AMFI-WB confers life-time achievement award to Ajit Maity

Apr 30, 2014, at 11:38 pm

Kolkata, Apr 30 (IBNS): The West Bengal Chapter of Association of Microfinance Institutions (AMFI) on Wednesday awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award to Ajit Maity, Chairman, Village Financial Services (VFS) Pvt Ltd, for his contribution to the micro finance sector in Eastern India.

ICICI Bank opens 100th Chennai branch

Apr 30, 2014, at 11:37 pm

Chennai, Apr 30 (IBNS) ICICI Bank Ltd Wednesday inaugurated a new branch at Ashok Nagar in Chennai, becoming the first private sector bank to have 100 branches in the city.

Autodesk unveils 2015 design suites in India

Apr 30, 2014, at 10:41 pm

New Delhi, Apr 30 (IBNS): Multinational software corporation Autodesk, Inc. on Wednesday announced the release of its Autodesk 2015 design suites in India, featuring tighter integration with Autodesk cloud services.

TGIF hosts Tata Innovista 2014

Apr 30, 2014, at 10:35 pm

Kolkata, Apr 30 (IBNS): The group-wide programme, ‘Tata Innovista 2014’ organised by the Tata Group Innovation Forum (TGIF) to encourage, recognise and showcase outstanding innovations done by Tata companies across the globe, received over 1700 entries this year, the officials informed.

CEAT Revenue up 10% in FY13-14

Apr 30, 2014, at 05:26 pm

Kolkata, Apr 30 (IBNS) CEAT Limited, an RPG Group company, announced its audited results for the financial year ending March 31, 2014.

Rupee opens at 60.36 per dollar

Apr 30, 2014, at 04:36 pm

Mumbai, Apr 30 (IBNS): The Indian rupee opened at 60.36 against the US dollar during early trade on Wednesday.

Volvo Auto to open four showrooms across India

Apr 30, 2014, at 04:42 am

Kolkata, Apr 29 (IBNS) Swedish luxury car maker Volvo Auto India is strengthening its foothold in the country by opening its 4 showrooms across key cities within the next one month, said the company on Tuesday.

Diebold turns to Accenture to enhance business processes

Apr 30, 2014, at 02:36 am

New York, Apr 29 (IBNS): Diebold and Accenture on Tuesday announced a multi-year agreement in which Diebold will engage with Accenture to provide the company with finance and accounting (F&A), human resources (HR), and procurement business process outsourcing (BPO) services to support Diebold’s broader transformation strategy.

Ford India launches 2014 Endeavour

Apr 29, 2014, at 09:37 pm

Chandigarh, Apr 29 (IBNS): Automobile manufacturer Ford India on Tuesday launched the new 2014 Ford Endeavour, the latest edition of its true-blue, all-terrain SUV, featuring dynamic new styling and adrenaline pumping features, in Chandigarh.

Mindtree opens second US delivery center

Apr 29, 2014, at 09:33 pm

Bangalore, Apr 29 (IBNS): Indian global information technology solutions company Mindtree recently expanded its US operations by launching a delivery center in Redmond, Washington.

Arbor reports spike in DDoS attack driven by NTP

Apr 29, 2014, at 07:04 pm

Bangalore, Apr 29 (IBNS): Software company providing network security, Arbor Networks Inc., on Tuesday noted an unprecedented spike in volumetric attacks, driven by the proliferation of Network Time Protocol (NTP) reflection/amplification attacks.

Rupee opens at 60.62 per dollar

Apr 29, 2014, at 03:50 pm

Mumbai, Apr 29 (IBNS): The Indian rupee opened marginally higher at 60.62 against the US dollar during early trade on Tuesday.

Nokia appoints Rajeev Suri as CEO

Apr 29, 2014, at 03:05 pm

Espoo, Finland, Apr 29 (IBNS) Having completed the sale of substantially all of its Devices & Services business to Microsoft on Apr 25, Finnish telecommunications gear maker Nokia on Tuesday announced the appointment of Rajeev Suri as its President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective May 1.

TTC Singapore announces two management changes

Apr 29, 2014, at 03:06 am

Singapore, Apr 28 (IBNS): International travel group The Travel Corporation (TTC), with over 25 award-winning brands such as Trafalgar's Guided Holidays, Insight Vacations, Contiki Holidays, Uniworld Boutique River Cruises and Red Carnation Hotels, on Monday announced two management changes - the return of Robin Yap as "President - The Travel Corporation Asia", with effect from May 1 this year, and Nick Lim taking on an expanded role at Trafalgar as “President - Trafalgar Asia” as well as being promoted to "President - The Travel Corporation India".

Tata Steel commissions Coke Oven Battery

Apr 29, 2014, at 01:47 am

Jamshedpur, Apr 28 (IBNS): Tata Steel’s new Coke Oven Battery #11 was commissioned on Monday by Cyrus P. Mistry, Tata Group Chairman at Jamshedpur.

