by Pete Engardio and Arlene Weintraub In her swank headquarters just blocks from some of Mumbai's worst slums, Swati Piramal is midway through an impassioned pitch about revolutionizing the world of drug discovery. Sanskrit passages of the Bhagavad ...

Companies warm up to social networks - Christian Science Monitor

At Serena Software, water-cooler talk has been replaced by Facebook chatter. Nearly everyone in the company, headquartered in Redwood City, Calif., uses the social-network site to hang out with fellow workers, access internal communications, or even ...

Dell outsourcing plan may be tough to execute - Forbes

NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) - Dell (nasdaq: DELL - news - people ) Inc plans to make fewer computers itself and rely on contract manufacturers to cut costs, but the company could find it hard to get rid of its North American factories at a good price ...

UPDATE 2-Dell outsourcing plan may be tough to execute - Reuters

NEW YORK/BOSTON, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Dell Inc (DELL.O: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) plans to make fewer computers itself and rely on contract manufacturers to cut costs, but the company could find it hard to get rid of its North American ...

UPDATE 2-Boeing machinists walk off the job as talks fail - Reuters

NEW YORK/EVERETT, Washington, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Boeing Co's (BA.N: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) 27,000-strong machinists' union walked off the job on Saturday after the plane maker failed to improve its contract offer following two days ...