Articles for Services Companies

Job applications at Infosys dip to pre-covid level, even lesser jobs offered
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Job applications at Infosys dip to pre-covid level, even lesser jobs offered

Live Mint  

Job applications at Infosys Ltd have fallen to pre-covid levels, while job offers handed out to candidates have dipped below pandemic levels. According to the company’s annual report, Infosys received 2.44 million applications as of the financial year ended March 2024. Despite the number of applications being similar to pre-covid times, the number of jobs offered was much lower last …

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Booking.com now falls under same EU rules as Google, Apple
7 months, 1 week ago

Booking.com now falls under same EU rules as Google, Apple

NL Times  

Booking.com now falls under the same strict European Union rules that apply to large internet companies like Google, Apple, and Amazon. The rules of the Digital Markets Act already apply to search engines, social media, operating systems, and online marketplaces of the largest Internet companies. Booking must “give end users more choice and freedom and business users fair access to …

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New era for pot regulation leaves old problem: Many cannabis companies can’t find a bank
7 months, 3 weeks ago

New era for pot regulation leaves old problem: Many cannabis companies can’t find a bank

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — The Biden administration’s move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous but still controlled drug was hailed as a monumental step in reshaping national policy. “Cannabis would still be illegal under federal law, and that is a line many banks in this country will not cross.” Most Americans live in states where marijuana is legally available in …

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Q4 results this week: Reliance, Maruti Suzuki among firms to declare earnings. Check full list here
8 months ago

Q4 results this week: Reliance, Maruti Suzuki among firms to declare earnings. Check full list here

Hindustan Times  

Q4 results this week: Reliance Industries, Bajaj Finance, Tech Mahindra, Nestle India, HCL Technologies, Maruti Suzuki, are among key companies that are set to release their quarterly results this week. Q4 results on April 24: On Wednesday this week, companies including Hindustan Unilever, Axis Bank, LTIMindtree, Macrotech Developers, Indian Hotels Company, Oracle Financial Services Software, AU Small Finance Bank, Dalmia …

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Why is BMW tying up with Tata Technologies for software R&D?
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Why is BMW tying up with Tata Technologies for software R&D?

New Indian Express  

In yet another example of a traditional manufacturing company tying up with an IT services firm for R&D and product development, global automotive leader BMW will create a software and IT development hub in India in association with Tata Technologies. Traditional companies, particularly those in the manufacturing sector, often seek tie-ups with third-party services companies like Tata Technologies and Accenture …

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Google, Meta and others face tough questions in Australia over cyber extremism threats
9 months ago

Google, Meta and others face tough questions in Australia over cyber extremism threats

Associated Press  

SYDNEY — Australia’s online safety regulator has put social media giants on notice, requiring them to explain what they are doing to to protect people from violent extremists and terrorists. The country’s eSafety regulator announced Tuesday that it had issued legal notices to Google, Meta, X, WhatsApp, Telegram and Reddit requiring each company to report on steps they are taking …

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IT firms dial down campus hiring, but GCCs are filling in
1 year, 1 month ago

IT firms dial down campus hiring, but GCCs are filling in

Live Mint  

Prospects for the Class of 2024 which had darkened when information technology services firms cut hiring are brightening again, as global capability centres step into the breach with higher salary offers. This year, out of 440 companies that visited so far, more than 200 companies were GCCs," said Samuel Rajkumar V., director of the Vellore Institute of Technology’s career development …

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In charts: Factors impacting office space demand
1 year, 5 months ago

In charts: Factors impacting office space demand

Live Mint  

The demand for office space in India is buffeted by two different forces: return-to-office mandates and concerns around hiring due to global economic uncertainties. While economic uncertainty has lowered the demand for office space, one form that is becoming popular across cities is the flexible office space. Demand drop In 2022, the demand for office space jumped by almost 53% …

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Insurance companies under scanner for rampant tax evasion
1 year, 10 months ago

Insurance companies under scanner for rampant tax evasion

The Hindu  

The Income Tax Department is likely to start prosecuting insurance companies soon, as it has found rampant industry-wide irregularities and “tax evasion” in the commission payments made to agents while bypassing norms laid down by the insurance regulator, India’s direct tax department head said. It’s not that they are holy cows.” The IT department’s findings can be linked to a …

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Watch | Business Matters: Will global layoffs jolt India’s IT industry?
1 year, 10 months ago

Watch | Business Matters: Will global layoffs jolt India’s IT industry?

The Hindu  

There has been a slew of layoff announcements in the Western corporate world these past months, gathering pace over recent weeks. E. Balaji, currently Global chief HR officer at TVS Supply Chain Solutions, who has also been a senior leader in the manpower placement industry for more than a decade prior to this position, says fear of reputation loss and …

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Jio 5G, Airtel 5G launched: List of cities where 5G is available, how to access 5G on phone
2 years, 1 month ago

Jio 5G, Airtel 5G launched: List of cities where 5G is available, how to access 5G on phone

India Today  

Jio and Airtel 5G are currently available in many Indian cities. Telecom companies are offering it for free and people don’t even need to change their SIM cards for 5G, which is great. Jio 5G: Full list of Indian cities -Hyderabad -Bengaluru -Mumbai -Chennai -Varanasi -Kolkata - Delhi -Gurugram -Noida -Ghaziabad -Faridabad -Other Delhi-NCR regions Airtel 5G: Full list of …

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Why the street is disappointed by HCL, TCS Q1 results
2 years, 5 months ago

Why the street is disappointed by HCL, TCS Q1 results

Live Mint  

June quarter earnings of large Indian information technology services companies have had a sombre beginning. Ebit margins for both TCS and HCL slipped to multi-year lows in Q1 FY23, missing consensus estimates. One of the reasons for the soft net employee additions despite strong deal wins could be that attrition is running ahead of what companies were expecting," Rakesh said. …

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Government notifies consumer protection rules, asks direct selling firms to comply within 90 days
2 years, 11 months ago

Government notifies consumer protection rules, asks direct selling firms to comply within 90 days

India TV News  

Highlights Union govt notified Consumer Protection Rules & asked direct selling companies to comply with them It'll be applicable to all goods, services bought or sold through direct selling as per new norms All direct selling companies, sellers are prohibited from promoting pyramid scheme under new norms The Union government has notified the Consumer Protection Rules, 2021, and asked the …

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Microsoft: Russian-backed hackers targeting cloud services
3 years, 1 month ago

Microsoft: Russian-backed hackers targeting cloud services

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — Microsoft said Monday the same Russia-backed hackers responsible for the 2020 SolarWinds breach continue to attack the global technology supply chain and have been relentlessly targeting cloud service companies and others since summer. The group, which Microsoft calls Nobelium, has employed a new strategy to piggyback on the direct access that cloud service resellers have to their …

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The Underworlds Of Whatsapp
3 years, 11 months ago

The Underworlds Of Whatsapp

Live Law  

Recently the most used mobile commodity Whatsapp sprang its wings in Non-European countries and introduced a new oxymoronic privacy policy for its Non-European users. It is in fact a psychological tactic to persuade the user to agree to the new privacy policy without reading or grasping the carefully crafted contract which begins with WhatsApp defined as Facebook Companies. Even deletion …

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Chinese national, 3 others working for online gambling company held
4 years, 4 months ago

Chinese national, 3 others working for online gambling company held

The Hindu  

A Chinese national and his three associates from New Delhi were arrested by Hyderabad police on Thursday for organising online gambling. During the course of investigation, the sleuths of Central Crime Station found that the online gambling was organised by various companies under the blanket of Beijing T Power Company, a firm based out of China. The arrested are Yah …

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