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Essar exits telecom business monetising $6 billion
17 Jan 2015
Cayman Islands-based Essar Global Fund Ltd is a global investor controlling a number of world-class assets in core sectors of energy, infrastructure, shipping and BPO
Wipro Q3 net up 8.8% at Rs2,193 cr
16 Jan 2015
Sensitive to staff: N Chandrasekaran
16 Jan 2015
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Google showcases self-driving prototype at Detroit Auto Show
15 Jan 2015
Google, is in talks with top car makers, to help put driver-less cars on the roads
TCS posts 5.1% rise in net profit
15 Jan 2015
Facebook launches Facebook at Work
15 Jan 2015
Ericsson launches countersuit against Apple
15 Jan 2015
Google unveils Translate app
15 Jan 2015
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IBM launches the most powerful, secure system ever built
15 Jan 2015
The z13 features the world’s fastest microprocessor, 2X faster than the most common server processors, 300 per cent more memory, 100 per cent more bandwidth and vector processing analytics to speed mobile transactions
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Honda showcases hydrogen powered vehicle
14 Jan 2015
The Honda fuel cell vehicle has a 300-mile range, can be replenished with hydrogen fuel in about 3 minutes and emits only water vapour from its tailpipe
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Infosys announces $250-mn ‘Innovate in India Fund’ for Indian start-ups
14 Jan 2015
Infosys has announced a $250-million‘Innovate in India Fund’ to support Indian startups
HC restrains TCS from sacking mid-level employee
14 Jan 2015
‘Involuntary attrition’, not mass layoffs, says TCS
14 Jan 2015
TCS, the country's largest software services firm, today defended itself over reports that it has pink-slipped 2,574 employees in the first nine months of this fiscal, and as the total layoffs in the full year are expected to exceed 3,000
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