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APK July 25, 2016

New Delhi, July 25: Big data analytics company Teradata on Monday announced the acquisition of London-based firm Big Data Partnership to broaden its open source analytics services across international marketplace, including in Asia. “Big Data Partnership brings exciting new capabilities and broadens our analytic services portfolio, enhancing Think Big’s expertise and giving our customers more choices […]

APK July 23, 2016

Manila, July 23: Finnish telecommunications giant Nokia is all set to make a smartphone comeback with two new Android 7.0 Nougat devices by the end of this year, a media report said on Saturday. The two unnamed devices will have premium metal designs complete with IP68 certification, which means they will be as water resistant as […]

APK July 23, 2016

New York, July 23: Micro-blogging website Twitter will not use its live streaming video app, Periscope, to broadcast its Q2 earnings, which are set to land next Tuesday, a media report said. Midway through 2015, Twitter started broadcasting its earnings calls via Periscope. Not many companies use live video for earnings, and it was an easy […]

APK July 22, 2016

Mumbai, July 22: Negative global cues, combined with a log jam in parliament and disappointing quarterly results, subdued the Indian equity markets on Friday. Consequently, the key indices traded in the negative territory, during the morning session, as heavy selling pressure was witnessed in banking, metal and information technology (IT) stocks in the Indian equity […]

Rama Krishna July 22, 2016

New York: Reacting to Twitter’s permanent ban on Milo Yiannopoulos, the tech editor at conservative news site Breitbart and one of the micro-blogging site’s most offensive users, WikiLeaks has threatened to start its own Twitter because of “cyber feudalism”. In an online exchange of words between WikiLeaks and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, WikiLeaks posted: “We […]

APK July 22, 2016

Bengaluru, July 22: Leading biotech major Biocon Ltd on Friday reported Rs 147 crore consolidated net profit for April-June quarter (first) of fiscal (2016-17), registering 17 percent annual growth over like period years ago. The city-based company said consolidated total revenue increased 11 percent year-on-year (YoY) to Rs 952 crore for the quarter under review (Q1) […]

APK July 22, 2016

Chennai, July 22: The additional capital infusion of Rs 22,915 crore into 13 weak banks announced recently by the central government is positive for them but the actual capital needs were much more higher, said global credit rating agency Moody’s Investors Service. In its sectoral comment on Indian public sector banks on Friday, Moody’s said as […]

APK July 22, 2016

She Walks She Leads have been presented exclusively here. The book She Walks She Leads explains the success story of women in India. In spite of a host of Indian women having achieved the pinnacle of their respective spheres, the glass ceiling still exists though it can be shattered — only “they just have to […]

APK July 22, 2016

Kolkata, July 22: ITC Ltd has planned multiple projects with an outlay of Rs 25,000 crore over the next five years, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Y.C. Deveshwar told shareholders on Friday. Unfortunately, the weak cold-chain infrastructure and the virtual absence of well-established end-to-end players impede the growth of processed food industry, more so in […]

Rama Krishna July 21, 2016

On Wednesday, Mahindra & Mahindra Homegrown auto major has launched a new mild version of Mahindra New Generation Scorpio. Mahindra New Generation Scorpio is equipped with ‘Intelli-Hybrid’ technology that helps reduce fuel consumption by up to 7 percent by assisting the engine with electric power during acceleration, automatically switching the engine off while the vehicle […]