The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, October 16, 2005

Govt may allow contract labour in IT, select sectors — Excluded industries may be placed in a separate schedule
IN a move that can completely transform the Indian labour market, the Government is planning to exempt certain industries such as information technology, transport, construction and maintenance of buildings, roads and bridges, and many others, ... More

OUTSOURCING

Xansa gets F1 mandate for real-time analysis
FORMULA One fans, whose excitement stems from cars zooming on the tracks, can now see a better performance when the offshore analysis of the UK-based Xansa is put in place. The company, which is engaged in business process and IT services, is ... More

STOCKS

TCS: Buy
AS THE demand environment for offshoring continues to be buoyant, we remain bullish on the growth prospects of Tata Consultancy Services in the second half of FY2006. The company's success in bagging two $250-million ... More

Infosys: Buy
A ROBUST double-digit revenue and earnings performance for the second quarter has strengthened the fundamentals of Infosys Technologies and set the stage for an improvement of its valuation. Based on the revised ... More

i-flex solutions: Reject
SHAREHOLDERS of i-flex solutions may avoid tendering to the open offer being made by Oracle Corporation to acquire an additional 20 per cent equity stake in the company. The open offer price of Rs 882.62 works out to ... More

SOFTWARE

iGATE Global to expand operations, double headcount in Hyderabad
IGATE Global Solutions, a technology solutions provider, plans to expand its operations in Bangalore and Hyderabad. It would invest about $3 million (Rs 12.5 crore) and double headcount in Hyderabad. Similarly, it plans an investment of Rs 25 ... More

INTERNET

Incidence of Web site defacement down in September
THE number of incidents of defacement of Indian Web sites across popular domains such as `.com' and `.in' dropped substantially in September to 258, from a high of 796 in the previous month, according to Indian Computer Emergency Response Team ... More

Spatial pictures of nations on the Web, a security risk: Kalam
THE President, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, has expressed concern over the free availability of sensitive spatial pictures of nations on the worldwide Web. Delivering the Sardar Vallabhai Patel memorial lecture at the National Police Academy here on ... More

IPR

Microsoft patent filings up 5 times in 2004
The company has not made much effort in the direction of protecting its innovations through patents in India. More

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