News Snippets

Trinity to hire 700 more people by 2005
Trinity Partners Inc, business process management and IT delivery
solutions provider to the mortgage industry, has drawn up plans
to increase its India headcount by more than 300 per cent in the
next 15 months
http://www.rediff.com/money/2004/sep/27bpo1.htm

60 Degrees acquires Indian Idol business
360 Degrees a brand of Times Infotain-ment Media Limited has recently
acquired the on-ground activation for Sony Entertainment Television’s
Indian Idol.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/869726.cms

Finally, Indias economic potential is being recognised worldwide
Today, businessmen abroad treat Indians with respect even though they
may not want to be part of India's cumbersome business environment.
Some weeks ago, Newsweek ran a cover story on India's economic might.
http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=36774

Desi players top acquisition space
It is not the foreigners, but the Indian entrepreneurs who are more
active in the acquisition play in the country.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/872444.cms

Nasscom gets cracking to address clients' worries
Nasscom is preparing security audit of its 860 member companies by a
reputed consultancy firm to allay the rising fears in the US and UK
about data protection and customer privacy - especially in BPO units.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/872443.cms

US pharma Cos hiring Indians
A host of American generic pharma companies are hiring Indian scientists
to man their large manufacturing facilities and labs.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/869735.cms

H1B over with in a Day
The annual limit for the controversial guest worker programme through
the H1B visas, which help many Indian technology professionals to
emigrate, has been filled for the whole fiscal year in record time,
with the cap of 65,000 closing at the opening day itself.
http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=36826

Maruti plant to generate 1.3 mn jobs
The proposed car plant of auto market leader Maruti will generate 1.3
million jobs besides contributing Rs 20,000 crore to the country's
GDP, once it is fully operational.
http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=36779

Sachin, Sourav, Dravid play for Team BCCI and not for India!
Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid and ... play for the
official team of the Board of Control for Cricket in India and not
the official team of India.
http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=36740

Realty bites
As more malls dot the horizon, real estate developers lose
bargaining power to etailers
http://www.rediff.com/money/2004/sep/22betterlife2.htm

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