The Board of Directors of Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited (HDFC) announced the results for the first half of the financial year 2009-2010, following its meeting on Monday, October 12, 2009 in Mumbai. The accounts have been subject to limited review by the Corporation’s statutory auditors in line with regulatory guidelines.
FINANCIAL RESULTS
Financials for the Quarter [...]

Continuing its tradition of partnering Global Indians in owning a property “back home” in India, Citibank today announced its presentation of the IndiaHome Property Exhibition in Dubai. Organized by Media Agency Middle East and Signature Events, the Exhibition will be held over the weekend of October 9th, 10th and 11th at Raffles Hotel’s Ballroom, Wafi [...]

International and National Brands, Beauty Artists, Fashion Icons and Stylist came together in Mumbai for the Three Day Show From Oct 4-6, 2009
– Globally renowned celebrity hairstylist & President of Intercoiffure Mondial Klaus Peter Ochs and Designer Wendell Rodricks blend their craft at “Colors & Beauties” beauty Show
– Organised India’s first nail championship
– International nail [...]

H.H. Sheikh Maktoum Hasher Maktoum Juma Al Maktoum has been awarded the prestigious ‘CEO of the Year’ honour in the property sector for the MENA region for his successful restructuring of Al Fajer Properties resulting in an incredible turnaround of the company and highly accelerated delivery of its flagship project.
Since his appointment in early [...]

Corporate OEM VP Steven Guggenheimer Previews Windows 7 at GITEX only
Microsoft Corporate Vice President Steven Guggenheimer will deliver a GITEX only preview of the latest technology and solutions of Windows 7 on new PCs in the opening keynote address at this year’s GITEX TECHNOLOGY WEEK in Dubai on Sunday October 18th.
“Over the past several [...]

Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Center, German Pavilion, Zabeel Hall, booth # E31
Hoesbach/Germany, September 24, 2009 – ASC (www.asctelecom.com), a leading global provider of innovative solutions to record, analyze and evaluate communications, today announced it will demonstrate its new quality monitoring solution, INSPIRATIONpro 9.0, and its VoIP recording solution, EVOip 9.0, at Gitex Technology Week [...]

Edinburgh, Scotland, 26th August 2009
HSL, the mobile network and provider of mobile infrastructure, are today announcing a service for mobile network operators to enable their subscribers to gain the benefits of the HSL 2.75G Femtocell without the need for operator CAPEX and with minimal OPEX.
Many mobile users in rural, suburban and urban locations experience problems [...]

Australia’s biggest mobile operator automates marketing processes to increase productivity and reduce costs
21 August 2009: Business Logic Systems, a leader in customer intelligence, marketing automation and customer loyalty solutions for mobile network operators has helped leading Australian mobile operator, Telstra, increase recharge rates and treble campaign productivity. By automating the campaign process using InTelestage [...]

New white paper highlights the importance of real-time capabilities in securing subscriber loyalty
11 August 2009: Mobile operators who are not able to respond to subscribers’ changing needs in real-time run the risk of losing market share to those who can, according to a new Informa Telecoms & Media white paper ‘Now-time marketing: Unlocking customer loyalty’. [...]

HIGHLIGHTS:
63% of urban students spend over an hour online daily
93% are aware of social networking
Orkut and Facebook are most popular online destinations
46% use online sources to access news; TV, Newspaper users at 25%
62% have a personal computer at home
1 in 4 students own lap-tops in metros; 2 of 3 own music players
IT and engineering remain [...]