Commercial taxes can be paid online in Goa

February 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - State-run telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) Friday simultaneously launched its much-awaited third generation (3G) mobile services in 12 cities. The services have been rolled out on a commercial basis in Agra, Ambala, Jalandhar, Jaipur, Dehradoon, Shimla, Lucknow, Ranchi, Durgapur, Haldia and Patna and in Jammu as a soft-launch, a company statement said.

July 2nd, 2009 Web retailers, states tussle over tax rulesNEW YORK — In a big break for online shoppers, Web retailers generally don't have to charge sales taxes in states where they lack a store or some other physical presence. Increasingly, states aching under the weight of the recession are seeking a way around that rule.

October 9th, 2009 Extended stalling is over: Tax deadline is ThursNEW YORK — It may have seemed like you had all the time in the world to file your tax return after you got that six-month extension last April. But if you still haven't sent it in, there's no more stalling.

May 8th, 2009 BANGALORE - Indian IT firms would not be impacted by the tax reform proposal of US President Barak Obama, Infosys Technologies chairman and chief mentor N.R. Narayana Murthy told President Pratibha Devisinh Patil Friday.

June 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Mahanagar Telecom Nigam Ltd (MTNL) Tuesday launched its third-generation (3G) telephony services in the national capital and Gurgaon as part of its second phase of expansion in this area. The state-run company also extended the 3G services to the pre-paid subscriber segment.

May 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India Inc believes the move by the Barack Obama administration to reduce tax breaks for US firms that ship jobs overseas will hit American companies more than impact on the Indian outsourcing industry. 'It's a more US-US issue rather than one aimed at stopping outsourcing, or off-shoring, or anything to do with India,' said Som Mittal, president of the National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom), a representative boddy for the industry.

February 22nd, 2009 CHENNAI - Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Sunday inaugurated the third generation (3G) services of the state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), and said the subscribers of the telecom major would be able to make long distance calls for 50 paise per minute from next month under the proposed 'India-Golden 50' scheme.

January 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - State-run telecom operator Mahanagar Telephone Nigam (MTNL) Friday said it will launch its third generation (3G) mobile services in Mumbai next month. 'We will launch 3G services in Mumbai in the first week of February,' MTNL chairman and managing director R.S.P.

May 7th, 2009 BANGALORE - Undaunted by US President Barack Obama's Bangalore-Buffalo remark and proposal to extend tax benefits to those creating job opportunities to Americans, experts in the Indian IT industry said the comments had nothing to do with outsourcing or with India. It is an instance of Obama's views being misinterpreted, said Som Mittal, President of Nasscom, while speaking to media persons here on Wednesday.

April 30th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - MASholidays, the travel and leisure arm of Malaysia Airlines, has opted for the city-based IBS Software Services' tour management solution 'iFly Tour', the IT firm said here Thursday. iFly Tour, a product under the iFly solution suite, offers an online booking system that is fully integrated with real time inventory of flights, hotel rooms and other products.

August 28th, 2009 Kennedy aides use Twitter to update the publicBOSTON — Aides to the late Sen. Edward Kennedy are sending updates about his memorial services through a Twitter account.

August 19th, 2009 Penske Truck Leasing to sell used trucks on eBayREADING, Pa. — Penske Truck Leasing Co.

October 1st, 2009 Ebix acquires E-Z Data for $50.3 millionATLANTA — Software supplier Ebix Inc. said Thursday that it acquired software maker E-Z Data Inc.

May 6th, 2009 NEW YORK - President Barack Obama's proposal to make tax changes to deter outsourcing jobs to, say, Bangalore is 'antigrowth, job-destroying, protectionist and unlikely to raise the tax revenue', the Wall Street Journal argued Tuesday, while the Los Angeles Times termed it populist. The president Monday said the US tax system is such 'that says you should pay lower taxes if you create a job in Bangalore, India, than if you create one in Buffalo, New York.' That looks like a great argument for lowering taxes on the firms creating jobs in Buffalo, but that is not what Obama has in mind, the Journal noted in an editorial 'Obama's Global Tax Raid'.

September 15th, 2009 Facebook says it's bringing in more than it spendsSAN FRANCISCO — Facebook says it is now bringing in more money than it is spending. The social networking site had previously said it expected to achieve this goal sometime next year.