Recession

Is this Why US Recession Hit the Indian IT industry?

By Guest Author 6 Comments

Great economists will always say that education, food and medical industry can never be hurt by any recession. If you dig deep you would find that these are the industries where over consumption can never happen and also, these being … Read More »

Recession, recession and indian economy

10 Apr

Cash the Crash – Book Review [101 for Investing/Identifying Opportunity During Recession Time]

By sinha 6 Comments

Recession is in and it’s time to hit the sack and say all negative things about it! Not really. Cash the Crash paints a very positive story on recession and talks of why (and how) is it a big opportunity. … Read More »

Book Review, cash the crash, Recession

08 Apr

From the Trenches – How to counter-attack Recession [Tips from Instablogs Founder]

By sameer 7 Comments

[Guest post by Ankit Maheswari, Founder/CEO of Instablogs. Ankit. candidly shares Instablogs traffic, what worked / what didn’t – and most importantly, what are they doing to counter-attack recession.] In India, our financial year ends 31st March. This might sound … Read More »

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06 Apr

Private Sector to go slow on Advertising

By sinha 1 Comment

Recession is hitting the advertisement world and private sector, which constitutes the bulk of advertising industry will curtail it’s spending by 32-35% in the current fiscal. As per ASSOCHAM, even though print and media have dropped their rates

ad spending, Recession

03 Mar

Recession and Consumer Spending

By sinha No comments

Recession has hit the consumer spending hard – but the worst hit segments are passenger cars/two-wheelers and airlines. As far as consumer durables are concerned, overall production for categories such as washing machines, refrigerators and televisions grew 7 per cent … Read More »

consumer spending in inda, Recession

06 Jan

Oracle India links Salary with Billing Hours [= Salary slash of 10-50%]

By sinha 1 Comment

Oracle India’s Financial Services (i.e. erstwhile i-Flex), in a drive to cut cost has linked salary with one’s billing hours – resulting in salary cuts of 10-50% across the board. “If an employee is a billable resource for 15 days … Read More »

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13 Dec

Recession & Impact on Media – Outlook group up for sale?

By sinha 3 Comments

The media business is solely dependent on advertising dollars – and is precisely the most hit in the times of recession. Here is a recap of what’s happening with media businesses: Outlook group, as reported in Businessworld is up for … Read More »

India Business, media, Recession

05 Dec

Infosys urges employees to save $10

By sinha 6 Comments

In a cost cutting drive, Infosys has urged it’s employees to cut cost atleast by $10. “If each one of us is able to identify a savings of even $10-not just per day or per month-but $10 as a one-time … Read More »

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03 Dec