http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/outsourcing/ en-us Fri, 1 Jan 2010 21:04:08 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419143/posts The big challenge of this new decade will be coping with the emergence of a global plutocracy – the hyper-educated, internationally minded meritocrats who have been the chief beneficiaries of globalisation and the technological revolution. The rise of the plutocracy is an unexpected and still largely unnoticed consequence of the powerful political and economic changes shaping our young century. These revolutions – the collapse of communism, the spread of economic globalisation and the impact of the internet and mass computing – were, after all, about breaking barriers. The Berlin Wall fell; trade restrictions were eased; technology made information and communication... The Financial Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419143/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 21:04:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416809/posts The rise of domestic Chinese consumer brands to challenge their famous foreign counterparts has become a defining trend in China’s industrial development. Anyone doubting this need only take a stroll down one of the main streets in Jinjiang, a small city in the southeastern province of Fujian.----The names may sound unfamiliar, even outlandish. But the reality is that in a reversal of the natural order of things, the little fish are starting to eat the big fish. The Chinese companies to which western brand holders outsourced their manufacturing a decade or more ago are now successfully rolling out their own... Financial Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416809/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:28:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405452/posts Boeing said Thursday evening that the first flight of its 787-8 long-range jet is set for 10 a.m., Dec. 15 in Everett, Wash. The first of six test airplanes, ZA001, is due to take off from Payne Field next to the airplane's final assembly factory north of Seattle. Chief Pilot Michael H. Carriker and copilot Randall Neville will conduct low- and high-speed taxi tests that take the airplane to the threshold of flight in preparation for Tuesday's events. Once airborne, Carriker and Neville are not expected to return ZA001 to Everett. They will land at Boeing Field in Seattle, headquarters... Aviation Week http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405452/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:25:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405689/posts A number of recent headline stories out of China about joint ventures and acquisitions involving American companies didn't seem to get much attention in the US media, yet these stories indicate that the current economic recovery will remain jobless for some time. Is China a lifeboat for US firms, or the tugboat pulling the entire wounded US economy back to shore? The biggest news came out of the automotive industry, where Beijing Automotive announced its intention to acquire all or part of Saab from General Motors which also announced a joint venture with Shanghai Automotive to sell small cars... AsiaLynx.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405689/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:15:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401911/posts Mumbai: Two weeks ago, AGL Resources Inc., an Atlanta, US-based natural gas distribution company, decided to shift its call centre operations from India to the US. The centre was operated by India’s third largest information technology (IT) services company, Wipro Ltd. Along with similar instances of Delta Airlines Inc., United Airlines Inc. and Chrysler Group Llc reported earlier in the year, this could raise a flag for Indian business process outsourcing (BPO) firms which earned nearly $15 billion (Rs69,450 crore today) from such back-office work in the year to March AGL said that were no consumer satisfaction issues. “Wipro employees... Mint http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401911/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 10:47:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400806/posts OAKLAND -- KTVU News has learned a key section of that bridge has been delayed again and Caltrans now is bracing for a new cost over-run in the tens of millions of dollars. The history of the new Bay Bridge has been a troubled one from the time the state decided to replace the old eastern span after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. The original price tag of a little more than $1 billion has exploded into more than $6 billion along with numerous delays. Now Channel 2 News has learned that next Wednesday, state and local transportation officials are... KTVU-2 Oakland http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400806/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 07:33:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395249/posts As Britons, we tend to think about our economy in the same way as our national sports teams. We know we should be world-beaters, but deep down suspect we're doomed to perennial disappointment...As the official statistics confirmed yesterday, ours is the only one of the world's top seven economies still stuck in recession. You might have been aware that Britain was one of the world's biggest chemical producers, thanks to companies such as GlaxoSmithkline, AstraZeneca and the thriving biotech firms that cluster around universities. You probably knew we sold plenty of Scotch and ale overseas. But did you know that... The Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395249/posts#comment Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:27:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393312/posts Playboy to outsource most magazine ops: report Tue Nov 24, 1:40 am ET (Reuters) – Playboy Enterprises Inc will outsource most of the business operations of its namesake magazine in an effort to curb losses, the Wall Street Journal said on Tuesday. Playboy will turn over all magazine operations, except its editorial operations, to Florida-based American Media Inc, according to the paper. The deal reached last week is expected to be funded in part from Playboy's advertising sales, the paper said. Playboy has about 30 full-time employees working in the operations that will be outsourced, and most will be let... