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Revenue miss, yet brokerages bullish on Infosys post Q4 numbers; here's why

Despite the miss on sequential revenue growth, analysts remain bullish on Infosys as they believe underlying metrics should continue to aid the company's growth leadership in FY22

Infosys Q4 PAT rises 17% YoY to Rs 5,076 cr; announces Rs 9,200 cr buyback

The company board also recommended a final dividend of Rs 15 per share for FY21

TCS reports 15% rise in Q4 net at Rs 9,246 cr; declares dividend of Rs 15

'We are making good progress in gaining share in the growth and transformation opportunity,' says CEO Rajesh Gopinathan

TCS posts strong Q4 results helped by $9.2-bn order book; revenue rises 4%

The company also announced a final dividend of Rs 15 per equity share of Re 1 face value

Infosys gains 3%, hits new high as board to consider buyback of shares

The buyback could be worth Rs 10,000 - 12000 crore (around 2 per cent of market cap) at a price of Rs 1650- 1670 per share, a media report said

Will TCS maintain lead over IT peers? Here's what to expect from its Q4 nos

TCS Q4 Preview: Analysts expect TCS to report a 9 per cent year-on-year (YoY) growth in revenue (in rupee terms) for the March quarter

Key factors that led to a market crash on Monday

The selling in the market was mostly broad-based, with only stocks from the information technology (IT) sector managing to hold their head above water

Indian tech services can touch revenues of $300-350 bn in next 5 years

According to a report by McKinsey & Company for Nasscom titled 'Future of Technology Services-Winning in this decade', tech spending is only going to be intensified in the next decade

Up 1,262% in a year, this IT stock has now scaled fresh record high

Intellect Design Arena today announced that it has bagged a large deal from Concentra Bank to power its exciting new digital banking strategy.

Cognizant launches program for techies looking to restart careers

Cognizant Returnship Program: It is focused on providing returners with a supportive environment and access to training, upskilling, mentorship and other resources

GST technical glitches behind input tax credit frauds: CAG report

CAG recommended fixing a definite time frame for rolling out simplified GST return forms

Two VC firms form SPAC in US, will seek Indian startups planning IPOs

VC investors Ravi Adusumalli and Shashin Shah will lead the SPAC

About 200,000 jobs added in IT sector since 2019: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Prasad informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday

Samsung Electronics warns of severe chip crunch while delaying key phone

Samsung, one of the world's largest makers of chips and consumer electronics, expects the crunch to pose a problem to its business next quarter

Best of BS Opinion: No space for SPACs, NSE trading outage, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

IT sector sales rise 5.2% in third quarter, shows RBI data

Information technology (IT) sector remained in the positive terrain throughout the Covid-19 pandemic period

Wipro's $1.45 bn deal with Capco disappoints Street; here's why

Wipro on Thursday said the acquisition will provide it access to 30 new large banking and financial clients and strengthen its position in the BFSI sector

$500 mn deal with Google pulls Infosys in focus; analysts see 35% upside

Even after a 164 per cent rally since its 52-week lows hit in March 2020, the Salil Parekh-led firm remains Credit Suisse top pick in the IT space

Karnataka govt, Nasscom launch ER&D policy to foster innovation in state

50% rent reimbursement, recruitment assistance and investmengt subsidy on anvil for MNCs looking to establish new R&D facilities or expand existing ones

India's economic revival: PLI scheme likely to take center stage

16 schemes from equal numbers of companies have been approved to boost local production, value addition and, consequently, export of mobile phones.