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Margins on a declining trend due to a slowdown in execution and project delays

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Storyboard speaks to Tamara Ingram, Global CEO, JWT and Tarun Rai, CEO, JWT South Asia about the challenges that their agency faces today and how they deal with these challenges; to Nick Emery, Global CEO, Mindshare about whether his agency is changing from an agency to a consultancy and how his business is coping with the changing times.

'India's total solar capacity crosses 10 GW-mark'

India is expected to add new solar capacity of 5.1 GW this year, which is a growth of 137 percent over last year, consultancy Bridge to India said in a statement.

PTC India Q4 net profit dips 30% to Rs 40 crore

The company had posted a net profit after taxes, minority interest and share of profit of associates of Rs 56.44 crore in the year-ago period, PTC India Ltd said in a BSE filing.

O.P. Jindal Global University Accredited with `A Grade` by NAAC

The Sonipat-based O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) has been accredited and awarded the highest rating, “A Grade” by ...

SoftAge to Organise the Document Management Conclave 2015

The esteemed Conclave to serve as a platform to network, learn and ...

Govt's 2015 tech spend grow 5.7% to $ 6.8 billion : Gartner

The forecast includes spending on internal services, software, IT services, data centers, devices and telecom services by both local and national governments.

See margins in 19-20% range on non-GAAP basis: Cognizant

Cognizant CEO Francisco D'souza wants to bolster consultancy and digital business through acquisitions. He says the company has a healthy acquisitions pipeline.

Apollo Hospitals to add 1,000 beds per year in next 5 yrs

Apollo Hospitals Enterprise has over 10,000 beds across 64 hospitals, more than 2200 pharmacies, over 100 primary care and diagnostic clinics, 115 telemedicine units across nine countries, health insurance services, global projects consultancy, 15 academic institutions and a Research Foundation.

Govt to divest 10% stake via FPO route: EIL

Ashok Kumar Purwaha, chairman, Engineers India, says that the government is planning to disinvest around 10 percent stake in the company via follow-on public offer (FPO) route. The FPO is likely to hit the market by the second quarter of 2013-14.

Accenture Q4 net falls 7 per cent to USD 636m

Global technology and consultancy giant Accenture said its fourth-quarter profit fell 7 per cent to USD 636 million on account of higher tax rates.

Belgium's Port of Antwerp invests $31 mln in Essar Ports

Essar Ports said on Wednesday Belgium's Port of Antwerp has infused Rs 175 crore into the company, as it looks to expand in the country. The Belgian company's investment is through global depository receipts at Rs 100 a piece.