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Coforge would harness burgeoning global demand for artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to underpin its journey into the top tier of Indian outsourcing industry, seeking to double its annual revenue from the just-reached billion-dollar milestone and pull ahead of competition in a crowded mid-market. “We think AI represents a massive opportunity for us,” CEO and executive director Sudhir Singh told ET in an interview. “We need to transform into being an actual AI-first organisation, because the journey from two to five (billion) or two to ten (billion) becomes that much faster then,” he said.

Penguin Random House because of concerns that competition would shrink the book market. An executive for KKR is calling the deal a chance to work with «one of the most effective» book publishers. The private equity giant will buy Simon & Schuster for $1.62 billion in cash, said Paramount Global, the parent company of the storied publishing house.

Tesla chief financial officer Zachary Kirkhorn stepped down after 13 years at the electric vehicle maker, a surprise shake-up that raises new questions about succession in the top ranks of Elon Musk’s company.

The Tax Office first raised its concerns related to the conduct of PwC’s tax division with Luke Sayers on August 29, 2019, when second commissioner Jeremy Hirschhorn urged the firm’s then-CEO to “personally review the internal emails”.

Cathie Wood said that the Securities and Exchange Commission may approve multiple spot-bitcoin ETFs at the same time, reversing an earlier view that her firm would be first in line to get potential approval for the long-awaited product.

HDFC Bank, Axis Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank have recorded an attrition of between 34% and 50%, large PSBs like State Bank of India, Bank of Baroda (BoB), Punjab National Bank (PNB) and Canara Bank have reported an attrition of less than 5% as they are seen as more stable employers.SBI, India's largest mass lender, said its attrition including resignations, retirements and VRS was a mere 3% on an employee base of 250,000. Chairman Dinesh Khara told ET that an elaborate recruitment process and regular training and development are some of the reasons PSBs can retain talent.«People who sign for a PSB job have usually made up their minds to serve because they go through an elaborate recruitment process which is not the case in private sector banks.

Digital payments company PayPal (PYPL) just launched a U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin called PayPal USD, becoming the latest firm to offer customers a stablecoin payment option.

cryptocurrency enthusiasts gathered at an art gallery in downtown Manhattan. They were greeted by a scene from science fiction. At one end of the room was an open bar.

Pfizer manufacturing plant that produced 8% of sterile injectable medicines used by U.S. hospitals. Lobbyists for compounders say they could do more to help with shortages if they had more regulatory flexibility.

retail industry is at 40%—that’s 10% more than last year. Front line roles include employees on shop floors, in store sales, and those who are part of brand promotion teams. Are retail companies to blame for the crisis? In some ways.

Zoom Video Communications Inc., once hailed as the emblem of the remote work era, is charting a new course by summoning its workforce back to the office. The company has revealed that employees living near a Zoom location will be required to be on-site for two days every week. This "hybrid approach," according to a company spokesperson, aims to bolster innovation and customer support while capitalizing on the firm's own technologies. Zoom's meteoric rise during the pandemic marked a significant shift in how industries communicated virtually. Nevertheless, as the world emerges from pandemic-related restrictions, diverse enterprises, including Amazon.com Inc., Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc., and BlackRock Inc., have been recalibrating their work arrangements to include more on-site presence for employees. However, despite this shift, numerous office spaces continue to experience low occupancy rates. For instance, offices in the Northeast region of the United States were at peak capacity only 24% of the time during the first half of the year, as per data from Basking.io, an analytics company focused on workplace occupancy. Simultaneously, job listings for remote positions have witnessed an upward trend in multiple cities.

Cognitive decline is an unfortunate consequence of aging — one that affects as many as two-thirds of people. But new research suggests it hits several groups hardest: those who are white, male and have college degrees.

Saving for retirement isn’t going to be a priority for many workers when federal student loan payments resume this fall after a 3½-year hiatus.

Worldcoin, the eyeball-scanning crypto project launched by OpenAI founder Sam Altman, is under increased scrutiny in Kenya, as local police reportedly raided the project’s warehouse in Nairobi, in search of data.

DA Davidson reiterated a Neutral rating on EV maker, Nikola Corp. (NASDAQ:NKLA) and cut their 12-month price target on the stock to $2.50 (From $3.00) following the automaker’s 2Q earnings release and conference calls with management.

PayPal USD (PYUSD) is fully backed by US dollar deposits, short-term US treasuries and similar cash equivalents, and can be redeemed 1:1 for US dollars.Starting today and rolling out in the coming weeks, eligible US PayPal customers who purchase PayPal USD will be able to transfer the token to external wallets, send person-to-person payments, fund purchases at checkouts supported by PayPal, and convert cryptocurrency holdings to and from Paypal USD."The shift toward digital currencies requires a stable instrument that is both digitally native and easily connected to fiat currency like the US dollar," says Dan Schulman, president and CEO, PayPal. "Our commitment to responsible innovation and compliance, and our track record delivering new experiences to our customers, provides the foundation necessary to contribute to the growth of digital payments through PayPal USD." Most of the current volume of stablecoins is used in web3-specific environments, but Paypal's global brand recognition seems certain to propel the novel payments asset into the mainstream.

(Reuters) -U.S. trucking firm Yellow Corp filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sunday and said it would wind down, after struggling with a mounting debt load and following tense contract negotiations with the Teamsters Union.

Trucking company Yellow Corp. has declared bankruptcy after years of financial struggles and growing debt

When OpenTable CEO Debby Soo joined the restaurant reservation company in 2020, the industry was struggling through the pandemic

Saudi state-run oil giant Aramco made $30 billion in profit in the second quarter, a nearly 40% decline from the same period the previous year

Elon Musk says his potential in-person fight with Mark Zuckerberg would be streamed live on his social media site X, formerly known as Twitter