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Vishal Sikka named in Teradata lawsuit against Germany’s SAP
22 Jun 2018
Former Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka, chief technology officer of SAP between 2007 and 2014, is accused of being "aware of and supportive of SAP’s misappropriation of Teradata’s trade secrets” during the development of SAP’s HANA platform
Tesla downsizing solar business, shuttering several offices
22 Jun 2018
Tesla had controversially acquired SolarCity, run by two of Elon Musk’s cousins, in what critics had termed a bailout at the expense of Tesla shareholders. Now, it is closing several solar installation offices and downsizing staff
Tata Group’s IHCL acquires The Connaught in NDMC auction
21 Jun 2018
The Indian Hotels Company Ltd has agreed to pay over Rs1,866 crore in annual licence fee for The Connaught, a premium hotel in Lutyen's Delhi, to acquire a 33 year lease right for the property
Tata Group’s IHCL acquires The Connaught in NDMC auction
21 Jun 2018
The Indian Hotels Company Ltd has agreed to pay over Rs1,866 crore in annual licence fee for The Connaught, a premium hotel in Lutyen's Delhi, to acquire a 33 year lease right for the property
Troubled GE drops out of Dow Jones for first time in 110 years
20 Jun 2018
General Electric (GE) was the last original member of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, tracing its roots to Thomas Edison's light bulb business founded in the 1890s. It will be replaced on the index by drugstore chain Walgreens Boots Alliance
Govt puts off Air India stake sale plan
19 Jun 2018
The government is now looking at turning around Air India to ensure that it makes profits on overall basis before going in for a listing, as is required under Sebi listing norms
Govt puts off Air India stake sale plan
19 Jun 2018
The government is now looking at turning around Air India to ensure that it makes profits on overall basis before going in for a listing, as is required under Sebi listing norms
Govt puts off Air India stake sale plan
19 Jun 2018
The government is now looking at turning around Air India to ensure that it makes profits on overall basis before going in for a listing, as is required under Sebi listing norms
Microsoft under fire over ICE contract; but won’t back down
19 Jun 2018
Azure Government is a cloud computing software that Microsoft sells to various government agencies, but the contract with US Immigration and Customs has come in for criticism over the agency's detention centres and family separation policies
Google AI’s medical predictions prove more accurate than doctors’
19 Jun 2018
Google’s Medical Brain team is now training its artificial intelligence capabilities to predict the death risk among hospital patients — and its early results show it has slightly higher accuracy than a hospital’s own warning system
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