http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/ Business Daily from THE HINDU group of publications en-us Copyright 2009 The Hindu Business Line Thu, 12 Nov 2009 http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/bline.jpg http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/ 320 62 Outlook http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2009/11/12/stories/2009111252300100.htm New Delhi, Bangalore, Nov 11 Along with a bouquet of flowers, the global CEO of Yahoo! Inc, Ms Carol Bartz, offered the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, whom she met on this morning, help with the Unique Identification (UID) programme being put Thu, 12 Nov 2009 Human Resources http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2009/11/12/stories/2009111252330100.htm Mumbai, Nov. 11 The concept of a ‘virtual bench’ for non-billable employees may soon be a thing of the past at mid-size Indian IT companies, thanks to the gradual improvement in demand for software Thu, 12 Nov 2009 Telecommunications http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2009/11/12/stories/2009111251100400.htm Helsinki, Nov. 11 How to sell feature-rich devices with a lot of high-end applications in a price-sensitive, ‘poor-country’ market such as India, is precisely the question that Nokia is now faced Thu, 12 Nov 2009 Infrastructure http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2009/11/12/stories/2009111251581700.htm Bangalore, Nov. 11 Karnataka proposes to set up an Information Technology Investment Region (ITIR) spread over 40 sq km near Bangalore to promote investments in sectors such as IT and IT-enabled services and electronics hardware Thu, 12 Nov 2009 M-Commerce http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2009/11/12/stories/2009111251650600.htm Helsinki, Nov. 11 Nokia expects to be able to launch ‘Nokia Money’, its mobile payment service, in India, no sooner than the banks it is talking to for a partnership get approval from the Reserve Bank of Thu, 12 Nov 2009 Telecommunications http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2009/11/12/stories/2009111251160400.htm Even as an inter-Ministerial meeting took place on Wednesday to thrash out issues related to 3G spectrum auction, the Defence Ministry has shot-off another letter to the Department of Telecom saying that the spectrum given to Bharat Sanchar Nigam Thu, 12 Nov 2009 Software http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2009/11/12/stories/2009111251160401.htm Thu, 12 Nov 2009 Telecommunications http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2009/11/12/stories/2009111251170400.htm New Delhi, Nov. 11 International roamers could soon get relief from having to pay hefty bills while travelling abroad. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 Telecommunications http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2009/11/12/stories/2009111251110400.htm Helsinki, Nov. 11 Nokia, the world’s largest mobile handset manufacturer, sets great store by ‘open innovation’ — a model in which problems faced by the company are thrown open to the public at large to come up with Thu, 12 Nov 2009 Human Resources http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2009/11/12/stories/2009111251130400.htm New Delhi, Nov. 11 Nearly three years after the National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) kicked off the initiative to build a credible database of existing and potential employees in IT and BPO sectors, just about 4.9 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 Human Resources http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2009/11/12/stories/2009111251120400.htm Wipro Technologies will embark on a multi-city recruitment drive over the weekend to hire lateral employees with 2 to 14 years of experience for all its business units. Wipro will hold walk-in interviews in Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai, Pune, Thu, 12 Nov 2009 Mergers & Acquisitions http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2009/11/12/stories/2009111251150400.htm Mumbai, Nov. 11 Knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) firm Integreon said that it has acquired Grail Research, the captive unit of the US-based management consulting firm Monitor group, for an undisclosed amount. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 Internet http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2009/11/12/stories/2009111251080400.htm Bangalore, Nov. 11 Yahoo! India, which is increasingly moving up the company’s value chain, will play an active role in the integration process of the Yahoo!-Microsoft search deal. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 Events http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2009/11/12/stories/2009111251090400.htm Thu, 12 Nov 2009 Alliances & Joint Ventures http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2009/11/12/stories/2009111251070400.htm New Delhi, Nov. 11 NIIT Technologies Ltd on Wednesday announced its partnership with Hitachi Information Systems, a provider of IT infrastructure services in Japan, to offer services in cloud computing. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 Events http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2009/11/12/stories/2009111250331700.htm Coimbatore, Nov. 11 Akash Lodha and Hiren Barai of St Jude’s Public School, Kotagiri, in the Nilgiris district were the winners of the TCS IT Wiz 2009 quiz held at Coimbatore on Thu, 12 Nov 2009