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393312/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:11:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393122/posts China State Construction Engineering Corp, the largest contractor in China, has bagged a subway ventilation project worth about $100 million in New York’s Manhattan area, marking the construction giant’s third order in the United States’ infrastructure space this year. The contract was given to China Construction American Co, a subsidiary, the Wall Street Journal quoted a source as saying. “The new project, along with the $410-million Hamilton Bridge project and a $1.7-billion entertainment project it won earlier this year, signals China State Construction’s ambition to tap the American construction market,” said Li Zhirui, an industry analyst at First Capital Securities.... AsiaLynx.com (ChinaDaily.com) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393122/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:34:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370566/posts Until several years ago, I was fortunate to have several people working for me who were talented, intelligent, creative and energetic. They also appreciated the limits of their knowledge and strived constantly to maintain and improve their skills. What they didn’t know about the core business we worked in they learned. They were all American citizens by choice, not by accident of birth. Most importantly, they were not the product of the American education system. In other words, they did not suffer from inflated estimates of their importance, intelligence or self-esteem. Unfortunately, most college graduates today are unsuitable for productive... The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370566/posts#comment Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:36:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2363889/posts On September 9, the giant data storage hardware and software company EMC announced it would spend $1.5 billion to further develop its R&D capabilities in India. A new research facility will employ 2,000 engineers and scientists with the potential for an additional 1,500. A day earlier, EMC announced a R&D alliance with the Indian Institute of Information Technology-Bangalore, one of a constellation of Indian research universities equivalent to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, albeit with harder admissions requirements. Such announcements are usually met with despair and anger. The decision to domicile those jobs in India nails yet another in the... The American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2363889/posts#comment Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:55:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2358363/posts Fear of offshoring may force its way back onto policy agendas soon. This column uses a survey of individual workers to measure the offshorability of particular jobs and says that about 25% of US jobs are offshorable. Surprisingly, routine tasks are not more offshorable but those held by more educated workers are. Although overshadowed by the financial crisis and the world recession right now, the debate over offshoring – that is, outsourcing work to foreign (often poorer) countries – seems poised to stage a comeback as a public policy concern in the not-too-distant future. Indeed, with so much protectionist talk... VOX http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2358363/posts#comment Fri, 9 Oct 2009 14:46:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2356148/posts Christians, are you there? Are you out there? Are you listening to what you just read? Are you angry? Are you fed up with our rights being stripped away and trampled on by the enemy? If this country is going to preach tolerance, then where is the so-called tolerance for Christianity? I mean talk about biased. We have allowed ourselves to be blocked out. The ones who constantly complain about us not being tolerant are not being tolerant at all. So to them I say, “Practice what you preach!” To my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ, I say, “Shame... TheCypressTimes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2356148/posts#comment Tue, 6 Oct 2009 19:51:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2339783/posts Reporting from Islamabad, Pakistan - It's 8 o'clock on a Sunday night in the Pakistani capital, but collection cowboy Sharoon Hermoon is living on U.S. time. Headset in place, feet on his desk, he aims his speed dialer at a debtor in Fort Worth, Texas. "Hello, ma'am, how ya doin' today?" he says in a convincing American accent. "My name is James Harold and you owe us $11,000." There's a deer-in-the-headlights moment at the other end, then a deep breath, then a torrent of excuses. "I don't know what you're talking about," she says. "It's someone else. My husband's identity... Los Angeles Times / latimes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2339783/posts#comment Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:47:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2323773/posts My son is returning from Japan and needs info regarding international shipping. Any help would be appreciated. He has about three cubic meters of "stuff". http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2323773/posts#comment Tue, 25 Aug 2009 04:12:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2316728/posts The entire article is well worth the read but this is the most important information: " U.S insurers are beginning to test programs to pay for elective medical work overseas. The incentive for patients may include elimination of deductibles and travel for a spouse, as well as paying the cost of hotel and travel. In these insurance programs, the operative words are "non-emergency" and "cost-effective," according to Dr. Virginia Cardin, a senior healthcare consultant with Frost & Sullivan. The latter involves measuring immediate outcomes and required follow-up care that would be done in the U.S. " Computerworld http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2316728/posts#comment Sat, 15 Aug 2009 15:55:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2307435/posts U.S. IT providers continue to push jobs offshore, while Indian firms work to refine the amount of work they complete overseas. Although Congress may force the Indian firms to hire more