Brazil

A Brazilian court has fined Apple 100 million reais ($19 million) for not shipping battery chargers with new iPhones sold in the country. In Indian currency, the amount would be close to Rs. 156 crores. Accusations It ruled…

HCL Tech on October 5 announced its plans to hire 1,000 people in the next two years to its Brazil operations while also opening a new technology centre in Campinas. Plans The company is a certified top employer in Brazil and is…

As Maharashtra sees spike in cases fresh curbs and harsher punishment for violators to be imposed. Mumbai and other areas in Maharashtra have seen a surge in cases since Jan 6 and those violating basic regulations like wearing a mask…

I speak to business leaders and executives regularly and it’s almost impossible to find one today in the global marketplace who does not operate, or at the very least, is not exploring opportunities with or within emerging market countries.…

Brazil, Russia, South Africa, India and China – the leaders of all five emerging market economies met on the margins of the BRICS Summit in China to discuss their role in world affairs, energy and food security challenges, climate…

Google’s social networking initiatives seem to be in a complete free–fall and now the killer nail in the coffin could has been hit. Orkut which has always been successful only in the Indian and Brazilian markets, had over the past year or…

I am a firm believer that recession is more in the minds of people than it is on ground. Yes, we have had global downturn, but the evasive actions that we take to counter recession are responsible for deepening of recession to a very large…