Feb 18, 2016 - The budget's declining effect on the stock market

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Sree Vijaykumar From the Editor's Desk Among the innovations highlighted at the Make in India week is an interesting little robot from the Tata stable, for SME automation. Named Tata Brabo, it includes a couple of variations, including one that can pick and sort based on the colour of the object. I can imagine applications in all sorts of SME manufacturing, warehouses, retail, etc. Even more interesting is the price point, just Rs 3 lakhs. Some might even decide to buy it as a hobby robot. Now, if only I can train it to bring me my beer from the refrigerator! - Comment The budget’s declining effect on the stock market 2016 could be a year which bucks the trend of lower market volatility on budget day, whichever way finance minister Arun Jaitley turns Complimentary Report : Omni-channel marketing-Do you understand the fundamental shifts that have changed the marketing landscape? 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Twitter introduces new search function with moving images Twitter Inc's introduction of a search function for moving images commonly used on social media prompted users of the website on Wednesday to tweet their own pictures expressing enthusiasm over the feature. Why are IBM India's profit declining, while revenue touches $3.5 billion? IBM India, which is headed by company veteran Vanitha Narayanan, also forecast that it would continue to post healthy growth in the near term. TradeBriefs Publications are read by over 10,00,000 Industry Executives India Business Brief | India Retail News | India Food Brief | India Telecom Brief | India Finance Brief | India Software Brief | India Digital Brief | India Ecommerce Brief | India Franchise Brief | India HR Brief | India Logistics Brief | India Construction Brief About Us  |  Advertise Privacy Policy    Unsubscribe You are receiving this mail because of your subscription with TradeBriefs. 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