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Sourcing

December 2008

December 26, 2008

World Bank Imposes Ban on Business with India's Satyam

The World Bank has imposed an eight-year ban on doing business with India's Satyam Computer Services , India's fourth-largest outsourcing company, reports The Register.   The ban began in Septe... More >

December 23, 2008

Wipro Buys Citigroup Subsidiary

Indian software services provider Wipro will buy Citigroup's Citi Technology Services for about $127 million in cash, reports Bloomberg .   The India-based Citigroup subsidiary with 1,650 emplo... More >

December 22, 2008

Cutting Labor Costs, But Not Workers

Asian tech companies increasingly are trying to cut labor costs without losing workers by cutting their work week to four days and other measures, according to a Reuters story in The Washington P... More >

December 17, 2008

More Tech Job Cuts

Boy, the grim job news continues unabated. Leading the pack Wednesday was this report that hard-drive maker Western Digital plans to lay off 2,500 people , or about 5 percent of its global work forc... More >

December 12, 2008

Alcatel-Lucent Announces Job Cuts

In an effort to staunch the bleeding, telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent announced Friday plans to cut costs by 1 billion euros (US$1.3 billion) in each of the next two years, which in... More >

December 10, 2008

Yahoo Layoffs Begin

It's pink slip day for Yahoo employees, reports Kara Swisher at All Things Digital .   The company announced in October it would be laying off 1,500 workers as it attempts to right the ship... More >

December 4, 2008

AT&T, Adobe Announce Layoffs

AT&T's adding to the hurt in its announcement Thursday that it will lay off 12,000 people , about 4 percent of its work force.   The Associated Press , in a story in the Seattle Post-Intell... More >

December 3, 2008

Egypt Poised to Become Hot Spot for Outsourcing

According to this article from vnunet.com , Egypt could become a major player in the outsourcing market next year. The Egyptian government is looking to build on the success of its Smart Village te... More >