Against a backdrop of cornfields and farmhouses, this message appears on the home page of IT support services provider Caleris: "Outsource to Iowa. Not India." The point couldn't be clearer. The company is competing from rural Iowa ...
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The long-awaited U.S. Senate comprehensive immigration bill, which could be released on Tuesday, will likely contain provisions onerous to offshore outsourcing firms that are dependent on H-1B visas. The bill may be seen by India as an ...
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Oscar Galeano details how the decision to study in China changed his life and opened up new ‑ elds of business endeavor. Returning home from China last year was as exciting and as terrifying as it was when I first came to ...
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External trade statistics are of central importance to economic policy. Among other things, its foreign trade contribution shows how a country is positioned compared to its trade partners. But how much do official statistics really tell us ...
Chris Bowen … ‘times are tough’ The Government will extend the $57.5 million Apprentice Kickstart Initiative to make it easier for employers to take on apprentices. Minister for Tertiary Education and Skills, Chris ...
A report by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory says soft costs are the reason why a residential German solar system costs $3/watt compared to a residential US solar system, which costs $6.19/watt. The study, Why Are Residential PV ...
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Fair Trade USA's Multi-Stakeholder Group (MSG) for apparel released a report on the recently completed Fair Trade Certified apparel pilot program. Launched in 2010 after an extensive feasibility study and stakeholder consultation period, ...
BNamericas reported that workers at US based Southern Copper's Cuajone and Toquepala copper mines and its Ilo smelter will begin an indefinite strike on December 24th 2012 to demand higher wages. Mr Ricardo Juárez Union ...
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Columnist Amine Bouchentouf is a partner at Parador Capital LLC, an institutional advisory firm focused on commodities and emerging markets. He is the author of the bestselling Commodities For Dummies, published by Wiley. Amine is also the ...
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Current Conditions By 2010, conditions in the industry were starting to improve. According to the Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association, shipments of conveyors in North America in 2010 were valued at $6.6 billion, up almost 10 ...
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