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H&R Blocks Inc is expecting that it would be able to keep itself as an independent company and for that the company is trying every bit to win over newer customers for digital filings. The largest tax preparer in the US has been facing tough competition for quite some time now.

Talking to the media, Chief Executive Officer Alan Bennett said that he has been trying very hard to make the firm stand tall. He added that after Russ Smyth resigned from the company, he is now going to focus more on branding and marketing as retail customers become important for it.

The subsidiaries of SAR group, Wynn Telecom has declared that it is going to set up a mobile manufacturing unit in Himachal Pradesh. The investment for this venture is coming around Rs. 270 crore with a production capacity.

The company is looking forward to produce around one million handsets per month form this facility. This will be their first made-in-India mobile form the company. As per the company officials, by August 2011 the unit will be operative.

Microsoft is aiming to have job cuts reports Wall Street Journal.

Reports from Tech news site TechFlash, states that the IT biggie aims at laying off its employees by the end of this week.

Insider sources reports that these layoffs would be lesser than the 5,000 job cuts that happened last year, during the global economic recession.

This essentially is a measure taken in lieu of company's pattern of reshuffling jobs, aiming to cut back the jobs of one department at the same time multiplying new ranks at other places.

The telecom companies along with their equities, Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular and Reliance Communications set the stage on fire after the reports swayed from the Credit Suisse Group that has advanced their ratings quoting enhanced environment.

As per the reports the competitive environment is moving towards the better side of the bay with the headline duty steady during the past eight months.

The High 3G payments have undulated caliber of contenders to move for additional price tug.

An iPhone encrusted with 6.5 carats of high-quality diamonds, all individually set, has been launched at a whopping price of 12,995 pounds.

Bling specialist, Stuart Hughes, from Liverpool, devised the eye-catching iPhone 4 Diamond Edition that has an attractive solid platinum and diamond Apple logo on its backside.

The report said, "Combining the splendid design of the iPhone 4, with the magical radiance of diamonds, has created an exquisite work of art."

Hotel and restaurant costs will go up by about 25%. The decision was taken after a Hotel Associations of India meeting in Agra.

Hotel proprietors stated that they have been forced to raise the prices of the rooms, whereas restaurant owners added that food prices have increased considerably.

Some restaurant owners also stated that the increase in rates will lead to a fall in the number of local tourists, and added that during the Commonwealth Games, only foreign tourists be capable of affording the increased costs.