AstraZeneca has appointed Marc Dunoyer in the newly created role of Executive Vice President, Global Portfolio & Product Strategy. Marc will be responsible for driving business strategy, including business development, mergers and acquisitions, portfolio and product strategies. His most critical priorities will be to bolster the core growth platforms and therapy areas through well…
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Satish Pradhan, Tata Group HR Head to step down
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India to Emerge as the Electronics Manufacturing Services Hub in the Asian Subcontinent: Frost & Sullivan
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An analysis by Frost & Sullivan – Analysis of the Indian Electronics Manufacturing Services Market, finds that the market earned revenues of more than $3.79 billion in 2012 and estimates this to reach $10.67 billion in 2016. As per the research analysis the market is expected to grow at a strong compound annual growth rate…
Best Jobs in the world.
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This is for those who would love to go on a working vacation and make a decent amount of money , while enjoying their vacation. Well these are not regular mainstream jobs however cool sounding and cool looking jobs on offer by Tourism Australia, as a part of a campaign to promote Australian Tourism. Tourism…
Reliance Games extends footprint in Japan & Korea–the key global gaming markets through acquisition
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RELIANCE GAMES, the international gaming business of Reliance Big Entertainment Pvt. Ltd has acquired a mobile game development company in Japan, and a mobile game development studio in Korea. These acquisitions are towards increasing the ventures global footprint and making a strategic entry into the key gaming destinations in the world. Reliance Big Entertainment Pvt.…
Airtel global brand head Bharat Bambawale quits.
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Bharat Bambawale, the company’s brand head is another amongst the recent spate of exits from Bharti Airtel. He has been with the company since August 2011, and was designated as Director, Global Brand for Bharti Airtel Limited. Previously he was with JWT – London, where he was Globlal Team Leader for Unilever Hair Care product…
Sundar Pichai to head Android division at Google, Andy Rubin to move to a new role.
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Andy Rubin, the guy leading the Android division at Google will be moving to a new role, while Sundar Pichai will be taking his place as head of Android division. Pichai is presently heading Chrome and Apps division. The announcement was posted on the official Google Blog as an update from Larry Page: “Having exceeded…
Arbor Networks Names Jeff Buhl as Vice President of the Asia Pacific Region
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Arbor Networks Inc., a leading provider of network security and management solutions for enterprise and service provider networks, today announced the appointment of Jeff Buhl as the company’s Vice President of the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. In this role, Buhl will be responsible for driving Arbor’s sales and channel initiatives in the APAC region as…
Publicis Groupe acquires Convonix
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Publicis Groupe has acquired Convonix, one of India’s leading Digital Marketing Consulting firms based in Mumbai. Convonix will align with Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG) in India which makes the combination amongst the largest Digital Marketing companies in India. Convonix’s has had a strong presence in Search, Social and Analytics, while Starcom’s strength has been in…
Singapore based Temasek Holdings picks equity in HealthCare Global (HCG)
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Temasek Holdings, a Singapore based investment company is now a shareholder in HCG Enterprises Limited. Evolvence India Life Sciences Fund, which has been an investor in HCG since 2007, will be exiting their investment to Temasek in the Company. HCG the Bangalore headquartered company runs a network of over 26 cancer care centers. HCG happens…
Infosys Sets up New BPO Delivery Center in San José, Costa Rica
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Infosys announced today that it has expanded its presence in Latin America with a new delivery center for its business process outsourcing subsidiary, Infosys BPO, in San José, Costa Rica. The center’s 100+ employees initially will provide key services in the strategic sourcing and procurement area for Procter & Gamble, the world’s largest consumer packaged…
Blackberry India Managing Director Sunil Dutt quits
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It is learnt that Blackberry India Managing Director Sunil Dutt has quit. Sunil had joined Blackberry (RIM), from HP in December 2011, after the exit Frenny Bawa. Rick Costanzo, Executive Vice President for Global Sales, will be leading the Indian operations in the interim. Sunil Dutt is an industry veteran in the technology and mobile…
Motorola Mobility to lay off 10 % of its workforce, shuts Chennai plant.
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It is reported that Motorola Mobility (owned by Google Inc.) hardware unit is laying off an additional 1,200 employees, around 10 per cent of its headcount in the US, China and India. It is also learnt that Motorola Mobility’s phone-manufacturing facility in Chennai has suspended its operations at the end of February 2013. The closure…
Mahindra Satyam sets up new operations leadership team for Australia, New Zealand (ANZ) and the Middle East
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Mahindra Satyam, has set up a new leadership team to support the group’s intent to pursue rapid growth from Australia, New Zealand (ANZ) and the Middle East markets. The newly set up team comprises industry veterans with proven track record in business expansion, large deal pursuit and strategic collaboration. Aligned with the concept of the…
Samsung Electronics India appoints Vineet Taneja (ex Airtel) as Country Head for Mobile and Digital Imaging
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Samsung Electronics has appointed Vineet Taneja as Country Head for Mobile and Digital Imaging. Vineet is an industry veteran with over 25 years of experience in various leadership roles in companies including Hindustan Lever Ltd., Nokia India and Bharti Airtel. In his previous stint Vineet was Operations Director for South India & Srilanka at Bharti…