Digital entertainment content and travel top online purchases in region
New Delhi, 20 November 2008 – The internet is proving as appealing a shopping destination as the likes of shopping centres in Tsim Sha Tsui in Hong Kong or Orchard Road in Singapore. According to a Visa e-Commerce Tracking Survey, nearly 80 percent of internet users surveyed in Asia Pacific say they made an online [...]
weRead in alliance with print-on-demand leader Lulu.com
Mumbai, India, November 19, 2008: weRead, one of the most successful social networking applications for social book discovery has entered into a strategic alliance with print-on-demand leader Lulu.com where the application will include titles from Lulu.com’s vast online marketplace. The deal propels the popularity of self-published books from Lulu’s exhaustive online marketplace that works on [...]
Econ meltdown: Citi, Pepsi announces massive job cuts
Global banking major Citibank and US soft drinks conglomerate Pepsi has finally announced massive jobs cuts across the globe to cut down the costs and save the empires from the impact of global economy meltdown. Job cuts decision may hit these companies Indian operations, experts said.
Here is the Vikram Pandits Presentation at Town Hall meeting of [...]
Google launches new SMS Search feature
- Out late at night without a ride home and need the number of a taxi service?
- Run out of cash in a new city and looking for an ATM?
- Power cut in between a nail biting cricket match. Need instant updates on the score?
- Long queues at the railway enquiry counter making you sweat?
- [...]
IDBI Bank Ex-Head of Treasury joins MCX-SX as CEO
Mumbai: MCX-SX, the country’s newest stock exchange, today announced the appointment of Mr. U. Venkataraman as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Mr. Venkataraman will oversee the functioning of the exchange apart from strategizing the development of the exchange in line with its philosophy of “Systematic Development of Financial Markets in India through Information, Innovation, Education [...]
Turbulent times also a moment of Opportunity: Henry Kissinger
NEW DELHI: America today faces a moment of complexity but it also faces a moment of opportunities, said Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, chairman, Kissinger Associates, USA here today. Addressing the 24th India Economic Summit, jointly organized by Confederation of Indian Industry and the World Economic Forum in New Delhi, Kissinger called for a more multilateral [...]
MUKESH AMBANI INDIA’S RICHEST PERSON: FORBES
$200 BILLION POORER, INDIA’S 40 RICHEST WEALTH DROPS 60%
Singapore:– The combined net worth of India’s 40 richest has taken a 60% nosedive. Their total wealth is now $139 billion, down from $351 billion a year
ago, according to the latest Forbes Asia India Rich List.
These are painful times for India’s tycoons. The country’s once soaring stock [...]
Business Leaders Provide 5-point Agenda For G 20 Summit
Businesses From G 20 Nations Issue Joint Statement
MUMBAI: In a Joint Statement issued here, Business Leaders from G 20 countries have come together to provide a five-point agenda for political leaders at the Summit at Washington DC. Commenting on the subject, the Director General of CII (Confederation of Indian Industry), Mr Chandrajit Banerjee said that [...]
General Motors India ties up with BPCL to expand its service network
Mumbai: With a view to further expand its presence in the Indian market, GM India has tied up with BPCL for establishing Chevrolet Authorized Service Centres at select BPCL workshops called “V CARE”.
BPCL, a Fortune 500 company has opened service facilities at select fuel Retail Outlets and branded these as V-CARE. These workshops have been [...]
Autodesk celebrates 10th anniversary of Maya, launches Maya 2009
New Release Provides Stereoscopic Production Capabilities, nParticles Simulation, and Powerful Animation and Productivity Tools
Mumbai, November 2008: Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) announced the India launch of Autodesk Maya 2009, 3D animation and visual effects software, in celebration of the software’s 10-year anniversary at Autodesk Developer Day in Mumbai today. Maya 2009 includes a wide range of [...]