Saturday, January 22, 2011

Apple app store hits 10 billion downloads

Apple app store hits 10 billion downloads


Apple app store hits 10 billion downloads

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 10:33 AM PST

Apple says that its app store has hit the 10 billion downloads mark.The milestone, announced on Apple Inc.'s website Saturday, arrives as the company's hugely popular smart phone is likely to become even more popular with the addition next month of Verizon Wireless as a carrier.


BSNL to expand 3G footprint

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 08:41 AM PST

Public sector telephone service provider BSNL said it will expand its 3G footprint in 60 more cities, taking the number to


SBI awaits govt nod for Rs 20,000 cr rights issue : Bhatt

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 08:34 AM PST

The SBI chairman O P Bhatt said the bank will not be able to raise Rs 20,000 crore from rights issue unless it receives govt nod for the fund raising programme by the first week of February.


SBI net profit up by 14%

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 05:49 AM PST

The nation's top lender State Bank of India today beat all forecasts with a wide margin and logged in a smart 14.08 per cent jump in the December quarter standalone net profit at Rs 2,828 crore, driven by a surge in credit offtake and better margins that offset a massive 84.02 per cent spike in provisioning for bad loans.


Ashok Leyland rejigs top management

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 05:42 AM PST

Commercial vehicle maker Ashok Leyland today elevated its long-time managing director R Seshasayee to executive vice-chairman, effective from April 1.


Citigroup gives CEO Vikram Pandit a big raise

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 04:42 AM PST

The New York-based bank is lifting Vikram Pandit's base salary to USD 1.75 million from just USD 1 a year effective immediately, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday.


Anil Ambani monitors progress at Samalkot Plant

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 04:20 AM PST

Industrialist Anil Ambani monitored progress at Samalkot power plant, being built by his group in Andhra Pradesh, for which a Rs 3,500 crore turbine order has been placed on US giant General Electric.


Cars costlier as auto firms hike prices

Posted: 21 Jan 2011 09:31 PM PST

Cars have just got dearer with major automobile firms, including Maruti Suzuki India, Hyundai and General Motors, increasing prices this month in order to offset rising input costs.


135-acre Mubai plot fetches Rs 601cr

Posted: 21 Jan 2011 05:17 PM PST

Gammons bid was merely a crore higher than its nearest competitor, Neptune Group. Oberoi Realty, the third bidder in the fray, offered Rs 300 crore.

Sahara objects to RBI ad on deposits

Posted: 21 Jan 2011 05:16 PM PST

The Sahara group has taken umbrage over a Reserve Bank of India (RBI) advertisement, issued earlier this week, asking customers to be cautious about deposits raised by the Sahara India Pariwar and has challenged the central bank's jurisdiction to do so.

Why Paranjpe, Vaswani had to go

Posted: 21 Jan 2011 09:33 AM PST

To understand why Wipro dumped its joint CEOs, Girish Paranjpe and Suresh Vaswani, you need to look at Wipro's financials, and compare them with its peers.

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