisitions.
With George W Bush returning as the US president for the second successive term, Wipro Spectramind, the BPO arm of IT major Wipro Limited, is bullish about growth and adding 1,800 to the existing headcount every month at its facilities.
From the Sensex pack, Infosys, Hindustan Unilever, Reliance Industries, ICICI Bank, Larsen & Toubro, Asian Paints, Nestle, Axis Bank, Wipro and Kotak Mahindra Bank were the major gainers. JSW Steel, State Bank of India, Tata Steel, Bajaj Finserv, UltraTech Cement, IndusInd Bank, Tata Motors and Bajaj Finance were the major laggards.
Wipro, the country's third-largest information technology (IT) services company, is asking non-billable employees unwilling to work on any project they have been assigned to leave immediately.
From the Sensex pack, Jio Financial Services fell the most by 4.99 per cent. Reliance Industries, Power Grid, Larsen & Toubro, JSW Steel, HCL Technologies, NTPC, Tata Steel, Wipro, Tata Consultancy Services and HDFC Bank also declined. IndusInd Bank, Infosys, UltraTech Cement, ICICI Bank, Nestle and Axis Bank were among the gainers.
Domestic information technology services majors Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro Technologies and Tech Mahindra and global players like IBM and Japan-based NEC are among the 10 shortlisted companies for the Nandan Nilekani-headed Unique Identification Authority of India biometrics job.
Wipro will announce its FY03 results on April 17, the company said in a release to the Bombay Stock Exchange on Tuesday.
India's third largest software services exporter ended the day 4.41 per cent lower at Rs 492.20 on the BSE after falling 8.41 per cent to Rs 471.55 in intra-day trade.
Govt expects to award contract to the lowest bidder by February.
Among the Sensex firms, HDFC Bank emerged as the biggest loser, falling 4 per cent. JSW Steel, Reliance Industries, UltraTech Cement, Maruti, Tata Steel, Wipro, Tech Mahindra, Bharti Airtel and Larsen & Toubro were the other major laggards. Power Grid, Asian Paints, Sun Pharma, Axis Bank, NTPC, ITC and Infosys were among the gainers.
Wipro Technologies has signed an agreement to acquire Europe-based retail solutions provider, Enabler in an all cash deal.
Sources close to Mohamed Mushin say he regrets the indiscretion of purchasing the shares that he did, and even though it was perfectly legal, it gave the perception of conflict of interest, that his buying them under the Friends and Family IPOs seemed as it was a quid pro quo by the two companies that had secured handsome Bank contracts.
Three Indian companies Wipro, Tata Steel and Tata Power have been named among the World's Most Ethical Companies.
Wipro Infotech, a leading provider of IT solutions and services, on Thursday announced the launch of its high-tech Global Service Management Centre in Mysore.\n\n
The pace of the progress has been very slow over the last eight years.
Among the Sensex firms, ICICI Bank and SBI led the index with the maximum gains of 4.68 per cent and 3.99 per cent, respectively. Other major gainers were Larsen & Toubro, Kotak Mahindra Bank and HDFC Bank. On the other hand, Wipro and Tata Motors defied the trend and traded in negative.
Wipro Ltd on Saturday said it will fully acquire LD Waxsons Group, a Singapore-based fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) company for an all cash consideration of about $144 million (nearly Rs 790 crore).
A dog and metal detector squad was rushed to the multi-storeyed building, which also houses the Times of India office.
Corporate India reported high double-digit growth in net profit for the fourth consecutive quarter in October-December 2023 (Q3FY24), driven by margin gains from lower prices of raw material and energy.
The awards were given by the UN's body on women for their work on principles of women's empowerment and helping champion gender equality.
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