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Cisco to axe 6,500 jobs; to sell set-top box facility to Foxconn
19 Jul 2011
Cisco Systems yesterday announced that it would reduce costs by $1 billion and cut 6,500 jobs or approximately 9 per cent of its total workforce, in a restructuring aimed at reviving its sagging business
Cisco to axe 6,500 jobs; to sell set-top box facility to Foxconn
19 Jul 2011
Cisco Systems yesterday announced that it would reduce costs by $1 billion and cut 6,500 jobs or approximately 9 per cent of its total workforce, in a restructuring aimed at reviving its sagging business
NTPC plans 200 MW wind power project in Kerala
18 Jul 2011
BHEL commissions India's first 525 MW thermal in Jharkhand
18 Jul 2011
The state owned power equipment manufacturer has successfully commissioned India's first 525 MW set at Maithon Right Bank thermal power project in Jharkhand
PowerGrid to invest Rs17,000 crore in projects in current fiscal
18 Jul 2011
Powergrid is in the process of setting up nine transmission corridors of ultra high transmission voltages such as 1,200 KV AC, the highest in the world, for long distance bulk power transfer
US trade panel finds HTC guilty of infringing Apple's patents
16 Jul 2011
HTC has vowed to fight back by appealing to the full commission of the US-based International Trade Commission
Tata Steel to come out with Rs32,000 ‘nano’ home
16 Jul 2011
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