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Amazon.com stepping into India – setting up fulfilment center in Mumbai
By Manoj Govindassamy at 3 February, 2012, 11:22 am
Amazon.com – the largest online retailer in the planet, is stepping into India this year. Most probably! After a long wait, the company has decided to make some serious investments in the country. Amazon.com is setting up its first “fulfillment center” for India in Mumbai. Well, thats not an official statement given by the company, [...]
Read More >>Deccan 360 referred to debt restructuring; Is India Inc., not yet ready for an air cargo service ?
By Shivani at 15 November, 2011, 12:24 am
GR Gopinath’s aspirational venture – Deccan 360, India’s dedicated air cargo services is in deep red for sometime now. Deccan 360 has a debt of over Rs. 500 Crore. Of which, it owes Rs. 200 Cr to Axis bank, Rs. 160 Cr to SBI. As too many lenders can cause devastation to the company, Deccan [...]
Read More >>BRU World Cafe – sip your favourite coffees in Hindustan Unilever’s latest Espresso chain
By Manoj Govindassamy at 3 June, 2011, 6:59 am
Hindustan Unilever has started Cafe chain in the name of one of its populous brands in the food drinks segment – Bru as “BRU World Cafe” chain by opening their first 3 retail outlets in Mumbai… Well, the timing can be no perfect than this. Just on the heels on US coffee retail chain Starbucks planning to setup cafes in India and an another US coffee/food retail major Dunkin Donuts waiting to enter the country, HUL has just inched up faster to open the coffee retail units. Cafe and Espresso bars are no new to India. Cafe Coffee Day, Barista (acquired by Italian coffee..
Read More >>World famous OREO biscuits now in India – Cadbury set to enter local biscuits market – OREO vs DarkFantasy vs Treat-O
By Manoj Govindassamy at 7 March, 2011, 11:40 am
pKraft Food’s Oreo brand in the largest (by value) and the most popular biscuits/cookies worldwide .. ITC Sunfeast created “Dark Fantasy” brand and Britannia created “Pure Magic” and “Treat-O” brands ..Kraft Foods now entering India market via Cadbury India … is trying to sue Britannia and ITC for trademark and copyright violations of Oreo cookies. ..now with a local manufacturing units, Kraft Foods has slashed OREO biscuits price tag to ..Can Cadbury India with its elite branding repeat its chocolate success in the biscuits/cookies section ? Can OREO – which was once ‘America’s favourite cookies’nbsp;nbsp;become ‘India’s favourite cookies’ ?../p
Read More >>Growth is back in Indian IT companies – Jobs are out now
By Robinsh Kumar at 2 February, 2011, 4:52 pm
Recent recoded data on the Indian share market showing the clear visible growth in the Indian IT firms and that’s the main reason behind you should be sure about the employment recovery specially in technical sector of the services. According to the CEO of Infosys Technologies Mr. Kris Gopalakrishnan “Growth is back and companies are [...]
Read More >>IT companies and high attrition rates: Suggestions to curb
By Natraj Muthukrishnan at 26 January, 2011, 9:53 am
In a post recession world, the companies are having a new challenge. During recession it was a challenge to maintain the profit margins and to be sustainable, now the challenge is to retain the people. Yes, attrition is at a never before levels. Not that companies are not taking steps to curtail this, just that [...]
Read More >>HCC Lavasa’s ambitious hill city project faces roadblock from forest ministry – Lavasa IPO to be deferred ?
By Manoj Govindassamy at 1 December, 2010, 2:10 pm
Hindustan Construction Company’s (HCC) subsidiary Lavasa Corporation which is developing a hill city a.k.a townshipin Mulshi taluka of Pune district has got a show-cause notice from ministry of environment and forests on skipping environmental clearances….Lavasa has been constructing the township for past few years and why should forest ministry take up this issue at a time when the company going in for an IPO ?…
Read More >>Jagran Prakashan goes in for rebranding – unveils new logo
By Manoj Govindassamy at 10 November, 2010, 2:11 pm
Dainik Jagran has been the largest read newspaper in India over the last consecutive15 rounds of the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) and the last 3 rounds of the National Readership Survey (NRS)….Of late, companies are showing special interests in their brand identity and in this year the corporate world has already seen quite a few rebranding exercise by the indian companies …
Read More >>Facebook is the top social networking site in India, topples orkut
By Natraj Muthukrishnan at 26 August, 2010, 1:07 pm
Inspite of the umpteen number of controversies surrounding it, FB continues to spiral its way to the top. … However, in July 2010, FB received 20.87 million unique visitors from India versus about 19.87 million unique visitors from India for orkut, thus becoming the top social networking site in the country…Here is what alexa has to say about top sites in India..
