London, (IANS) : In a major expansion of its London operations, social media giant Facebook is reported to have plans to hire 500 more staff in Britain. Nicola Mendelsohn, Facebook's head of Europe, the Middle East and Africa, is set to address the Confederation of...
Milan, (IANS/AKI) : The Roberto Cavalli fashion house has announced it was cutting 200 out of 672 jobs globally, closing some stores and its Milan offices and relocating to a manufacturing district near Florence. "The fashion industry is going through hard times due...
Amsterdam, (IANS) : Dutch bank ING said on Monday that it would scrap nearly 7,000 jobs to move to a digital platform which would save $1.01 billion in annual costs by 2021. The measures are part of a wider overhaul in which ING aims to converge its banking operations...
Thiruvananthapuram, (IANS) : Apex trade organisation Assocham on Monday said Kerala needs to create 30 lakh job opportunities and attract investment worth Rs six lakh crore in the next five years to achieve double-digit growth. The Associated Chambers of Commerce and...
Aligarh, (IANS) : At least 70 Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) students pursuing various postgraduate and undergraduate courses have been placed in well known multinational companies (MNCs), a university official said on Friday. Students of BA, BSc, BCom, MA, MSc,...
By Francis Kokutse, Accra, (IANS) : The Indian-owned Mohinani Group says it has been able to provide employment to over 10,000 people as well as awarded scholarships and donated educational infrastructure and portable water to many communities in the 50 years that it...
London, (IANS) : Technology giant Microsoft is planning to close its London office of Skype and to lay off most of the nearly 400 people employed there, a media report here said. "Microsoft made the decision to unify some engineering positions, potentially putting at...
Mumbai, (IANS) : The Gulf Aviation Academy on Friday said it has entered the Indian market through an agreement with domestic aviation training institute SpeedJet Aviation. The Gulf Aviation Academy (GAA) is part of the Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company, the...
Washington, (IANS) : Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has said his economic proposals will boost the US economy to grow at a pace of four per cent a year. Trump, speaking at the Economic Club of New York on Thursday, said it was time "to reach" for four...
Washington, (IANS) : In what is likely to be the last major engagement between India and the outgoing administration of President Barack Obama, US Secretary of State John Kerry and Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker are coming to India next week for the second...