Firms/companies
Infosys Q1 profit up 1.4% at Rs3,483 cr
14 Jul 2017
Sikka rides Infosys’ indigenous ‘driverless’ cart
14 Jul 2017
The autonomous vehicle is a symbol of cutting-edge technology and is meant to train other employees on technologies like artificial intelligence, Sikka said, adding that about 10 per cent of the company’s revenues this quarter came from new services and software
TCS profits drop as currency volatility, wage hikes bite
14 Jul 2017
TCS attributed this to the rupee appreciation against the dollar that dented the company’s bottomline by Rs650 crore and the wage hike for its 3.85 lakh employees that cost another Rs650 crore
Google spared $1.3-bn tax bill after French court rejects government demand
13 Jul 2017
A French court struck down Google's €1-billion back taxes after it found the search giant did not have sufficient physical operations in France to warrant paying the additional taxes
Flipkart set to sweeten offer for Snapdeal; may go up to $950 mn
13 Jul 2017
Snapdeal, which is also engaged in separate discussions for selling Freecharge (mobile wallet operations) and Vulcan Express (logistics), is likely to close these as well over the next few weeks
Facebook Messenger app to carry ads
12 Jul 2017
Apple Inc to set up first data centre in China
12 Jul 2017
Amazon gets govt nod to retail food in India
10 Jul 2017
The company will open a wholly-owned subsidiary in India that will stock and sell food online to carry out the business
Facebook warning message about hacker a hoax
10 Jul 2017
Jio subscriber data breached in largest hack in India
10 Jul 2017
Reliance Jio said it was probing alleged leakage of sensitive details, including mobile numbers and Aadhar number of millions of its subscribers
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