Read More >>Free calls to US and Canada: Google launching calling facility through gtalk
By Natraj Muthukrishnan at 26 August, 2010, 8:35 am
making a call through its service works like a normal phone in that a user could click on the “call phone” option in their chat buddy list in Gmail and type in the number or enter a contact’s name. Calls that cost money will be charged from an online account that users can top up with a credit card.
Read More >>Jobs for Engineering graduates in IT sector: Are we ready?
By Natraj Muthukrishnan at 19 August, 2010, 9:13 am
In a country where becoming an engineer is a household dream in all the houses and where engineering college open up daily, it has become a case of quantity doing the talking over quality. Yes, we produce engineers from every corner of the country but are they employable? A recent survey suggests that only one [...]
Read More >>IBM is the second largest IT company in INDIA!!
By Natraj Muthukrishnan at 18 August, 2010, 7:57 pm
It is known to all that TCS is the largest IT employer and also largest private sector employer with more than 1.6 lakh employees on board and still counting as is the season now. But whats surprising is the second slot in this list. While all were expecting Infosys, the second largest company to be [...]
Read More >>“Pepsi Max” launched in India
By Poonam Singhal at 4 August, 2010, 2:25 pm
The people in India are growing more calorie-conscious than they ever were. And the food and beverages industry is trying to get the most of it. Pepsico India launched its global its global sugar-free cola brand, Pepsi Max, in India. Pepsi is very popular among the youth. It is marketed as “Youngistan” ka drink. The [...]
Read More >>IT Companies are now strict with their notice period
By Natraj Muthukrishnan at 28 July, 2010, 10:17 am
In an industry which is facing one of the worst attrition ever, companies have started thinking of ways to prevent the attrition from affecting the business. Of late, companies have started asking employees to serve their full notice period before leaving the company. Notice period for employees generally refers to the amount of time specified [...]
Read More >>Make my trip to get listed in NASDAQ, $100 million IPO
By Natraj Muthukrishnan at 28 July, 2010, 9:57 am
After being chosen as one of the top 10 companies to work for in India, India’s largest travel company is all set to be listed in NASDAQ. The firm plans to raise up to $100 million (about Rs 465 crore) through an initial public offering in the US. The number of shares to be offered [...]
Read More >>UK Govt. budget cut spoils the IT party
By Natraj Muthukrishnan at 24 July, 2010, 9:11 am
There have been talks about UK govt. cutting on the budget and ever since IT cos which have projects from UK have been troubled. At least 35 big UK government IT outsourcing contracts are potentially at risk of renegotiation, including the Tata Constancy Services’ £600 million pension administration contract, as a result of the cuts [...]
Read More >>Campus recruitment 2010-2011 begins: Accenture violates Nasscom rule
By Natraj Muthukrishnan at 24 July, 2010, 9:07 am
IT firms TCS, Infosys and Wipro are accusing have accused Accenture of violating campus recruitment norms. They accuse that Accenture has begun campus recruitment a full one semester year ahead and violated the Nasscom norms. Even a couple of years back, IT companies used to hire engineering graduates a year before they passed out. However, [...]
Read More >>Kerala – Next IT destination?
By Poonam Singhal at 23 July, 2010, 5:17 pm
Kerala is known world-over for its back-waters and scenic beauty. In the past few years, it has grown as a very big tourist destination for tourists from India and abroad too. It is well known for the ayurvedic treatments too. Within the country, it is the most literate state. However, the influence of IT on [...]
Read More >>TCS overtakes Infosys as the most valued IT company in India
By Muruganandham Krishnan at 18 July, 2010, 6:30 am
Less than a month after Apple overtook Microsoft as the most valuable technology company globally, we now have a change in India too. Country’s top software exporter TCS today toppled its main competitor Infosys Technologies as the most valued IT company in the country. Shares of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) rallied over 6 per cent [...]
Read More >>Infoscians .. be careful what you scribble on social networking sites – Infosys social media policy!
By Manoj Govindassamy at 16 July, 2010, 10:17 am
Infosys Social Media Policy helps Infosys take legal action against employees who leak confidential company information on social networking sites like Orkut, Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, etc., Seems, few employees have made personal attacks against the company’s top management (are those attacks against Ms.Gurjar … Irked by the unwanted noise and brand spoiling act on the net, the management might have decided to design an axe – the Infosys social media policy and we have to wait and watch if these new restrictions can keep the infoscians growling…
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