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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 technology and business parks . Currently, Smart Village Cairo houses 20,000 employees and Smart...
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Recession Puts Heat on Outsourcing
A new Gartner report says 76 percent of outsourcing contracts announced in 2008 were new deals, reports Network World . At the same time, the report said existing companies are re-evaluating their contracts , looking for ways to gain efficiency and cut costs. This Business Week piece ,...
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KPMG Points to Emerging Outsourcing 'Hotspots'
Thirty-one cities are identified by KPMG research as potential new outsourcing hubs to rival Bangalore and Shanghai, reports AccountancyAge . Among those named in the report, "Exploring Global Frontiers," were Buenos Aires, Argentina; Calgary, Canada; Brisbane, Australia; Penang,...
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Phoenix Expanding India Development Center
Phoenix Technologies has announced it will invest $20 million and double its staff to 120 at its Indian development center in Bangalore , reports Network World. The center, which it established in 2005, will become its product-development base as it caters to PC resellers and...
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Indian Companies Need to Go After U.S. Offshoring, Gartner Says
In this tough economy, more U.S.companies are considering offshoring work to India, but Indian companies have not been rallying to gain this new business, the head of Gartner India research said. Reuters quotes Gartner's Partha Iyengar saying Indian companies need to be revamping their sales...
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Offshoring Takes off in Latin America
The Associated Press looks at the rise of Latin America as an outsourcing destination in this piece in The Boston Globe. It says the industry is finding cheap labor, workers with good English-speaking skills and newly stable economies. It is expected to ease those nations' reliance on...
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Questions to Make Outsourcing Work
In a piece on TMCNet.com , Ewan Macaulay of IQ Business Group urges looking beyond price to determine when it makes sense to outsource business processes. He adds in questions about corporate governance, regulatory oversight and accounting practices to consider when evaluating outsourcing...
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Development of Yahoo News Moving to Taiwan
Yahoo plans to move development of its Yahoo News unit to Taiwan , according to Kara Swisher at All Things Digital . She says the editorial staff for the Web's No. 1 news sites will remain in the United States, but product management, engineering and user interface design will be relocated....
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In Four Years, China Could Surpass India in Offshoring, Study Finds
Chinese cities will overtake India's offshoring data centers such as Mumbai and Bangalore by 2011, according to a study by analyst group IDC. Its Global Delivery Index compares 35 cities on criteria such as labor and rental costs, language skills and turnover rate in assessing their...
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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 September, though the bank just acknowledged it this week. It said: “Satyam was declared ineligible for...
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United Airlines Bringing Call-Center Jobs Back to U.S.
United Airlines has announced it will bring 165 customer-service jobs back to the United States from India and Mexico. That work will be handled at its giant call centers outside Chicago and Honolulu, reports The Chicago Tribune . Those jobs had been moved offshore about three years ago. ...
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Obama to End Tax Breaks For Companies Who Offshore
Nearly 1,000 American companies who have sent jobs overseas will be affected by President Obama’s proposed new tax code, according to IndianExpress.com . As he , Obama told Congress Tuesday night he would abolish the tax breaks for companies that send jobs to countries such as India. ...
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