The 22 years I spent as a reporter before entering the teaching field left me with a healthy skepticism for any words escaping the lips of politicians. That being said, I was encouraged by President Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday night.
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Fri, January 27 2012 » Business Services, Business Transformation Trends, Industry Leader Profiles, Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments
The U.S. is preparing to introduce repressive tax regime in respect to its companies engaged in global outsourcing. In any case, introduction of such a discriminatory decision was suggested yesterday by the U.S. President in the annual message to Congress on the situation in the country. Barack Obama stated that the U.S. government should start [...]
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Thu, January 26 2012 » Business Services, Business Transformation Trends, Industry Leader Profiles, Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments
President Barack Obama is trying to encourage U.S. companies not to send work overseas. This might not be as hard a job as it seems for some types of IT work. A number of vendors believe offshore outsourcing is becoming less attractive and are working to make the most of this shift. Among them is [...]
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Thu, January 26 2012 » Business Services, Business Transformation Trends, Industry Leader Profiles, Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments
In his third State of the Union Address, United States President Barack Obama urged the US Congress on Wednesday (Manila time) to send to him for his signature a bill that will use a combination of tax incentives and disincentives designed to make American and multinational firms in the US create jobs in that country [...]
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Thu, January 26 2012 » Business Transformation Trends, Industry Leader Profiles, Management Trends, Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments
In 2011, Sony had several major security breaches: Sony Online Entertainment, Sony Pictures, and Playstation Network all were attacked and private data was successfully stolen. Their handling of the attacks, particularly the larger PSN one, was widely criticized. Many users are either unaware or acutely aware of how many sites and services have financially or [...]
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Thu, January 26 2012 » Business Transformation Trends, Industry Leader Profiles, Management Trends, Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments
Outsourcing is of crucial importance to the success of a company, according to 78 pc of top German decision polled in a recent survey. The poll, conducted by consultants Steria Mummert, found that 10 pc more executives than last year considered outsourcing of high importance. Outsourcing projects are on the agenda for 94 pc of [...]
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Thu, January 26 2012 » Business Transformation Trends, Industry Leader Profiles, Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments
US President Barack Obama once again raised concerns on outsourcing, calling out to US firms to bring jobs back home, during his final State of the Union speech before the November elections. Obama’s speech comes at a time when the US has been battling with stubborn unemployment that continues to hover around 8.5% and sluggish [...]
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Thu, January 26 2012 » Business Transformation Trends, Industry Leader Profiles, Management Trends, Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments
Washington: Saying that ‘no challenge is more urgent’ than keeping the American dream alive, President Barack Obama virtually launched his re-election campaign hitting out at “outsourcing” with a call to bring “manufacturing jobs back” to America. Declaring that “the state of our union is getting stronger”, Obama in his third State of the Union address [...]
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Wed, January 25 2012 » Business Services, Business Transformation Trends, Industry Leader Profiles, Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments