Companies

L&T Plans to Spend $1 billion on Acquiring IT Firms

The acquisitions will help its subsidiary L&T Infotech get better valuations when it opts for listing.

May 18, 2015

Infosys Likely to Appoint Board Member Seshasayee as Interim Chairman

Infosys is expected to finalise the next non-executive chairman within 2-3 weeks.

May 18, 2015

Infosys CEO Sikka Looks to Increase Revenues from China to $1bn by 2020

Sikka aims to increase revenues from China to $1 billion from current $120 million

May 17, 2015

Wipro Using 'Soft robots' To Automate Helpdesk, Recruitment Functions

Wipro seems to be speeding up its automation moves across the company.

May 16, 2015

GST Likely to Increase Costs for E-Commerce Firms Flipkart, Snapdeal by 10-15%

Industry watchers say that the e-commerce sector might be impacted more once the GST is implemented.

May 16, 2015

Brazil: Health minister confirms dengue outbreak an ‘epidemic’

Brazils Health Minister Arthur Chioro on Thursday (14 May) said the country was technically facing a dengue fever epidemic.

May 15, 2015

Britain could attract $37bn funding to develop new antibiotics

A British government-backed review released on Thursday (14 May) is seeking billions of dollars to fund the development of 15 new antibiotics to counter antibiotic resistance.

May 15, 2015

Snapdeal Grants Stock Options to 1,200 Top Performers

The e-tailer has raised the share of equity allocated for distribution of options to 10 percent from 6 percent.

May 14, 2015

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Hyderabad to Host Google's Biggest Campus Outside US

Expected to be ready by 2019, the facility will be the first company-owned campus in Asia.

May 13, 2015

Edmund Shing: Goodbye mansion tax, hello post-election property bonanza

A property bonanza looms now that a Labour mansion tax is no longer on the cards.

May 12, 2015

Ebola: Liberia celebrates as WHO declares the nation clear

Liberians celebrated a day of Thanksgiving on Monday (11 May), just days after the country was declared free from Ebola.

May 12, 2015

Radiation: Scientists appeal to UN to protect against danger of wireless devices

Nearly 200 scientists submitted an appeal to the United Nations on Monday (11 May) requesting it to adopt guidelines to protect against electromagnetic radiation that emit from cell phones, laptops, tablets and other wireless devices.

May 12, 2015