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A breath of fresh air: US-based Softvision to hire 500 techies in Bangalore

Softvision requires engineers in specific departments such as mobility iOS, Java Scala and Android and plans to take on board the engineers over the next 12 months.

Jul 18, 2017

Legal spillover: RIL, ONGC, Shell told to shell out $3 bn in fines

The dispute over the government's share of profit petroleum and royalty from the PMT fields has raged for many years.

Jul 18, 2017

IndiGo's regional flights may take off by November: Report

Services in the southern region can provide the fillip since three regional players are facing problems for more than a year.

Jul 18, 2017

Banks to take hit of Rs 18,000 cr for 12 accounts identified for bankruptcy

Ind-Ra forecasts additional provisioning to eat into bank profits by around 25 percent in fiscal 2018.

Jul 18, 2017

Flipkart makes revised offer of about $950 million to buy Snapdeal

Flipkart's new proposal, reportedly made over the weekend, is said to be worth between $900-$950 million and is now being evaluated and discussed by the board of Snapdeal.

Jul 18, 2017

HDFC Life gears up for IPO after scrapping merger with Max: Report

The initial public offering (IPO) of up to Rs 10,000 crore could reportedly value the company at about Rs 50,000 crore.

Jul 18, 2017

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Narayana Murthy reveals he regrets quitting Infosys as chairman in 2014

While Narayana Murthy did say that he regretted leaving, he clarified that he does not really miss being on the campus on a daily basis.

Jul 18, 2017

State of realty: Rotten foundations? Yes; unreal expectations? No

Prices haven't really dropped, new project launches are on full steam, but real estate inventories are more or less intact as demand stays down.

Jul 17, 2017

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SBI Life seeks capital markets regulator's nod for IPO: Report

State Bank of India (SBI) holds 70 percent stake in the company, while 26 percent stake is held by BNP Paribas Cardif.

Jul 17, 2017

Insolvency case: Gujarat HC dismisses Essar Steel petition challenging RBI

Essar Steel's petition had challenged the RBI directive to banks for initiating insolvency proceedings against it

Jul 17, 2017

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Number of PSBs may go down to 12 as govt mulls consolidation

The 21 public sector banks are expected to be consolidated to 10-12 in the medium term.

Jul 17, 2017

TCS may further reduce its employee headcount after plans to shut down Lucknow office

While Tata Consultancy Services has said that it may reduce its employee headcount to deal with the economic slowdown, it clarified that it does not plan to lay off its existing employees.

Jul 17, 2017

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Tech Mahindra to hire over 2,000 workers in the US in 2017

Speaking about the US hiring, Tech Mahindra explained that this was in tune with the US government making it clear that it would like companies to hire locals.

Jul 17, 2017