Nokia Corporation could soon see a massive uprising by its employees as its new CEO has asked them to use Internet Explorer over other web browsers as part of its deal with Microsoft. In a letter sent to already displeased employees, Nokia CEO has suggested a few “tips” aimed at putting the workers “at ease with” with the company’s decision to get into a strategic alliance with Microsoft.
February 15, 2011 | Filed under
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IT major Tata Consultancy Services plans to hire 37,000 professionals for its domestic and overseas markets through campus auctions in the next fiscal. But the auctions will not have TCS bidding for bright freshers, but the freshers bidding for dull jobs. Each round of bidding will see 50 freshers coming together, and whoever quotes the lowest salary demand will get a job contract from TCS.
January 20, 2011 | Filed under
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After spending an estimated 300 crore rupees on rebranding exercises, Bharti Airtel has finally managed to convince 53-year-old Ramesh Sawant that a change in logo was indeed needed for the company to “reinvent itself”. This is the first recorded case of Airtel convincing a consumer about the effectiveness of its logo change, which took place around three weeks ago and is supposed to give the company a more “youthful” and “international” appeal.
December 11, 2010 | Filed under
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The company wanted VVS Laxman to tell the world that his back pain was cured by Zandu Balm, thus helping him score freely and help India win the match, but the Hyderabadi batsman didn’t agree to the proposal even though the company is believed to have offered an “undisclosed sum of money” to him. Emami is now trying to convince Ricky Ponting to endorse the brand.
October 6, 2010 | Filed under
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Shahid Gorabankar, a 23-year-old unemployed MBA, proved to be a total disaster in his fourth job interview this year when he, filled inexplicably with over confidence and uber coolness, acted like a complete jerk in front of his prospective employers. Shahid, whose first interview this year was for the post of an assistant sales manager, was being considered for the job of a salesperson this time.
August 12, 2010 | Filed under
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Keeping with its corporate culture of incorporating women in various business processes across verticals, UB Group has decided to add a new feature on the same lines to its aviation business. Passengers traveling by Kingfisher Airlines will now have an extra option of selecting seats lying next to those selected by women co-passengers. They could exercise this option while booking or at the time of check-in.
June 8, 2010 | Filed under
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India could witness yet another split between brothers after Anil Ambani and Mukesh Ambani had parted ways in 2006. Sources indicate that Singh brothers, who formerly owned Ranbaxy are planning to do the same. Faking News has learnt that amicable efforts are on to pave way for a very acrimonious public split sometime in 2010. Singh brothers believe that such a split would help them generate maximum wealth.
May 31, 2010 | Filed under
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After having observed increased level of happiness and satisfaction among the employees in the past few weeks, the HR team of HCL met today to discuss innovative ways of reducing employee pleasure to bring it down to the acceptable levels. The three member top level team is expected to finish its brainstorming session by 5.30 PM sharp and submit its recommendations to the top management tomorrow.
May 5, 2010 | Filed under
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Just a day after announcing that it will introduce Promoted Tweets in an attempt towards monetization, Twitter has now unveiled its ambitious plan to launch a news channel in India. It wants to ride on the popularity it enjoys in India; especially the kind of support celebrities have shown has been instrumental in making Twitter decide about it. One more thing that goes in Twitter’s favor is the rate at which it has successfully generated fresh and spicy content, without which today’s news scenario is unimaginable.
April 14, 2010 | Filed under
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In an unexpected turn of events in the history of organized coffee retail that may have far-reaching consequences for the industry, a man and a woman visited the Barista Lavazza Coffee Shop located at the Grand Mall on MG Road this Wednesday for the purpose of having coffee, had two cups of coffee, just coffee and nothing else, paid their bill and went away.
March 31, 2010 | Filed under
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