TATA Hugged Huggies! India’s TCS gets $100 mln deal from US firm - source

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. is going up and up just after winning the contract of Qantas Airline last week has bagged new $100 million contract from U.S. firm Kimberly-Clark Corp.

Dallas-based Kimberly-Clark, which makes Huggies diapers and Kleenex tissues, joins a rapidly growing number of foreign firms that outsource design work, supply chain management and payroll processing to India.

NEW DELHI, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Top Indian software services firm, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (TCS.BO: Quote, Profile, Research), has won a $100 million contract from Kimberly-Clark Corp. (KMB.N: Quote, Profile, Research), a source close to the deal told Reuters on Tuesday, boosting its stock.

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Tesco takes on Microsoft in battle for software market

That’s interesting, Only time will tell how much competition Tesco can give to Giant software House “Microsoft”. Lets hope for the best…

Tesco, the UK’s biggest retailer, will go head-to-head with Microsoft, the world’s largest software company, by entering the £8.5bn computer software market. The retailer will launch Tesco-branded software in 100 stores this month. An initial range of six products, which will include office software and security suites, will sell for less than £20 each, massively undercutting rivals’ prices. Microsoft Office sells for up to £300.