Firms/companies
Infosys to acquire Noah Consulting for $70-mn
19 Oct 2015
Facebook’s Zukerberg likely to push Free Basics on India visit
19 Oct 2015
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg is planning his second visit to India on 28 October, exactly one month after he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as the country is the predominant focus for Facebook’s Free Basics initiative
Deutsche bank undergoes major structural revamp
19 Oct 2015
Intel pulling all stops to be iPhone’s next partner
19 Oct 2015
Slow on the uptake where the mobile market goes, chipmaker Intel has now reportedly put over a thousand employees to work on chips for the next Apple iPhone as it seeks to displace Qualcom
Walmart paid millions in India as bribes: report
19 Oct 2015
The Wall Street Journal reports that while the cumulative bribes paid in India amounted to millions, individual bribes were usually under $200, and sometimes as low as $5
US court rejects copyright case against Google
19 Oct 2015
The Authors Guild lost its case against Google's book-scanning project after a 10-year battle, as a federal court ruled that it did not infringe copyright laws
HDFC Bank ATMs to provide on the spot personal loans
17 Oct 2015
The bank will initially launch the loan-on-ATM product for those with salary accounts and corporate customers
Tata to close Scotland's last major steel plants in restructuring of UK operations
17 Oct 2015
Cheap imports and high energy costs have put pressure on British steel companies and made domestic production non-competitive
Maggi noodles to be back, but not instantly
17 Oct 2015
Nestle India on Friday announced that it would start making Maggi noodles again as all samples of the brand have been tested and cleared by the three laboratories mandated by the Bombay High Court
Tata Steel to axe 1,200 jobs in UK
17 Oct 2015
Aditya Birla fashion retail goes online with abof.com
16 Oct 2015
The portal will offer 7,000 products initially, which the company plans to take to 20,000 in next few months
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