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Ford Figo – The ‘cool’ car : Price, Review & Test drive

We had written here when Ford unveiled its ‘cool’ compact car for India, Figo. This has now been launched and is available for the Indian car buyers. It is built on the same platform as Fiesta, and has been built specifically to fulfill the needs of small car buyers in India. Ford wants to make [...]

Air India tickets at discount

Air India has been under pressure to perform and has been in debt. As written here earlier, Air India is trying to leave no stone unturned to get the bail-out amount from Govt of India. It has been trying hard to attract more flyers on its flights and has announced a 10% discount on [...]

Google Transit for the Metro commuters in Delhi & NCR

 Delhi Metro has fast been growing as the daily means of transport in the Delhi & NCR region. With Delhi Metro expanding its horizon, reaching the near-by NOIDA, Gurgaon, Ghaziabad, and covering more kilometers, passengers want to know the routes and schedules, when they are on move. For this, DMRC (Delhi Metro Rail Corporation) has [...]

Good news: Hikes on way at Infosys, TCS, HCL, Mahindra Satyam

As the services companies realing under recession from a long time have started to rebound, a number of them are planning to raise wages for their employees.

Infosys Technologies has announced a raise in annual pay for its employees starting April 1st. Last year, Infosys had deferred the salary hike and provided the same in October [...]

BSNL has 1 lakh excess staff. VRS, IPO, downsizing on way?

BSNL, one of the largest employers in the country, currently has over 3 lakh employees. This PSU, has been facing a lot of competition from the private operators. Its fixed-line market has been declining mainly because of ancient procedures & processes.
A panel headed by Mr Sam Pitroda, advisor to the PrimeMinister, has provided a 15-point formula [...]

Hike in auto loan rates. No more teaser home loans. Home loans set to increase?

We had written here earlier that banks have been asked to withdraw the easy loans or teaser loans, where they offer home loans at a lower fixed rate for the initial years and then move to flexible rate.
ICICI bank and HDFC bank have joined the league and called off their teaser loan schemes.
Not only this, they [...]

Jobs at Convergys : Convergys set to hire 1K

Here is some good news for the job-seekers in NCR region. Convergys Corporation is all set to hire more than 1,000 employees in India, over the next 3 months. All of these openings are at their Gurgoan centre. 
Convergys is listed on the NewYork Stock Exchange and has around 75,000 employees world-wide. It deals in relationship [...]

Air India may go in for pay cut

Of late, we have been hearing good news about pay hikes & promotions at companies in the country. For a change this time, we have some sad news of pay-cuts for Air India employees.
Air India is planning for a pay cut of about 15%-17%, as a part of cost-cutting measures, to be done over two [...]

Volkswagen drives in New Polo

Europe’s largest car maker, Volkswagen has launched the New Polo, in the high-end compact car segment. The first Polo was rolled out at the Delhi Auto Expo in Dec 2009. Volkswagen wants to establish its brand presence in India, and launching a car in this fastest growing segment in India will help VW to realize [...]

Jet Airways : Special discount for women

This one is for women fliers & for men who are being accompanied by women on a flight.
India’s largest private airline, Jet Airways has a special discount for you, on the occasion of International Women’s Day, on March 8.

Anyone making a booking on the Jet Airways website from March 1st to March 31st, can [...]