Jute industry in dire straits in West Bengal: IJMA

Apr 28, 2014, at 10:38 pm

Kolkata, Apr 28 (IBNS) The Indian Jute Mills Association (IJMA) in a press release has underlined the present pathetic condition of the industry in West Bengal.

Economy delicately balanced: India Ratings

Apr 28, 2014, at 08:54 pm

New Delhi, Apr 28 (IBNS) India Ratings & Research (Ind-Ra) on Monday said it is keeping its FY15 gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast unchanged at 5.6%.

Indian data center technology expert to address global meet

Apr 28, 2014, at 08:49 pm

New Delhi, Apr 28 (IBNS): Data center technologies expert and entrepreneur from India, Shekhar Dasgupta was recently invited to speak at the Data Center World conference in the USA this month.

Rupee opens at 60.66 per dollar

Apr 28, 2014, at 04:52 pm

Mumbai, Apr 28 (IBNS): The Indian rupee opened at 60.66 against the US dollar during early trade on Monday.

SAIL bags two RVNL contracts

Apr 26, 2014, at 04:09 am

Kolkata, Apr 25 (IBNS): Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) has bagged contracts for supplying over 1.17 lakh tonnes of rails by bidding successfully for two global tenders floated by Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) for major upcoming passenger rail line projects in the country.

Yes Bank announces two new appointments

Apr 26, 2014, at 03:12 am

New Delhi, Apr 25 (IBNS): Private sector bank Yes Bank has announced the appointment of two independent directors-Saurabh Srivastava and Vasanth V Gujarathi on the Board of Directors of Yes Bank, at the Board meeting held on Apr 23.

Suzlon Group bags 370 MW of orders globally

Apr 26, 2014, at 12:37 am

Pune/Hamburg, Apr 25 (IBNS): Wind turbine manufacturer Suzlon Group has signed contracts for 370 MW during the Q4 of FY 2013-14, adding to an already strong pipeline of onshore & off shore orders globally in 2014.

Intex launches Touch & Type smartphone

Apr 25, 2014, at 10:10 pm

New Delhi, Apr 25 (IBNS) Intex Technologies, India’s fastest growing mobile handset company, on Friday announced the launch of its first ever dual functionality smartphone, "Aqua Qwerty".

SAP gains momentum in Asia Pacific Japan

Apr 25, 2014, at 09:59 pm

Singapore, Apr 25 (IBNS): One of the market leaders in enterprise application software, SAP AG on Friday noted that as cloud, mobile, social and big data drive business and technology in new ways, the company continued to gain momentum in Asia Pacific Japan.

JSW Steel inaugurates CRM-2 facility in Karnataka

Apr 25, 2014, at 06:37 pm

Mumbai, Apr 25 (IBNS): Integrated steel manufacturer JSW Steel Limited on Friday announced the launch of its Cold Roll Mill 2 (CRM-2) facility at Vijayanagar Works, Karnataka.

L&T Construction wins Rs 4510 cr Doha Metro project

Apr 25, 2014, at 04:29 pm

Mumbai, Apr 25 (IBNS): The Heavy Civil Infrastructure Business of L&T Construction has made a major breakthrough in the State of Qatar by winning a prestigious US $740 million (approx. ` 4510 crores) order from Qatar Railways Company for the design and construction of the Gold Line of the Doha Metro project in Qatar.

Rupee opens at 61.06 per dollar

Apr 25, 2014, at 03:11 pm

Mumbai, Apr 25 (IBNS): The Indian rupee opened flat at 61.06 against the US dollar during early trade on Friday.

Mindtree, IGD launch inaugural e-commerce award

Apr 25, 2014, at 02:08 am

Bangalore/Warren, Apr 24 (IBNS): Mindtree, a global information technology services company and IGD, a membership organization for retail and consumer goods industries with 800 members worldwide, on Thursday announced a new award category to recognize excellence in e-commerce among CPG and Retail enterprises.

DLF leases 3 million sqft office space in FY 14

Apr 24, 2014, at 10:50 pm

New Delhi, Apr 24 (IBNS): DLF Offices, the offices leasing and management arm of Indian real estate developer, DLF Ltd, on Thursday declared that the company has created a benchmark by leasing 3 million sqft of office space in FY14 with many marquee MNCs and Indian companies.

"Over 69% cyber attacks focused on large enterprises"

Apr 24, 2014, at 09:39 pm

Bangalore, Apr 24 (IBNS): Computer security, backup and availability solutions software corporation Symantec Corp. in its recently published Internet Security Threat Report (ISTR) stated that a significant shift in cybercriminal behavior reveals that the attackers are unrelenting in their focus on large enterprises with over 69 percent or more than 2/3rds of the targeted attacks in India carried out on them.