In a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, Apple CEO Tim Cook highlighted the economic impact the company is having on India.
Category: Corporate
Infosys gets sued in US for racial discrimination against non-South Asian employees
Indian multinational corporation Infosys once again landed in hot legal waters. This time the allegation is that the IT services company discriminates racially against non-South Asian employees in the United States.
Tata-owned Jaguar Land Rover, Gorillaz team up to hire engineers via alternate reality
Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has teamed up with virtual band Gorillaz to hire 5,000 engineers and skilled workers in the UK to roll out a fleet of futuristic electric sports cars I-PACE.
Airbnb buying background-check start-up founded by 3 Indian-origin entrepreneurs
Leading online lodging service Airbnb is set to buy a California-based background-check start-up founded in 2014 by three Indian-origin entrepreneurs, as it seeks to protect its users and hosts from fraud.
CEOs of Pepsico, Mastercard welcome Donald Trump’s apprenticeship programme
Indian-American CEOs Indra Nooyi of Pepsico and Ajay Banga of Mastercard along with India’s IT major Wipro on Friday joined scores of US companies in welcoming US President Donald Trump’s ambitious apprenticeship programme aimed at developing job-related skills among the workforce.
Govt sets 90-day limit to resolve insolvent, bankrupt firms
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs today said in Parliament it has laid the ground rules for winding up business for failed ventures, sparing the stakeholders years of mounting losses because of asset depreciation and a litany of labour disputes.
Manu joins Google
Internet search giant Google has hired Indian-origin engineer Manu Gulati, who was Apple’s chip architect for iPads and iPhones, to build its upcoming flagship Pixel phone, according to media reports.
Competition Commission of India approves Flipkart-eBay India deal
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved e-commerce major Flipkart’s proposed acquisition of eBay India.
Alibaba launches new sales channels in Singapore, Malaysia
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N) yesterday said it is launching new sales channels in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Taiwan as China’s deep-pocketed e-commerce firms vie for new users in the region.
Samsung crowned king for seventh year in Campaign Asia-Pacific’s brands ranking
Samsung has held onto the top spot of Campaign Asia-Pacific’s annual Top 1,000 Brands rankings for 2017, despite a controversial year with the Note 7 and a political scandal fallout involving top leadership.