Americans -- and Indian companies have been telling investors that they may have to indeed do that -- the change won't likely affect the overall trend and the shift in jobs outside the U.S. Okay, so where are U.S. jobs going? What's the data show? Data prepared by Everest Group Inc., a research and outsourcing consulting firm, shows in broad brush fashion the shift of jobs overseas by some... Computer World http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2307435/posts#comment Mon, 3 Aug 2009 22:06:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2304528/posts More than 100 jobs at the British Council are to be outsourced to India as part of a massive cost-cutting drive to save the taxpayer money, The Times has learnt. The decision to recruit local Indian workers to fill finance and IT posts has infuriated unions, who fear that this could be the blueprint for Whitehall. It is believed to be the first time that the Civil Service or a quango has directly exported jobs to save costs. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, which funds the British Council, is exploring similar options. A spokesman said that administrative jobs could be... Times UK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2304528/posts#comment Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:54:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2303923/posts General Motors is spending more money where it counts: Latin America. The Latin American market has been generous to the struggling automaker despite struggles at home. Today, GM announced a $1 billion plan to expand its vehicle lineup in Brazil. "We believe the Brazilian market will be very strong, will continue to grow at a rate of at least 5 percent a year and we also believe in the prospects for exports of the new models," Jaime Ardila, GM's chief executive for Brazil and the Mercosur region of South America, said in a statement. Ardila added that GM showed record... Mlive http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2303923/posts#comment Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:59:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2293164/posts d out which companies in your area are endangering workers' health or involved in cases of violations of workers' rights under the National Labor Relations Act. The database contains information on more than 60,000 companies nationwide. More on Job Tracker sources and data. Enter your ZIP code, state or company name below, or search by specific industry to see the detailed information. Working America - AFL-CIO affiliate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2293164/posts#comment Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:40:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/958536/posts Posted on Tue, Aug. 05, 2003 Macon mayor defends trip to Africa Ellis says Ghana could process city's parking tickets By Mike Donila Telegraph Staff Writer Macon Mayor Jack Ellis on Monday defended his plans to visit Africa, saying that his mission, in part, is to encourage Ghanian officials to import more goods from Middle Georgia. Ellis also said that during his weeklong trip he will lay the groundwork to possibly enable Macon's Ghanian sister city of Elmina to process local parking tickets. "Ghana is very important to the city, the state - even the region where we live. They... The Macon Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/958536/posts#comment Tue, 5 Aug 2003 15:52:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284138/posts Citing a backlash from customers who complained that they were finding Indian accents hard to understand, Delta Air Lines has dropped the use of Indian call centers to handle sales and reservations. Delta is retaining its call centers in Jamaica and South Africa, which generate far fewer complaints. Under criticism from angry Florida lawmakers, JP Morgan has also announced that it will no longer route food stamp recipient calls to Indian call centers. The company services Florida’s Electronic Benefit Transfer program. The company directed overflow calls from EBT card holders to two Indian call centers. Sen. Ronda Storms, R-Valrico, said,... LittleIndia http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284138/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 15:36:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2256790/posts Outsourcing's third wave May 21st 2009 From The Economist print edition Rich food importers are acquiring vast tracts of poor countries' farmland. Is this beneficial foreign investment or neocolonialism? Click to enlargeEARLY this year, the king of Saudi Arabia held a ceremony to receive a batch of rice, part of the first crop to be produced under something called the King Abdullah initiative for Saudi agricultural investment abroad. It had been grown in Ethiopia, where a group of Saudi investors is spending $100m to raise wheat, barley and rice on land leased to them by the government. The investors are... Economist http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2256790/posts#comment Sat, 23 May 2009 09:36:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2248960/posts Indian IT firms would not be impacted by the tax reform proposal of US President Barak Obama, Infosys Technologies chairman and chief mentor N.R. Narayana Murthy told President Pratibha Devisinh Patil Friday. “Obama’s tax proposal will not impact Indian firms as they already pay taxes in the US. It is only American firms operating in India who would have to repatriate taxes on profit earned outside the US when it becomes a law,” Murthy told Patil at an interactive session at the Infosys campus. The president, who is on a three-day visit to Karnataka since Thursday, paid a visit to... Sindh Today http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2248960/posts#comment Tue, 12 May 2009 01:52:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2247677/posts Yesterday I happened upon a post by a fellow FReeper. In retrospect, I am sorry for responding rudely to their post - and I hope they happen upon this apology. The post was presenting their heartfelt opinion that American industry and our system itself must be allowed to come apart so that something better can replace it. It was a Rand-ian position. The system is becoming oppressive, therefore we must weaken it. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2247677/posts#comment Sat, 9 May 2009 19:47:21 GMT