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Might hire a person who just retired, says Capgemini's Aiman Ezzat
Capgemini's total headcount stood at 324,700 at the end of December, and it has been on a hiring spree in India.
 "Might hire a person who just retired, says Capgemini's Aiman Ezzat")
India's mobile subscriber count down by 12.8 mn in Dec 2021: Trai data
Reliance Jio lost about 12.9 million wireless subscribers, and that pulled down its mobile subscriber tally to 415.7 million in December 2021
 "India's mobile subscriber count down by 12.8 mn in Dec 2021: Trai data")
Future Retail seeks lenders' nod to pay foreign bonds' dues
Future Retail has approached lenders with a plea to allow it to make interest payments of about $ 14 mn on the foreign currency denominated bonds
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RIL brings $7 bn forex bonds on India INX in largest listing by pvt firm
The listing includes the $4 billion jumbo bonds raised in January, which was termed as the largest ever foreign currency bond issuance in South East Asia
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Settle Hero trademark row via arbitration: Delhi HC to Munjals
The Munjal brothers were entangled in a legal battle to claim ownership of the Hero brand
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Nestle India bucks rural growth trend in Q4 with 9% YoY revenue spike
Smaller contribution of 20-25% from rural sales helped; net profit down 20% due to exceptional item
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Three shipyards account for bulk of Rs 44,000 cr banks lost to the industry
ABG Shipyard was biggest contributor, at Rs 23,000 cr, to the drain on banks' coffers
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Distribution gains to bolster volume growth for Varun Beverages
The impact of rising raw material prices is a near term concern
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Ambuja Cements to invest Rs 3,500 cr for raising cement grinding capacity
Ambuja Cements Ltd announced an investment of Rs 3,500 crore for expansion of its cement grinding capacity.
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Cloud-based solutions an opportunity and challenge for government projects
There is also a need for departments to educate the members about cloud and usage and procurement as the financial contours are different
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Greater confidence now of co-existing with virus: HDFC Deepak Parekh
HDFC Chairman Deepak Parekh said after almost two years into the pandemic, there is now greater confidence of co-existing with the virus and the optimism of a return to near normalcy.
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Balkrishna Industries: Margin outlook weighs on near term prospects
Balkrishna Industries: Volume constraints and valuations are the other concerns
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Lupin receives USFDA approval for antibiotic Solosec
Lupin Ltd on Thursday said it has received approval from the US health regulator for its supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for usage of its antibiotic Solosec.
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Wealth management start-up Fintso looking at $10-million funding
Fintso, the start-up focused on financial advisors in the wealth management space, is looking at raising at least USD 10 million from venture capital funds by late-March or early-April.
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Hindujas-backed MindMaze secures $105 mn funding led by Concord Health
Digital neuro-therapeutics solutions provider MindMaze said it has secured a $105 million (over Rs 785 crore) financing led by Concord Health Partner
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Apollo Hospitals inks pact for tertiary care hospital in Uzbekistan
The Apollo Hospitals inked a pact with Marafon Group for setting up a first-of-its kind tertiary care hospital in Uzbekistan, the leading corporate hospital said
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Juspay Technologies launches solution for interoperablility of PPIs
The launch of 'Openppi' follows the May 2021 regulation from RBI mandating prepaid cards and wallets that are full-KYC-compliant to be fully interoperable by March 2022
Maruti Suzuki plans to take car subscription business to more cities
The company is getting more than 7,000 enquiries every month. But the conversion rate is low with 100-110 enquiries getting converted to actual order and Maruti wants to improve that
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Upstox ropes in Myntra, Oyo executives to bolster leadership team
Harish Narayanan joins as Chief Growth Officer, Jayant Chauhan as Senior Vice President-Finance and Saurabh Agarwal as Vice President-New Initiatives
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Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath invests in drone start-up Omnipresent
This round also saw co-investments from Kavin Shah, and other individual high networth individual (HNIs), according to a statement released on Thursday
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