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IT companies in India moaning about scarcity of talent can expect it to get much worse – about 40% of Indian MBA applicants for overseas MBAs were from IT, and only 18% say they want to stick on in the industry after an MBA, says a recent study. Despite the boom in India’s IT industry...

After European and US truck makers, it is now the turn of Korean automotive giant Hyundai Motor to kick start its commercial vehicle business in India. The company is said to have initiated talks with Eicher group with an intention to acquire a stake in Eicher Motors. Hyundai is the third...

Imagine you are at the airport and are suddenly doubtful whether you switched off the air conditioning system in your room. Not to worry. Instead of cancelling your flight to save yourself from being slapped with a humongous electricity bill on your return, simply log on to www.connectgaia.com...

Bong bombshell Bipasha and John Abraham have finally called it quits. But it looks like John is still hoping for reconciliation. According to a report from the Times Group's news channel Times Now, they have separated. The channel quotes close friends of the couple Rocky S. First it was...

Advanced Medical Optics Inc offered to buy eye-care products rival Bausch & Lomb Inc for $4.23 billion in cash and stock, topping a $3.67 billion cash bid by a private equity firm. The Santa Ana, California-based company put in a $75-a-share offer of $45 in cash and $30 in AMO stock for each...

Boeing plans to invest $185 million in a joint venture with Air India as part of a deal for the sale of 68 aircraft, including 27 of its latest offering - the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The proposed joint venture between the world's leading aerospace company and India's national flag carrier will...

The auto mart is witnessing a churn, one where the US companies continue to suffer sever erosion in sales even as Japanese brands are gaining strength month by month, model by model. June was no different. If we look at the sales figures made public by prominent US motor companies, big...

Though there was caution in the air due to the deluge of initial public offerings (IPO) that saw close to Rs 50,000 crore being raised from the primary markets, the bellweather sensex defied gravity to kiss the 15K mark on Friday. The strong point marketmen identified during the current rally...

"As the economy is growing, there are newer opportunities for businesses and companies. Even for seasoned investors, there is an unfolding story in the Indian economy," says Sankar Sharma, director, Mumbai-based broking firm First Global. There are a few good signs too. Unlike the earlier...

India has emerged as one of the most attractive investment destination in the world. Merchant bankers and analysts feel this trend is likely to continue. According to the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Equity Indices, which compares the returns from various markets, India has...

Police took action on Pooja Chauhan's dowry complaint against her husband and in-laws only after she striped down to her under garments and marched on the streets of Rajkot. Isn't it a slap on the face of society that a woman has to strip in public to demand justice?

Ever dreamed of shaking hands with Sachin Tendulkar? A Japanese firm on Wednesday unveiled a system that enables you to feel “the shape and softness” of three-dimensional images using a sensor-loaded glove. The ‘tangible 3D’ system creates graphics that seem to burst out of a screen, and it...

It takes a person about 10 minutes to read a 2,500-word, front-page feature story in the Wall Street Journal. Computer programmes increasingly being used by investors to parse news stories can process one in about three one-hundredths of a second. Algorithms -- problem-solving programmes based...

As the monsoon covers most of the country, there is a new way you can study, track and better understand this South Asian phenomenon -- online. Called 'Monsoon On Line' (MOL), a venture by scientists in cyberspace, is now available via the site of the Pune-based Indian Institute of Tropical...

Nokia India on Thursday launched its latest business communications handheld device, the new Communicator E90, in India. Priced at Rs 40,000, the new Communicator has been clubbed under the enterprise-centric E-series phones by Nokia as against earlier Communicators which carried prefix nine...

Sony Corp. said it expects at least 380 new PlayStation 3 software titles to become available in the current business year, on top of more than 100 titles currently on the market, driving demand for its latest console that saw a slow start. "Attractive game software is the key to accelerate PS3...

The fastest growing genre in video games is "brain training," a genre no one had even heard of before last year. But it only takes one smash hit — in this case, Nintendo's "Brain Age" — to launch an armada of imitators. Nintendo's rivals have tried to hop on the "Brain Age" bandwagon with...

A new generation of super-thin, power-sipping displays is making its way to the market, stretching battery lives to new limits and perhaps one day posing a challenge to heavier, energy-gobbling LCDs. New screens that glow on their own are taking on their clunkier liquid crystal display rivals...

McAfee has announced the results of a groundbreaking study that details the psychological games and other tactics cyber criminals use in social engineering scams propagated through junk email. In the study titled "Mind Games", the primary author, Dr James Blascovich, Professor of Psychology at...