News HeadLines Thursday, August 20, 2009
Top news
About 50 percent of executives are dissatisfied with their current position in the work place. The lackluster job market has not only left executives unhappy, but also uncovers a lack of trust for corporate leadership.
Security vendor, Symantec has identified the "Dirtiest Web Sites of summer 2009", the 100 sites with the most threats detected by site ratings service Norton Safe Web as of August 2009.
Technology
Microsoft has released the community technology preview of SQL Azure Database along with the preview of an SQL server driver for building PHP applications for the Azure platform.
The communication sector is predicted to emerge as the single largest sector of India's economy with a 15 percent share of GDP by 2014-15.
Business
Nokia India Wednesday said it will roll out microfinancing schemes in 12 states in an effort to push its mobile phone penetration in the country.
The Punjab government is offering various sops to information technology (IT) companies operating in the state, including a 24-hour uninterrupted power supply, in order to boost the sector, a government official said here Wednesday.
Finance
A fall in Chinese bourses weighed heavily on Indian equities markets with a key index ending trade Wednesday 226 points below its previous close.
On the back of strong global cues and government's plans of tax reform, the Sensex ended the last week with a gain of 1.6 percent. On the sectoral front, metal sector gained by 3.2 percent to 9,869 points.
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