Sector: Software and Computer Services

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Starting a small business is a risky proposition. If you’re worried about how yours might fare during a downturn, consider a recession-proof industry, which caters to ongoing demands. Its odds of weathering economic storms are better than those that don’t.

Infosys, India's second-largest software services exporter, reported a 27.4 percent rise in quarterly net profit, meeting forecast, after customers ramped up orders to cut operational costs.

India is challenging a U.S. law that raised visa fees for high-skilled foreign workers as a violation of global trade commitments and is planning another case against U.S. import duties on steel pipe, Indian officials said on Tuesday in the latest sign of prickly trade ties between the two allies.

Rajesh Rao is among a handful of Indian entrepreneurs who may  prevent the country's software industry from getting "Bangalored".

A dearth of venture capital money, a lower cost of living, and a lifestyle-oriented culture have created a slower approach to growth.

The computer software company reported quarterly earnings and revenue that met Wall Street's expectations but its shares fell in after-hours trading.

Despite the perception about a lack of work, there are jobs that employers can’t fill. Applicants may lack training, or the jobs may not pay enough. Whatever the reason, jobs in many major sectors going unfilled.

If you’ve scoured the classified ads, you’ve seen listings offering big money to the self-employed. Be your own boss and earn a fortune while clad in a bathrobe and flip-flops! Unfortunately, these ads often target people without jobs, and if they take the bait, they become trapped in a self-employment scam.

SAP <SAPG.DE>, the world's biggest maker of business software, aims to set a fresh profit record this year as it banks on robust corporate spending on technology.

Can the world live without Wikipedia for a day? The shutdown of one of the Internet's most-visited sites is not sitting well with some of its volunteer editors, who say the protest of anti-piracy legislation could threaten the credibility of their work.

Microsoft is starting the new year much as it did the one just ended - grappling with weak computer sales tearing a hole in its core Windows business, while it gropes its way slowly into the faster-growing mobile phone and tablet markets.

In 2010, the average U.S. worker had been with his employer for 4.4 years. Jobs just don’t last like they used to, but it’s still possible to stay with one profession over the long haul. Certain vocations will never go away. Click ahead to see what some of them are.

Infosys beat market forecasts with a 33 percent rise in quarterly profit as a weak rupee boosted margins, but it cut its full-year revenue outlook because of the debt crisis in Europe, its second-biggest market.

Indian software companies are bracing for a slower pace of outsourcing contracts in 2012 when they kick off quarterly earnings this week because of the lingering debt crisis in Europe, their biggest market after the United States.