NATIONAL FM promises more fiscal steps to contain inflation Finance Minister P Chidambaram tonight (Aug 19, 2004) promised more fiscal steps to contain inflation and assured the nation that there was no shortage of food grains and other essential commodities.
'L&T Infotech to hire 1,800 people in 18 months' L&T Infotech Ltd, the wholly owned subsidiary of engineering major Larson and Toubro Ltd, today (Aug 19, 2004) said it would hire 1,800 people in the next 18 months to reach a total strength of 5,000 professionals.
'Indians preferred to replace Americans, Europeans' Indian professionals are preferred to work on projects in West Asia because of the hesitance of Europeans and Americans to work in the region due to the current volatile situation, Larson and Toubro (L&T) Chairman A M Naik said today (Aug 19, 2004).
BSE: Sensex jumps 85 pts on firm global advices Buoyed by firm global advices, the Sensex recovered all of its overnight losses and closed up by 85.37 at 5123.65 at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) today (Aug 19, 2004) on renewed buying by operators.
INTERNATIONAL BPO: Howlers by typists may put lives at risk Outsourcing of medical notes to Indian call centres to save money and speed up work at the National Health Service (NHS) in Britain is leading to cases of confusion, a London daily claimed on Thursday (Aug 19, 2004).
World oil prices hit record high on hot global demand World oil prices smashed to record highs as concerns over hot global demand swamped news of a peace deal in Iraq with Muslim Shiite militia leader Moqtada Sadr.
