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Will acquire more firms in India, hire thousands: Insight Enterprises CEO

Software and information technology company says it will recruit in India for the next 5 years

Software delivery firm Devtron raises $12 mn funding from Insight Partners

Start-up will use financing to expand team, promote its platform and expand business

News-based trades: Lessons for the small trader

Traders, investors & regulators can glean several insights

Devangshu Datta: Cheaper credit unlikely in first half of FY18

The January CPI was 3.17% higher than a year ago, the lowest rate in five years

Devangshu Datta : Will the Budget enhance realty demand?

Provisions of long-term capitals gains tax is now applicable after only two years

Productivity boost key to a robust manufacturing sector

Companies and policymakers need to expand their focus beyond job creation

Devangshu Datta: Significant pain ahead for telcos

Free cash flow dropped to Rs1.5 crore, down from Rs 3,547 crore a year ago

Bond yields, Rupee to see higher impact due to Budget than markets

Dollar is up, the yen has crashed and most other currencies have lost ground versus the dollar

Devangshu Datta: Trading strategies for a low-volume market

FPI debt sales have also been matched by DII buying

Crash landing an air chief gets us nowhere

The former Air Chief appears more sinned against than sinning

Devangshu Datta: Next few months will be a roller coaster for markets

Low inflation, services contraction and manufacturing slowdown all point in the same direction

Devangshu Datta: There's some hope for banking sector

The latest data suggests that a very large proportion of the denotified currency will be deposited back into the banking system

How demonetisation hampers economic activity

Most bankers, it seems, are not aware that discretion is the better part of valour

Housing finance sector in for a wild ride

Every housing finance company, and every bank with a large housing finance exposure, will see loss of volumes in this quarter

Be selective in rural consumption play

The monsoon has been fair and there are already signs that the rain has boosted rural, semi-urban sentiments

Indian IT industry heading for leadership changes

Studies of the computer industry often note that the same companies rarely maintain leadership through two successive phases of the industry's evolution. IBM's marketshare in the 1960s, exceeded the collective share of the next five companies, which were called the "BUNCH" - Burroughs, Univac, NCR, Control Data and Honeywell.But, IBM failed to keep that dominance in the personal computing era, where Microsoft and Apple came to the fore. Microsoft and co. failed to translate dominance of standalone personal computing into dominance of the internet. New players like Google exploited the Web better. Google in turn, has struggled to hold its lead in the era of social media where Facebook has taken over.It's been similar with devices. PC-makers like Dell and HP-Compaq were stumped by mobiles. Nokia was the 800-pound gorilla of the mobile feature phone. Blackberry was a pioneer in smartphones. Neither has managed to hold onto #1. Apple bounced back with the iPod and became the world's most v

What rate cut means for financial markets

The new Monetary Policy Committee decided unanimously to implement a rate cut in its first review

RBI policy mildly positive, but here are three key issues to monitor

Raghuram Rajan's last policy review went off without surprises. The central bank opted not to tinker with any rates

June quarter: Leaders and laggards

Pharma, Infrastructure, Utilities and consumer products are expected to be major growth areas

Define your trading system properly to increase gains

There are hundreds of trend-following trading systems available but the last mile will always be up to the individual