ManpowerGroup Services India has received ISO certification pertaining to quality management systems and information security controls.
The company has got the 'ISO 9001:2008 & ISO/ IEC 27001: 2013 Certification' from Bureau Veritas for its national head office in Gurgaon and registered office in the national capital.
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Housing.Com, Estate Avenues to hold property expo in Abu Dhabi * Property portal Housing.Com along with Estate Avenues, a monthly magazine on real estate, will organise a two-day international property exhibition in Abu Dhabi on December 11 and 12.
The event will be followed by a 14-days virtual exhibit of properties, presented by Housing.Com, which will showcase over 100 projects by 20 leading realtors of the country, a statement issued here stated.
"We are working towards creating innovative platforms and redefining the way stakeholders, including consumers, developers and agents engage with each other," Housing.Com New Real Estate Projects Vice President Keerthi Kiran said.
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Thomas Cook India launches 'One Currency Card' * Integrated travel and travel related financial services company Thomas Cook India today announced the launch of 'One Currency Card' in collaboration with MasterCard Worldwide.
The card is a single load currency (USD) with zero cross currency conversion fees, Thomas Cook India CEO- Foreign Exchange and Head Visas Mahesh Iyer said here.
With exponential growth in multi-national travel, the need of the hour was clearly a single currency card, sans the downside of cross currency charges.
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Bausch & Lomb mulls to strengthen surgical business portfolio * Global health and wellness company Bausch & Lomb plans to expand surgical business product portfolio in India.
"We plan to expand our surgical business product portfolio in India. The development is in line with the company's strategy to extend and strengthen its presence in the growing ophthalmology surgical devices and instruments market in the country," the company said in a release.
The recent acquisition of Synergetics USA, Inc will provide additional impetus to the firm's portfolio expansion plans in the country, it said.
* HCL Tech bags 5-yr IT Outsourcing deal from Husqvarna AB
Country's fourth largest IT services firm HCL Technologies today said it has bagged a five-year IT outsourcing deal from Husqvarna AB, an outdoor power products maker.
HCL has been providing application management services to Husqvarna and with this deal, HCL will now provide end-to-end integrated infrastructure and applications services, covering data center services, network services, security services, applications operations and support services, it said in a statement.
Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.
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* HCL Infosystems, Avaya ink pact
HCL Infosystems today said it has entered into a strategic alliance with business communications solutions provider, Avaya to the latter's complete portfolio of customer and team engagement and data networking solutions and services.
This partnership will help the companies enable enterprise customers with communication solutions, including unified communications, contact centre, mobility and video conferencing facilities.
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* BigRock launches tool to help create app-like website
BigRock, a domain name registrar and web hosting company, today launched Impress.Ly, a full-featured web presence builder that helps create websites that behave like a native mobile app without coding or downloads.
Developed in collaboration with Netherlands-based AppMachine, the product will enable small businesses to launch a web presence seamlessly across any screen, it said in a statement.
Impress.Ly would be available for Rs 549 per month.
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* Infosys bags deal from Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait
Infosys Finacle, the product subsidiary of Infosys, today announced Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait (ABK), a retail bank in Kuwait, to deploy the solution.
The solution includes core banking, trade finance, wealth management, CRM, e-banking, payments, treasury, alerts, SMS banking, liquidity management, retail, and corporate loan origination.
With Infosys Finacle, ABK will be able to achieve high operational efficiencies, accelerate growth and manage scale-ups easily, while delivering a digital age banking experience to its customers, Infosys said in a statement.
HDFC Bank to hold startup summit to foster fin-tech innovation
Private-sector lender HDFC Bank today launched a scheme to foster innovation in the financial technology space by partnering with a select startups with the best ideas from a list of top 30 shortlisted entities.
Over 30 financial technology startups, chosen from more than 100 entries, will showcase their ideas at a two-day summit being organised from tomorrow by the bank and the most promising startups will be adopted, it said in a statement.
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MCX conducts commodity awareness programmes in eastern India
Aimed at ensuring financial inclusion and raising financial literacy levels in the eastern region, Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd (MCX) organised 13 commodity awareness programmes in tier-II and III cities of Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha, and Assam.
"We have organised commodity awareness programmes in the tier II and III cities of Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha and Assam, in February, enabling people to learn the basics of commodity futures market," MCX said in a statement.
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Northern Coalfields revises Standard Stripping Ratio
Coal India arm Northern Coalfields Ltd has revised the the Standard Stripping Ratio for OBR Accounting for 10 opencast Projects which would lead to financial impact of Rs 60 crore.
"Northern Coalfields Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India Limited in its 202nd Board meeting held on March 01, 2016 has revised the Standard Stripping Ratio for OBR Accounting for 10 Opencast Projects. The financial impact due to the change in Stripping ratio till December 2015, would be around Rs 59.76 crore," Coal India said in a regulatory filing.
LeEco sells 2 lakh smartphones in 30 days in India
* Chinese handset maker LeEco today said it has sold two lakh smartphones in India in 30 days.
The sales figure for two devices -- Le 1s and Le Max -- that have been achieved speaks of the brand's popularity among consumers in a very short span of time, LeEco said in a statement.
"The Superphones are powered by our string ecosystem of multiple devices, content, cloud and platform. The incredible response from our consumers is very humbling," LeEco India COO Smart Electronic Devices Atul Jain said.
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Veritas Technologies appoints Mick Lopez as CFO * Information management firm Veritas Technologies today said it has appointed Mick Lopez as the Chief Financial Officer.
He was previous serving as CFO at Harris Corporation and has lead corporate strategy, operations, and mergers and acquisitions for companies including Aricent, Cisco and IBM.
The company has also appointed George Haddad as its Chief HR Officer, who joins from Concentrix Corporation.
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Cognizant bags deal from Bonnier Group
* IT services firm Cognizant today said it has bagged a deal from Bonnier Group, the Nordic-headquartered international media group, to standardise its finance and accounting processes.
As part of the initial five-year agreement, Cognizant will streamline and automate a broad range of accounting services in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark. Financial details were not disclosed.
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TCS, GE enter strategic alliance for Industrial Internet * Tata Consultancy Services has joined the GE Digital Alliance Program to help develop digital solutions to increase productivity of mobile workforces and assets in motion.
TCS has already developed new IoT solutions on the Predix platform (GE's cloud platform for Industrial Internet) like Satellite Image Analytics, Supply Chain Monitoring, Prognostic Maintenance, and Engine Telematics.
TCS is significantly expanding its global team to support the unprecedented growth in the Industrial Internet.
