Alexion Pharmaceuticals

• Industry: Biotechs
• Founded: 1992
• Country: United States
• CEO: Leonard Bell
• Website: www.alexionpharm.com
• Employees: 1,373
• Sales: $1.13 B
• Headquarters: Cheshire, Connecticut

Salesforce.com

• Industry: Software & Programming
• Founded: 1999
• Country: United States
• CEO: Marc Benioff
• Website: www.salesforce.com
• Employees: 9,800
• Sales: $3.05 B
• Headquarters: San Francisco, California

Govt warns of rough exploit beside overhaul levy evaders

 
In a severe advice to overhaul levy evaders, the government on Monday asked them to whichever reimburse their dues by Tuesday or features punitive exploit which could embrace capture and examination.

"I would like to give an opinion that from January 1, 2014 stern exploit will be in use adjacent to overhaul levy evaders and provisions in the backing take steps linking to apprehend and examination will be compulsory in right solemn," income Secretary Sumit Bose said.

The Voluntary Compliance Encouragement Scheme (VCES), which came into achieve from May 10, allows a overhaul levy debtor to pay dues devoid of any sentence or not on time imbursement charges.
Under the method, a individual possibly will make a statement to the chosen influence on or earlier than December 31.

Over 40,000 applications, connecting due amount of about Rs 5,500 crore, have been filed dig December 29, Bose said.

In the previous four days, the proceeds section has conventional 16,000 application connecting Rs 1,500 crore of examine levy dues, as time limit for the first-of-its-kind general pardon format ends on Tuesday, the profits desk added.

He additional said that Monday our offices will be unbolt glowing further than ordinary operational hours. On Tuesday, our offices will be release dig midnight to make easy getting of statement.

Finance Minister P Chidambaram newly said that schemes such as VCES are rare opportunities which are doubtful to come once more in the next 20 years. He had not compulsory levy evaders to take profit of the official pardon method.

"Countdown has begun and the last date is December 31. Government has finished a pale and liberal propose, a one-time propose that is not expected to come your way for at slightest a combine of decades.

"Therefore, it is in the most excellent attention of one and all to take benefit of the offer," Chidambaram had thought.

A debtor may say publicly his tax liabilities, together with the cess charges, for the epoch stuck between October 1, 2007 and December 31, 2012 and pay it to the government after making a straight statement to keep away from price, attention or any other punitive proceedings.

The method was introduced by Chidambaram while presenting the Union Budget for 2013-14.
Of the 17 lakh registered assesses under overhaul levy simply seven lakh were filing returns, Chidambaram had alleged.

An avoidance of overhaul levy of Rs 50 lakh and on top of has now been made a cognisable offence after the channel of present economic investment Bill on May 10.

The economics priest has planned provisions of Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) to capture such offenders, in line with customs and middle expunge laws.

Previous, the officials did not have some influence to capture a individual for overhaul levy elusion.
The bureau has set an not direct levy compilation aim of Rs 5.65 lakh crore for 2013-14, from first to last customs, remove and overhaul levy, up from Rs 4.73 lakh crore calm in the last financial.

RBI extends concern date of increase-indexed bonds to Mar 31

 
The Reserve Bank of India on Monday extensive the time for issuance of increase indexed bonds to March 31, 2014 from in advance date of Dec 31, 2013.

The RBI in discussion with government in advance this month launched price increases Indexed National Saving Securities- Cumulative (IINSS-C) that were open for donation connecting December 23-31.

"On review, now it has been decided to lengthen the issuance of price increases Indexed nationwide reduction Securities-snowballing plow March 31, 2014. The issuance can be congested former than March 31, 2014 with a aforementioned perceive," RBI said in a liberate.

The least amount edge for speculation is Rs 5,000 and the utmost edge is Rs 5 lakh per candidate per annum.

Those, Hindu complete relations, benevolent institutions and universities are qualified for contribution.
Attention velocity would be linked to Consumer Price Index (CPI). charge would encompass two parts-fixed rate (1.5 per cent per annum) and price increases rate based on CPI. The identical will be compounded in the most important on half-yearly foundation and salaried at the time of ripeness.

Near the beginning redemptions, to be permitted only on voucher dates, will be acceptable after one year from date of concern for elder populace (65 years and above of age) and 3 years for all others, topic to punishment charges at the rate of 50 per cent of the last voucher billed for before time liberation.

These securities will be issued in the form of Bonds Ledger Account (BLA). The securities in the form of BLA will be issued and detained with RBI and as a result RBI will act as innermost reservoir.

As sharing or sale of bonds would be from first to last banks, the Ministry supposed investors may move toward branches of State Bank of India and its relate banks and all nationalised banks.

Suitable investors can also obtain bonds from three personal segment banks -HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and Axis Bank-and Stock asset business of India.

These bonds are launched as instruments that will look after savings from increase, mainly the savings of the reduced and focal point module.

