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MYSORE, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - IT giant Infosys Technologies (BSE:500209) became the first company to ring the opening bell of the NASDAQ Stock Market from India.
Infosys chairman Narayan Murthy rung the customary opening bell, which marks the beginning of the day's trading session, through an electronic sign-in screen installed at the company's Mysore campus.
Company CEO Nandan Nilekani followed Murthy in signing in the screen at a function attended by Nasdaq President and CEO Bob Grerfeld, India's Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and thousands of Infosys employees.
As the symbolic gong was sounded, Infosys' website led netizens to a special homepage that declared that the "World is Flat."
The event was broadcast live from the Infosys campus here to NASDAQ's MarketSite ...