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What next for stocks of IT firms
What next for stocks of IT firms
Information technology (IT) bellwether Infosys Technologies' January-March quarter earnings, announced on Thursday, missed Street estimates. While its net profit for the three-month period declined 11.7 per cent from a year ago to Rs 7,033 crore, the more concerning piece of news lay in its outlook for FY26: The company guided for weaker than expected revenue growth during the ongoing financial year.
Even as global economic uncertainty, tariff disruptions and cautious client spending cloud the sector's outlook, Infosys seems to share the pessimism aired earlier by Accenture, which fears loss of US federal contracts, and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and...
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US agency probes bias claims against TCS on race, age, national origin
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