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Satya Nadella emerging as likely Microsoft chief: Reports
31 Jan 2014
Microsoft is widely expected to name Hyderabad-born executive Satya Nadella, the current enterprise and cloud chief, as the successor to Steve Ballmer
Tata Motors' MD Slym plunges to death from Bangkok hotel room
27 Jan 2014
Karl Slym, the managing director of Tata Motors Ltd, fell to his death from a hotel room in Bangkok, in circumstances that seem to point to suicide, Thai police say
India suffers from unemploybility, not unemployment: Adi Godrej
24 Jan 2014
Industrialist Adi Godrej shares his views on issues before the country, managerial leadership and the future of the Godrej group, in a chat with Swetha Amit.
Industry must take lead in driving national growth: Sharmila Kantha
14 Jan 2014
Sharmila Kantha, who has written several books on businessess talks to Swetha Amit, about her latest book, The Big Leap, which tracks the journey of 10 companies since India’s economic liberalisation and also outlines India’s growth potential
Telenor Group appoints Morten Karlsen Sorby as Uninor CEO
08 Jan 2014
Morten Sorby steps into the new role just as Uninor reached cash flow break even in December, just four years of operation
TCS setting up world's biggest training centre at Thiruvananthapuram
04 Jan 2014
TCS is setting up the world’s largest corporate learning and development centre in Thiruvananthapuram, which will have a total capacity to train 15,000 professionals at one time
Infosys appoints B G Srinivas and U B Pravin Rao as presidents
04 Jan 2014
Infosys Technologies on Friday announced the appointment of B G Srinivas and U B Pravin Rao as presidents of the company with immediate effect
Mylan ropes in Biocon’s marketing head Rakesh Bamzai
03 Jan 2014
Mylan Inc today announced that Rakesh Bamzai has joined the company as its president, India commercial and emerging markets
Balakrishnan latest casualty of Murthy’s return to Infosys
21 Dec 2013
The return of N R Narayana Murthy at the helm of Infosys, along with son Rohan, has seen a spate of exits in the senior management; the latest being senior director V Balakrishnan
Former McKinsey India chairman Adil Zainulbhai joins RIL board as independent director
20 Dec 2013
In his 34-year career, Adil Zainulbhai, till recently the chairman of McKinsey India, has been an advisor to corporations and government-sponsored projects
Krish Iyer to succeed Ramnik Narsey as Walmart’s new India head
13 Dec 2013
Iyer will succeed Ramnik Narsey, who was appointed interim head of Walmart India in June after the departure of Raj Jain, its long-serving country head
GM names Mary Barra as first woman CEO
11 Dec 2013
The daughter of a long-serving GM employee, the 51-year-old Mary Barra has spent her entire 33-year career with America’s top car maker, and is currently the global product development chief
Swiss voters overwhelmingly reject salary caps
25 Nov 2013
Despite opinion polls showing strong opposition to huge executive paychecks, Swiss voters yesterday rejected severe limits on executive pay
Women twice as likely as men to be offended by smartphone use
26 Oct 2013
Women and higher-income professionals show less tolerance for smartphone use in business meetings
US court throws out whistleblower's plea against Siemens China
22 Oct 2013
The ruling that has ramifications for entities using US courts to sue for violations outside the country
Tata Group tops transparency list of BRICS multinationals
17 Oct 2013
Tata Communications led three other Tata Group companies in rankings for openness in business practices
Starbucks launches petitions from customers against government shut down
11 Oct 2013
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz says he was acting because Americans had no platform from which to voice their frustration and outrage over the shutdown
Siemens to slash 15,000 jobs worldwide
30 Sep 2013
German engineering giant Siemens AG plans to cut a massive 15,000 jobs by late next year as part of the company’s cost reduction programme in its efforts to improve competitivenes
Telstra to axe 1,100 operational jobs
26 Sep 2013
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