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In a statement, a spokes person for the firm said Neff brings "a unique perspective on the importance of scientific leadership in clinical drug development". Outsourcing-Pharma presents its latest round-up of the appointments within the pharmaceutical industry, including news from Icon, Merck and Clinipace.

The Veterans Affairs Department is being accused of undermining its own goal of hiring more veterans by expanding its outsourcing practices that eliminate many federal jobs currently, or historically, held by veterans, according to the union representing 205,000 employees at the VA.

Growth in India's exports of IT services, business process outsourcing and related services is forecast to drop to 11 to 14 percent in the Indian fiscal year to March 31, 2013 from an estimated 16.3 percent in the current fiscal year, the National Association of Software and Services Companies said.

Mezeo Software , a leading provider of cloud storage management solutions, today announced that Rahul Bakshi has been appointed Sr.

Around 180 Unison members went on strike for the fourth time in a desperate attempt to stop the council's plans to outsource staff to private companies as part of the controversial One Barnet programme.

A documentary focuses on the closure of a manufacturing plant in Michigan to highlight the major problems globalization causes for the American economy.

The San Miguel Fire District board is considering outsourcing as a way to deal with a $1.3 million budget shortfall.

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The Lake Success-based company's second quarter revenue increased 8 percent to $480 million, but its bottom line was hurt by special charges.

The political debate has raged for months: What is stifling employment in America? Now, a Workforce Planning Survey of executives at 100 Global 1000 companies shows that political gridlock and indecision have relatively little effect on employment decisions compared to economic uncertainty.

Philadelphia law firm Pepper Hamilton has taken the unusual step of bringing in a non-lawyer as its chief executive, acknowledging the competitive pressures that are squeezing big law firms.

Most of the eliminated jobs are in advertising design and production. Their functions will be outsourced to Elgin, Ill., based Affinity Express as part of a larger outsourcing move by MediaNews Group's managing company, Digital First Media, the Camera said.

"I believe in it," says Senate President Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island. "It's incumbent upon me to find the best deal for the taxpayer." But that number is subjective, and the state's own analysts warn against comparing prison costs because no two prisons are alike and it's difficult to make precise cost comparisons between public and private ... (more)

In the 1990s, they helped their parents run a small family food stand in front of a bus terminal in southern Mexico.

The Department of Justice recently released a decision on the scope of the Federal Wire Act, a 1961 law that prohibits certain types of gambling businesses.

U.S. Congressman Pete Hoekstra released an attack ad against U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow during the Super Bowl that showed a Chinese woman speaking broken English and thanking Stabenow for helping China's economy at Michigan's expense.

CMD Outsourcing Solutions improves customer relations for Higher Education by more effectively connecting students and parents with their school.

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"U.S. software and technology companies will save $21 billion a year by 2008 through hiring workers in India and other low-cost nations, adding $124 billion to the U.S. economy, an industry-funded study forecast.The cost savings will cut U.S. inflation, increase productivity, boost wages and create 317,367 new jobs over the next five years, ... (more)

Fisker Automotive, the maker of an exotic electric sports car that is being built with help from a $529 million federal government loan guarantee, has announced layoffs at its Delaware plant as it tries to persuade the Department of Energy to send it more public funds.