| West Bengal, fastest growing IT hub in India
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| submitted 288 days ago by karthiklp
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| With West Bengal aiming to become one of the top three IT states by 2010, contributing 15-20 per cent of the country's total IT revenue, a number of IT majors are today doing significant business in Kolkata. Announcing the results of a survey report on the state's IT and ITeS sector in Kolkata on...
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6.8 (19 votes) |
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| Clinton, Obama. both against tax breaks for outsourcing companies.
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| submitted 285 days ago by karthiklp
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| Democratic Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has joined party rival Barak Obama in promising an end to tax breaks to Companies that ship jobs overseas, playing to the gallery on the hot-button issue of outsourcing as she tries to resuscitate her White House bid.
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6.9 (17 votes) |
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| Indian IT body shoppers in deep trouble
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| submitted 297 days ago by nirvana
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| First the dollar is losing value against Indian rupees. That bites deep into profit margin. Second, the Indian IT wages experience hyperinflation because of American companies hiring direct. Third, the economic depression in America makes it impossible for American and Europeans companies to continue to hire Indian IT programmers.
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5.6 (13 votes) |
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| IT revenues grow@33%, to hit $64 bn
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| submitted 295 days ago by siddu
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| The software and services exports are expected to reach 40.8 billion dollars, while the domestic market is expected to touch 23.2 billion dollars in FY08, the 'Strategic Review 2008' by IT industry body Nasscom said.
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6.6 (13 votes) |
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| Mfg to match IT pay hikes: Watson survey
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| submitted 293 days ago by mrbull
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| ..This year, the manufacturing and engineering industry is expected to offer salary increases of 16 per cent, a percentage point more than the 15 per cent increase expected from IT, ITeS and BPO, 13.5 per cent from insurance and roughly the same as the IT industry....
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6.7 (13 votes) |
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| India no longer attractive to Big IT Corps?
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| submitted 275 days ago by vinu
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| India turns out more than half a million engineers every year, but institutions do not train them in basic research, limiting the available talent pool to no more than 100,000 people. It’s going to be very difficult for companies which have very aggressive hiring targets. It’s almost impossible to hire unless you compromise on the quality of talent
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7.2 (13 votes) |
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| Hiring slowdown: IT companies weeding out non-performers
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| submitted 291 days ago by kishore88
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| One post says layoff are not related to slowdown, this one says it is... now what is the real truth?
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6.5 (11 votes) |
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| The Coming Death Of Indian Outsourcing
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| submitted 277 days ago by jones78
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| India has not learned to invent technology products of its own. Barring a few exceptions, the huge amount of venture capital chasing India finds it difficult to be deployed. There is way too much money, way too few deals. Instead, tech-sector VCs are now diverting capital to retail, real estate, hotels and other non-tech sectors.
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7.4 (10 votes) |
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