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Perot Systems, the computer services company founded by former presidential candidate Ross Perot, is all set to add about 3,500 jobs in India and move into two new facilities there this year. Most of the growth will come from a call centre and medical claims processing business, whose employee numbers are expected to rise to 2,800 workers from 800, said a report in the Star Telegram, published from Dallas, Texas. Mindy Brown, a spokeswoman for the company, said the expansion was related to acquisitions of two Indian companies made by Perot Systems in the past year. In July, Perot Systems...

<p>SACRAMENTO -- Two-time presidential candidate H. Ross Perot said Thursday his company warned California's energy officials about flaws in its deregulated market.</p> <p>A state Senate committee is investigating the role of Texas-based Perot Systems in California's power crisis. The computer company helped launch California's electricity markets.</p>

<p>Sacramento -- At the dawn of California's ill-fated experiment with electricity deregulation, a brilliant Bay Area electrical engineer working for Perot Systems warned energy officials and consumer groups that the state's new power market could be easily exploited.</p> <p>As attention swirls in Sacramento about a possible appearance by former presidential candidate Ross Perot before a legislative panel, state Senate investigators looking into Perot Systems' role in the California energy crisis say they are eager to question Paul Gribik.</p>