Reliance Jio opposes application to fasten identical range tradition fees at 3%

 
Reliance Jio Infocomm (RJI), the telecom limb of Reliance Industries Ltd, has objected to the order for consistent spectrum usage charge (SUC) of three per cent by GSM operators. The Telecom rigid influence of India (Trai) has previously suggested consistent amount of three per cent.

Iindependent boost in SUC for BWA range from one per cent to three per cent will be unlawful. The government may take suitable verdict on SUC for approaching auctions but devoid of changing the there SUC rule, whichever straight or indirectly, for previously billed or auctioned band," RJI said in a letter sent to the telecom escritoire on Monday.

Trai had planned a uniform  fees of three per cent irrespective of the quantum of range detained by an machinist. Broadband wireless access (BWA) range holders like RJI reimburse only one per cent SUC. Current dramatis personae like Vodafone India, Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular want the bill to be standardized as they pay as a great deal as eight per cent SUC. RJI said that conditions and environment of the 'notice inviting application', the main file of scale auctions, are similarly compulsory on both the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and bidders, and any place of duty facto variation in public sale regulations which extends excessive profit to current operators will not position official inspection.

RJI said that companies while export range in the public sale factored in circumstances, as well as SUC, in their offer amounts with rational anticipation that the situation notified will not be altered. At lower uniform SUC for spectrum that had been auctioned in past, there would have been more involvement and bids more violent, RJI extra. "Therefore, showing decrease in the SUC would not only reason vast pasting to the government but also would have poor some of the operators to attain range from end to end these auctions."

Referring to the capitulation complete by the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), connected Chambers of business and manufacturing of India and top executives of foremost GSM mobile operators, RJI said the representations do not unavoidably put onward the accurate details and strength misinform the government.

RJI's budge comes a day previous to the Telecom expenses meets to take a vision on the bill after which the empowered cluster of ministers will get hold of a last result. A pronouncement on the matter is critical for bidders since a flat fees would hearten operators to buy more field and an increasing allege would deject them from mounting their gamut asset.

The constant scuffle over SUC forced DoT to delay the public sale on or after January 23 to February 3 next year. DoT estimates that lowering of SUC to three per cent will source a loss of Rs 3,738 crore to the government over 20 years on regeneration of the six licences belonging to Airtel, Vodafone and Loop Mobile due to end in 2014.

DoT says lowering of SUC to 3% determination reason thrashing of Rs 3,738 cr to the government

Dhoom 3 becomes highest all-time grosser

 
Aamir Khan starrer Dhoom 3 has broken all records in terms of collections, estimates by boxofficeindia.com show.

The movie which is running in its second week has earned Rs 211 crore for its hindi version, surpassing Chennai Express (Rs 208 crore) to become the highest grosser of all times. Other hit movies in this league are 3 Idiots (Rs 202 crore), Ek Tha Tiger (Rs 186 crore) and Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (Rs 179 crore).

According to the estimates of boxofficeindia.com, the movie has collected around Rs 38 crore in its second weekend which is the highest second weekend collection ever beating the Rs 33 crore figure of 3 Idiots.

Dhoom 3 is likely to race towards the Rs 300-crore mark due to a holiday on Wednesday which would add to its collections.

The movie which also features starring Katrina Kaif, Abhishek Bachchan and Uday Chopra, released on December 20 on around 4,000 screens in the country.  The movie has been made on a budget of Rs 100 crore and has been produced by Yash Raj Films.

Pay Per Click (PPC)

This being my 500th post, it feels like a bit of a milestone, and I thought I'd write about something that is seldom discussed: SEO and email marketing, or, more specifically, how email marketing can be helpful to your SEO efforts. Ideally, your efforts to promote your website should not be limited to SEO alone. Digital marketing is a complex affair, and its various aspects can work effectively together to bring targeted traffic and conversions. Email marketing is a big subject, but I will only talk here about how email marketing can assist your SEO efforts.

As you know, the two pillars of successful SEO are killer content and quality backlinks. The ultimate point of SEO is goal conversion. How can email marketing help?

Email Marketing for SEO

This being my 500th post, it feels like a bit of a milestone, and I thought I'd write about something that is seldom discussed: SEO and email marketing, or, more specifically, how email marketing can be helpful to your SEO efforts. Ideally, your efforts to promote your website should not be limited to SEO alone. Digital marketing is a complex affair, and its various aspects can work effectively together to bring targeted traffic and conversions. Email marketing is a big subject, but I will only talk here about how email marketing can assist your SEO efforts.

On-Page Optimisation -- An Introductory Guide

It's an often asked question on the forums: what is on-page optimisation -- so here's a quick guide to what does and doesn't work. The intention is to dispel some common myths and to focus on those things that can provide a tangible improvement to your search result positions. It's not intended to be a one-stop shop for on-page SEO knowledge -- that would be beyond the scope of a single post.

