Handsets have full touch 3-D user interface, social networking sites and E-book compatibility. The company said its products are available in 8,000 retail shops.
The world's biggest mobile fair will host its first event for Apple developers next year in a sign of Apple's huge influence over the industry, even though the company itself has never participated in the show.
Double dip in US to weaken Asian economies: Western AMCRajiv de Mello of Western AMC says that US bonds signal that double dip recession is fairly high. He also says Asian markets are slightly overvalued.
Reflecting fragile recovery in world's major economies, foreign direct investment into India dipped for the second consecutive month, by 49 per cent to $ 1.78 bn in July.
The government excuded confidence that the new Company Law, which promises greater shareholder democracy and stricter corporate governance norms, will be enacted by the end of this fiscal.
The Indian rupee extended its losses in the afternoon session on Tuesday tracking gains in the dollar versus major currencies, with mild gains in local shares failing to provide any clear direction on capital flows.
World stocks fall amid renewed Europe bank worriesLosses in Asia were modest as worries eased about the pace of the global economic recovery following US jobs figures that weren't as dire as feared.
DTC may end up as a zero-sum gameWhile you may lose out on LTA exemptions & HRA computations remain hazy, the salaried can draw solace from higher medical & retirement benefits.
Samsung Electronics Co, the world's largest television maker, said it may equip its TVs with Google Inc software, and compete with Sony Corp in offering sets that surf the Web and double as computers.
Over 50 people lost their lives across Rajasthan as medical services was virtually paralysed in five major districts after about 1,200 resident doctors went on an indefinite strike against alleged lathicharge on medicos in Jodhpur.
Maruti Suzuki unveils new plant in Manesar, to invest $416 mnSuzuki chairman Osamu Suzuki said that Maruti would invest $416 million to build a new factory to meet growing local demand.
Stone pelting continued through the night in Srinagar where curfew was imposed on Tuesday in the wake of heightened tensions following four more people being killed in firing by security forces.
In an interaction with editors about China’s recent referral of J&K as “India-controlled Kashmir”, Singh said that Beijing could be tempted to use India’s 'soft underbelly', Kashmir & Pak to keep India in low-level equilibrium.
Open offers, buybacks in limbo as prices shoot upAnalysts say that floor prices for open offers do not provide an exit to shareholders. Such offers are bound to be shunned by the public.
President Barack Obama would spend $50 bn on revamping highways, rails and airport runways to create jobs in the near term and improve the long-term U.S. transportation network.
Li Jianwei and Yu Bin, economists in think tank under the State Council said that a substantial rise in the yuan could cut growth next year to 8.4 percent from their baseline forecast of 10.2 percent.
Singapore Telecommunications, Southeast Asia's largest telecoms firm, is unlikely to bid for Cable & Wireless Worldwide as the company wants to focus on the Asia-Pacific region, Citigroup said on Tuesday.
Eben Moglen's intervention resulted in freedom to encrypt. The software code-writer-turned-lawyer talks to Harsimran Julkawhat about how nations spy on citizens & recent standoff between nations & MNCs over encrypted services.
For Foreign Institutional Investors, DTC is a cause for worryDTC, which was recently tabled in the Parliament has as one of its noble objectives, reducing the uncertainty and litigation for the foreign investors.
The revenue department has shot down a proposal seeking tax concessions to large SEZs for building infrastructure to ensure contiguity where water-bodies, roads or railway lines pass through them.
Infosys, TCS to bag deals worth $1 billion from ABN AmroThe original contract signed by ABN Amro in 2005 was worth $2 bn, spread over 5 yrs, and had five vendors - TCS, Infosys, Patni, IBM and Accenture.
It's once again a month-long assembly poll in Bihar, spread over six phases of polling starting October 21. Election Commission on Monday announced the schedule for the election.
Telenor investors say 'Quit India' as venture's losses pile upNine months after its debut in India, Telenor has accumulated $556 mn in operating losses.
Dhanalakshmi Bank CEO Amitabh Chaturvedi says the capital spent on creating the bank's capacity will give him two and a half times the business this financial year.
Intas Pharma plans to raise Rs 750-800 cr through IPO that will help it raise fresh funds for acquisitions besides allowing PE investor ChrysCapital to partly exit.
Finnair has begun a search for four 'Quality Hunters' whose task will be to travel to various destinations to investigate the elements that determine quality in travel.
Fertiliser stocks including market leader Tata Chemicals and Chambal Fertilizers soared up to 11 per cent in the last seven days amid better-than-expected rains.
Shares of airline companies rose as much as 5 per cent on the BSE, a day after state-owned oil firms reduced the Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) prices by 4 per cent.
Real estate stocks on Monday ended mixed on the Bombay Stock Exchange after surging over 2 per cent in early trade as investors booked profits amid a volatile broader market.
Matthew Vallance, CEO & MD, Firstsource in an interview with ET said the way forward for the BPO firm is to focus on its areas of specialisation. He believes an offshore-only BPO model will not work.
James D Taiclet, chairman, president & chief executive of American Tower in an interview with ET said the company isn't looking at sky-rocketing tower numbers, but for return on investment per tower.
John Anderson, President & CEO, Levi Strauss & Co who is on a visit to India to unveil Levi's Curve Id said in an ET interview that his company is planning to take its India sales' curve to a new high.
Zhijian Wu, CEO of Singapore-based Woodsford Capital, believes that the high inflation figures will continue to hurt the Indian markets & feels the RBI has perhaps been too dovish in addressing the price issue.
The Old Fox of Dalal Street has been on a dream run since the past couple of weeks. On Friday, most stocks that he had been steadily building up positions in figured among key gainers of the day.
The scrip, which was flat for most of the session, shot up in the final hour of trade on the Bombay Stock Exchange to settle with a net gain of 4.36 per cent at Rs 355.45.
In the late afternoon session, the scrip was being traded at 20.61 pounds, down by 5.50 per cent on the LSE. Vedanta opened on a positive note, but soon swung into the red.
Sadbhav Engineering said its board has approved issuing 453.1 million equity shares on rights basis to existing shareholders at one share for every 20 held
Financial inclusion and financial literacy will be the paramount objective while implementing reforms along with UID project to protect the interests of poor.
Apropos of ‘The climate conundrum’ (ET, Oct 9), Mukul Sanwal rightly suggests that developing countries should lead in setting the agenda for global technological cooperation.
Fund raising by real estate sector focussed private equity funds have declined 61 per cent to USD 17 billion till May this year, as investors turned cautious while making new investment commitments.
The RBI recently cut interest rates by 50 bps, primarily looking at concerns over lingering global economic slowdown and worsening domestic economic situation.
Slumdog Millionaire in a curious way, reproduces a similar paradigm of colonial (now neo-colonial) extraction and dismantling, this time not of agriculture, but of culture.
The multinational accounting firms (MAFs) signified by the Big Four entered through alternative route of consultancy under RBI permissions and gradually exploiting the loopholes in laws, started performing audit and accounting functions.
Prabhudas Lilladher has a ‘reduce’ rating on Infosys Technologies as it feels that the outlook for the company and the software industry is quite weak in the near-term.
A crisis of $240 trillion cannot be stemmed with bailout packages of $1 to $10 trillion.
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BusinessWeek's 'The Infotech 100', has ranked Bharti Airtel at the 21st position followed by Reddington India (55th) and RCom (66th).
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