Forrester lowers outlook for IT growth in US(The Economic Times 10th Jan 2008) The cement industry in Tamil Nadu has agreed to sell subsidised cement to support the “economically weaker and middle class consumer.”
According to an official press release, in deference to the State Government’s demand that cement manufacturers control prices, the industry has agreed to sell 20 lakh bags (50 kg a bag) of cement a month at a subsidised rate of Rs 200 a bag to support the economically weaker and middle class consumer. Cement now sells around Rs 240 a bag in the open market.
Manufacturers and others selling cement here have said each company would pick up the districts in which it would sell the subsidised cement. Government officials at the district level would identify the beneficiaries and issue permits. The manufacturers would directly deliver the cement to the buyer. More
Forrester downgrades 2008 spending estimates(The Hindu Business Line 10th Jan 2008) Forrester Research, in its latest report has said that it is downgrading its forecast for 2008 IT spending (including operational budgets for equipment, IT consulting and outsourcing services as well as IT salaries) from 6.4 per cent to 5.2 per cent while its forecast for IT equipment (including capital purchases) spending is down from 7.8 per cent to a growth of 4.8 per cent.
In other words, it is saying that IT spending – be it on goods, products or services would grow, but at lower than earlier estimated rates. More
Global cues to set IT stocks path(Live mint.com 10th Jan 2008)But before coming to the conclusion that the worry about the slowdown in the US is overdone, consider the movement of the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite lately
Mid-sized information technology (IT) companies Mastek Ltd and iGate Global Solutions Ltd reported decent results for the quarter ended December and also reassured investors that they aren’t seeing any slowdown yet in the US market.NSE’s CNX IT index gained 0.5% as a result, on a day the markets declined marginally.
Phaneesh Murthy, CEO, iGate Global Solutions, said: “Visibility of revenues is getting better and we are looking at another good sequential quarter.” Nearly 78% of the company’s business is from US clients. Mastek gets a much lower proportion of its business (25%) from the US and has no exposure to the banking industry, but even then the fact its US business grew 50% in dollar terms is heartening. More
According to an official press release, in deference to the State Government’s demand that cement manufacturers control prices, the industry has agreed to sell 20 lakh bags (50 kg a bag) of cement a month at a subsidised rate of Rs 200 a bag to support the economically weaker and middle class consumer. Cement now sells around Rs 240 a bag in the open market.
Manufacturers and others selling cement here have said each company would pick up the districts in which it would sell the subsidised cement. Government officials at the district level would identify the beneficiaries and issue permits. The manufacturers would directly deliver the cement to the buyer. More
Forrester downgrades 2008 spending estimates(The Hindu Business Line 10th Jan 2008) Forrester Research, in its latest report has said that it is downgrading its forecast for 2008 IT spending (including operational budgets for equipment, IT consulting and outsourcing services as well as IT salaries) from 6.4 per cent to 5.2 per cent while its forecast for IT equipment (including capital purchases) spending is down from 7.8 per cent to a growth of 4.8 per cent.
In other words, it is saying that IT spending – be it on goods, products or services would grow, but at lower than earlier estimated rates. More
Global cues to set IT stocks path(Live mint.com 10th Jan 2008)But before coming to the conclusion that the worry about the slowdown in the US is overdone, consider the movement of the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite lately
Mid-sized information technology (IT) companies Mastek Ltd and iGate Global Solutions Ltd reported decent results for the quarter ended December and also reassured investors that they aren’t seeing any slowdown yet in the US market.NSE’s CNX IT index gained 0.5% as a result, on a day the markets declined marginally.
Phaneesh Murthy, CEO, iGate Global Solutions, said: “Visibility of revenues is getting better and we are looking at another good sequential quarter.” Nearly 78% of the company’s business is from US clients. Mastek gets a much lower proportion of its business (25%) from the US and has no exposure to the banking industry, but even then the fact its US business grew 50% in dollar terms is heartening. More
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