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TCS Kolkata crowned national champion at the Economic Times Brand Equity Quiz

( IQ and Quiz and TATA )

There was excitement in the air at the MMRDA ground in Mumbai on 20th April with ten of the best corporate teams from across the country vying for the most coveted title in India’s corporate calendar with amazing display of mental capacity and sharp reflexes.
Fortunes kept swinging through the rounds. The plot kept changing, […]

TCS Chennai Offices weekly holidays shifted to Sunday and Monday

TCS Chennai offices have shifted their weekly holidays to Sunday and Monday instead of Saturday and Sunday. This has come into effect from 15 March 2008.
The change is in response to a request from the Tamil Nadu State Electricity Board to industrial users including software firms to extend support in conserving power.
The ‘Tuesday […]

Tata buys Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford

( TATA )

India’s Tata Motors is buying the British-based luxury car marques Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford for 1.46 billion euros in cash. Tata Motors, is India’s top bus and lorry manufacturer and its third-largest car maker. It has been in talks with Ford since the start of this year.
Group Chairman Ratan Tata said: “We have […]

Nielsen partners with TCS for $1.2 billion contract

The Nielsen Company, the world’s leading provider of consumer and media information services, and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading IT services, business solutions and outsourcing organization, announced today they are entering into an agreement for outsourcing a portion of Nielsen’s Information Technology (IT) and Operations functions worldwide.
Under the ten-year agreement, valued at $1.2 billion, […]

Tata Elxsi’s VCL adds virtual reality to Ta Ra Rum Pum

( India and Internet and TATA )

Tata Elxsi’s Visual Computing Labs has provided virtual special effects for the Hindi film Ta Ra Rum Pum. The effects involved 800 shots displaying 3D people filling up a stadium, 3D cars racing on the tracks, smoke, fire and sparks and a 3-1/2 minute song sequence in CGI — with dancing bears, chocolate rivers and the actors Rani and Saif in a […]

TATA Family Tree

( TATA )

From the morning i was in search of entire family tree of TATA’s
Tried searching the same on various TATA’s site but couldnt get to root.
Finally tried founding it on wikiepdia and after a visit to set of links in wikipedia got to the root viz. Family Tree of TATA’s
Tata family tree @ Tata Central Archives

Ratan Tata takes off in F-16

( India and TATA )

Ack : - CNN IBN Live 
After sealing the $12-billion jumbo deal to buy Anglo-Dutch steel-maker Corus, Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata pulled off another surprise by flying a fighter jet at the Aero India Show in Bangalore on Thursday.
Tata, 69, undertook the feat during the Bangalore air show, in which the makers of F-16 - […]

VSNL faces $406-m claim from FLAG

The long-standing dispute between Tata-controlled Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL) and FLAG Telecom, part of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG), over the FLAG Europe-Asia cable system has worsened, with FLAG moving the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) seeking “monetary relief” of $406 million, plus interest, from VSNL.
On 6 Feb, VSNL told BSE that it […]

TCS, other Tata cos to benefit from Corus deal

The acquisition of Corus is likely to benefit other Tata group companies as well. Tata Steel, which has bought the Anglo-Dutch steelmaker for $12.2 billion, is planning to offshore some of Corus’ functions such as IT and equipment manufacture, to India in a move that could boost TCS, Asia’s largest software services firm.
While the finer […]

Tatas bag Corus for $11.3 bn

( India and TATA )

The Tatas beat Brazil’s CSN to acquire Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus Group Plc at slightly more than $11 billion.
With a bid of 608 pence a share, Indian corporate giant Tata Steel outsmarted CSN’s 603 pence a share offer during the night-long auction process.
CSN officials confirmed pulling out of the race to […]