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India
Infosys grows greener by planting 32,000 Bheema bamboo trees
Infosys, according to Kamath, began growing Bheema in Jan 2013, after learning that it can absorb nine times more carbon than a normal bamboo tree.
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India
Regulators cross swords on pension plans
The pension and insurance sector regulators may be about to engage in a turf war over pension plans offered by insurers.
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India
Yoga makes its way into insurance packages
The trend is more prevalent in the employees' group health insurance schemes, but some insurers are planning to extend it to retail health policies.
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India
Jungle Ventures hires 3 senior executives including Google’s Menka Sajnani to beef up management team
The new appointments come four months after the venture fund said it’s raising a $100-million fund, of which more than $65 million has been closed.
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India
'Nutraceuticals no longer a proprietary food'
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has amended regulations to fix loopholes in the definition of proprietary food.
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India
Government plans National Investment Grid to map business opportunities across country
The grid will have details of upcoming projects as well as those that are underway besides land available with the Centre, states and PSUs.
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India
‘Wipro must respond like a startup’
Wipro CEO-designate Abidali Neemuchwala’s family hails from Neemuch in Madhya Pradesh, but Neemuchwala grew up in Mumbai, where his father had a trading business.
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Giappone
SoftBank says Pepper on a roll, will staff cellphone store in Tokyo
SoftBank Corp. said Wednesday its Pepper humanoid robots will staff a cellphone store in Tokyo for a week this spring. The firm said the static, talking machines will run the store from March 28 to April 3 in the city’s upscale Omotesando shopping district. SoftBank already operates a separate store ...
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Giappone
Dollar solid above ¥118 in Tokyo
The dollar rose back above ¥118 in Tokyo trading on Wednesday, pushed up chiefly by surges in Tokyo and U.S. stock prices. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥118.24-25, up from ¥117.76-77 at the same time Tuesday. The euro was at $1.0869-0870, edging up from $1.0866-0866, and at ¥128.53-54, ...
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Giappone
Nikkei regains 17,000 on U.S. rebound
Stocks staged a sharp rally on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Wednesday following an overnight rebound in U.S. equities, with the Nikkei ending above 17,000. The Nikkei surged 455.02 points, or 2.72 percent, to close at 17,163.92. On Tuesday, it lost 402.01 points. The Topix finished up 40.47 points, or ...