The much-awaited initial public offering of India's largest outsource software services company, Tata Consultancy Services, or TCS, is expected at the end of the month.
Consumers concur: a regular poll by GfK NOP, another consultancy, shows that inflation is expected to be 2.6% in a year's time, the lowest since 2010 (see chart).Nor is there much wage pressure.
No formal announcement on the Universal deal is expected until a consultancy agreement that Mr Park has with Capital expires at the end of this month.
AIM listed security and risk consultancy group Falanx Group, steady at 12.25p, is expected to announce maiden final results on Friday showing an increase in its contract with QinetiQ and an update on progress in the middle and far east.
Stothard will retire at the end of February, on his 65th birthday, and is expected to remain in a consultancy capacity of some kind.
Occupational health service (OHS) consultancy on workplace design processes in client enterprises is expected also to entail some elements of learning.
The consultancy previewed its Inspiro metro train in February, which is expected to service Warsaw in 2012.
Called Peugeot Design Lab, the firm is expected to operate not unlike BMW DesignWorks, the consultancy wholly owned by BMW, by serving clients outside of the automotive industry.
Last year it was the world's fourth-largest maker of network equipment, ranked by sales (see chart 6), and this year it is expected to move into third place, according to BDA, a consultancy.
Global spending on IT is expected to grow by 3.7% in 2012, according to Gartner, a consultancy, almost half the rate in 2011.