So what is on-page (or on-site) optimisation. This basically encompasses all those factors and elements on the page itself that can help you rank better. This are things that you have direct control over, unlike off-page (or off-site) optimisation where, although you can influence them, you're not in direct control as you're dependent on another site/webmaster.

Link Building methods

Link Building

 

Link building is one basic tool that helps search engine’s spiders to determine the ranking of the webpage. This strategy of search engine optimization is based on the principle of referential popularity of the link. By referential popularity we mean that as two websites exchange links with each other they generally tend to add up to the popularity of the links thus, incrementing the rankings of the link in search results.

Social Media Optimization

What is Social Media Optimization?

Social Media Optimization can be defined as a process of achieving Marketing Communication and Branding goals through the use of various Social Media Websites. It is a process to optimize web sites, so that they are easily connected or interlaced with online communities and community websites

Primarily the Focus of Social Media Optimization is to drive traffic from Sources other than the Search Engines. Social media can take many different forms, including Internet forums, web logs, social blogs, wikis, pod casts, pictures and videos. It is an important aspect of Web Marketing which helps you in building your Company Image, Identification and Online Communication strategy. Orkut, Facebook, Linkedin, Digg, Stumbleupon, Flickr, Twitter, My Space, hi5 and Youtube are some of the Popular Social Media Websites.

SEO Interview Questions

1.       What is SEO?

2.       What is Google PR as shown on Google toolbar?

3.       What is keywords analysis and how do you analyze your targeted keywords.

4.       What kinds of back links are considered the most powerful?

5.       What is Google sandbox?

Beginner's Guide to SEO

What is SEO?

SEO is the active practice of optimizing a web site by improving internal and external aspects in order to increase the traffic the site receives from search engines. Firms that practice SEO can vary; some havea highly specialized focus while others take a more broad and general approach. Optimizing a web site for search engines can require looking at so many unique elements that many practitioners of SEO (SEOs) consider themselves to be in the broad field of website optimization (since so many of those elements intertwine).
This guide is designed to describe all areas of SEO - from discovery of the terms and phrases that will generate traffic, to making a site search engine friendly to building the links and marketing the unique value of the site/organization's offerings.

Deepika to star opposite Salman Khan in Sooraj Barjatya's next?

After working with one big Khan (Shah Rukh) and delivering one of the biggest hits of the year, actress on a roll Deepika Padukone may soon work with another Bollywood Titan: Salman Khan.

East India Company

The East India Company (EIC), originally chartered as the Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading into the East Indies, and more properly called the Honourable East India Company, was an English and later (from 1707) British joint-stock company formed for pursuing trade with the East Indies but which ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent, North-West Frontier Province and Balochistan. Click here for more Details

 

VMworld Buzz: vVolumes, VMware’s game changer for storage

This certainly didn’t disappoint and turned out to be one of the coolest new technologies VMware is working on with its storage partners. Very strange that it wasn’t even mentioned in the keynote yesterday or not more highly billed.
This is a game changer in storage!

Beginner’s Guide to SEO(search engine optimization): Best Practices – Part 1/3

Search engine optimization is a complex topic, especially when you consider all the information and misinformation readily available on web/online. Unfortunately it’s often hard to tell what is what. Does the latest tactic you’re reading about work? Does it work for all sites? Only some sites? Or is just another crackpot theory that sounds reasonable, but will never help to improve search traffic to your site?

FII inflows arrive at $2.5 billion in December

Foreign investors pumped in more than Rs 15,500 crore ($2.5 billion) in Indian equities this month, to the lead of the reduction of the US Federal Reserve's incentive programme preliminary in January.

Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) were foul buyers of shares merit Rs 61,492 crore and sellers of equities merit Rs 45,940 crore till December 27, ensuing in a net inflow of about Rs 15,553 crore ($2.51 billion), according to Sebi data.

As a result outlying in 2013, FIIs have invested Rs 1.13 lakh crore ($20 billion) in the conjugal stock market. There are motionless two trading days not here in the present month.

The US Federal preserve certain to get thinner its monthly acquaintance-exchange programme, raising concerns that resources obtainable for investing in rising markets would be summary.

Preparatory next month, the US central bank will hack its purchases of bonds to $75 billion from $85 billion, according to a proclamation after the Federal Open Market Committee assembly on December 18.

Analysts also said the Bharatiya Janata Party's wins in congregation polls in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh had sparked hopefulness about its likelihood in the 2014 universal elections. The BJP also emerged as the solitary leading party in Delhi.

Some experts accept as true BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's situation has been strengthened. They imagine a BJP-led government would be extra pro-reform and speed up lawmaking stepladder required to prompt monetary increase.

In adding up, out of the country investors infused a net amount of Rs 5,380 crore ($872 million) in the debt market so outlying this month. Since the start of 2013, they have inhibited Rs 50,758 crore ($8 billion).

As of December 27, the integer of registered FIIs in the country stand at 1,742 and the entirety integer of sub-accounts was at 6,399.