ET reports India Infoline has been awarded as the ‘Best Broker in India’ by Finance Asia magazine. This is an annual ritual conducted by the magazine for study of best financial services firms in each country across Asia. The study was conducted from a period of 1 year from June 2007 to May 2008.
 
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When $2.1 billion is at stake, one shouldn’t be surprised if someone shows the urgency that Vodafone is showing. It began its argument in earnest in the Bombay high court on Monday by strongly opposing against ,”an imposition of penalty” . Vodafone International Holding is challenging the show cause notice issued last September to it by the Income Tax department in Mumbai for its approximately Rs 8,000 crore tax liabilities.

Now this will leave all Microsoft bashers red faced [especially in India]. According to a survey by global market and insight group TNS, US software giant Microsoft has topped the list of most reputed companies in India! Although what’s surprising is that this comes on the back of repeated protests against both, Microsoft and Bill Gates for being socially irresponsible

After lying low for months, here comes a killer blow from Network18. It seems that the media and entertainment conglomerate Network18 Media and Investments Ltd is venturing into film exhibition. And if you think that it’s all hogwash and the rollout may take ages, sample this – It is opening its first multiple-screen [...]

Now this will come as slap in the face for all Telecom majors [both global as well as local] tripping over each other to get a foothold in the Indian Telecom market. According to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India [TRAI] there is no 3G spectrum available in certain circles for allocation to CDMA players! This is expected to severely cramp the plans of existing as well as new CDMA operators

In a dramatic twist in the tale of Reliance Communications-MTN merger story [will give even the Saas-Bahu soap operas a run for their monies], Reliance Industries wrote to the MTN board pointing out that it has the right of first refusal over a sale of controlling stake in Reliance Communications.

Rediff has registered a copyright in its name for an analogue designed to show how “hot” is a stock. It enables the users to reach a quick and snapshot conclusion about how a stock or mutual fund is fairing. Rediff.com India has already obtained copyright registration of a ‘virtual analogue representation´ titled as “How hot is a stock” having the features of an analogue dial.

And now the action shifts to the regional level! The intense war going on for a share of the online advertising pie is slowly and steadily shifting to lower levels. The biggies [Microsoft, Yahoo!, Google..] first battled it out on the global stage.  Then Microsoft and Yahoo!  set up the .in (India-specific [...]

Now this will come as major blow to the skeptics of Indian political parties. The most controversial party of India – the BJP [ remember the Babri-Masjid & post-Godhra riots? ] is set to become the world’s most automated party. It plans to do so in the next 3 years by adding IP capabilities in its Unified Messaging Platform. And if you think ,‘It’s all sizzle and no steak’ sample this - it has already selected ValueFirst, a provider of Mobile Data Services to develop an extensive SMS based communications network. This system will be in place only for the registered members of the party across their district/state office network in the country.