Samsung Electronics Co is preparing to launch a new smartphone in Russia and India based on its homegrown operating system Tizen, people familiar with the matter said, according to the Wall Street Journal.

We have been talking about convertibles, hybrids and 2-in-ones for some time now. But can one device really be an Android tablet as well as a Windows 8 notebook and desktop PC at the same. That is exactly what the Asus Transformer Book Trio claims to be capable of. While this device is exactly a year old, it is only recently that the it has become available in India. We test this all-rounder to see if a multi-purpose computer is really practical.

Infosys expects its hived off products, platforms and solutions (PPS) business to record a "significantly higher" growth in the coming twelve months than the 7-9% outlook outlined by the company even as the company made it into a wholly-owned subsidiary.

MUMBAI: Fiat is taking another run at getting things right in India as part of the wider strategy that the company, now Fiat Chrysler, has for the Asia-Pacific region in its 2018 plan.

The first foreign carmaker to enter India, the company languishes at the bottom of the table in a highly competitive Indian passenger vehicle market that's struggling to cope with a slowdown.

Sluggish demand and uncertain economic conditions have failed to stop Korean automobile maker Hyundai Motor India's Xcent compact sedan and Grand i10 hatchback from making inroads in the passenger vehicle market.

This is against the backdrop of a fall in sales of Maruti Suzuki's Swift hatchback and DZire compact sedan and Honda's Amaze compact sedan last month.

Australia's Leighton Holdings said on Monday the head of its Thiess subsidiary in India has been arrested by police and the main client for its Pakri Barwadih coal mine is attempting to terminate its contract.

Thiess Minecs Chief Executive Raman Srikanth was arrested on Friday, Leighton said, adding that client NTPC Ltd is in breach of its contract by attempting to terminate it.

BEIJING/TOKYO: Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi will soon release its first tablet, sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, expanding the fast-growing company's product lineup in a potential challenge to Samsung Electronics and Apple.

CHENNAI: Car service provider Mahindra First Choice Services, as part of its aggressive drive in the after-market segment, is taking the franchisee route to expand its network from 28 now to 100 by this year-end and 450 by 2018, growing its revenue from 30 crore in FY14 to 100 crore this year, 300 crore next fiscal and 850 crore by 2018.

Mumbai, May 9: Yes Bank today suffered a setback when a division bench of the Bombay high court ruled that it had the jurisdiction to hear a plea by Madhu Kapur on her right to nominate directors on the bank’s board.

Madhu Kapur is the widow of Ashok Kapur, the co-founder of Yes Bank.

Washington: Ford Motor Co. recalled almost 700,000 Escape SUVs and C-MAX hybrid cars to fix a defect that could prevent air bags from deploying in a rollover crash.

The resolution involves reprogramming vehicle software, not a mechanical repair, Dearborn, Michigan-based Ford said in a statement on Friday. The action includes 627,275 Escapes and 65,192 C-MAXes from the 2013 and 2014 model years. It applies to vehicles sold in the US, Canada and Mexico.

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