Bank of America (BoA) will set up its second outsourcing center in Mumbai, India. This second outsourcing center to be built in Andheri in Mumbai will be able to employ 500 people, and is part of the...
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Global consulting firm Ernst & Young said that India's pharmaceutical outsourcing sector has a solid competitive advantage in global pharmaceutical innovation, patenting, manufacturing and...
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According to Sony Computer Entertainment president Ken Kutaragi, the company may outsource the production of its PlayStation Portable (PSP) to China or Taiwan. At present, only one million units per...
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Nortel expressed its interest to invest more in Indian outsourcing through equity partnerships or joint ventures. Nortel CEO Bill Owen said, "We would look at buying, having equity partnerships...
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Ingram Micro is in the final stages of negotiations with Progeon, a subsidiary of Infosys Technologies Inc. Progeon is a business process outsourcing provider that represents many Fortune 500...
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A new trend in the outsourcing industry has emerged in India. International financial organizations -- especially those under the IMF or World Bank - are now starting to invest in outsourcing startups...
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Sears Holding Corp. subsidiary Sears, Roebuck and Co. ended its 10-year, $1.6 billion IT outsourcing deal with Computer Sciences Corp. (CSC) less than a year into the agreement. Sears said it ended...
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According to the Orlando Sentinel, Disney will let go of 1,000 IT staffers (about one-third of Disney's total IT department) and distribute these outplaced workers to IBM and Affiliated Computer...
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According to The Register, HP has decided to transfer jobs to an India-based "global partner" by October this year. Because of this, between 200 and 300 technical support workers of...
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BMW is considering building a manufacturing site in India and may finalize plans of entering the Indian market this year. According to Helmut Panke, BMW chairman of the management board, India offered...
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US-based ADP will provide outsourcing services for National Investor Services, a TD Waterhouse affiliate. Under the long-term contract, ADP will carry out clearing and custody related functions for...
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According to Illinois-based consulting firm Hewitt Associates, more US firms are outsourcing their personnel or human resources departments to bring down costs and utilize greater expertise. The firm...
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In an investigation on the safety of customer data in India, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has approved India's outsourcing industry. The UK-based regulator visited 10 outsourcing...
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A new research by Arizona-based CAPS: Center for Strategic Supply Research and Chicago-based management consulting firm A.T. Kearney revealed that businesses do not outsource a substantial bulk of...
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Women call center workers from India take abuse -- sometimes sexual in nature -- from westerners to earn a better salary. However, some remedies are already in place to correct this. Call center...
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Macmillan India Ltd joins the outsourcing boom by opening a book-typesetting unit in India. The company plans to hire 325 people by 2006, and is also looking at buying more units in the BPO book...
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