Outsourcing News

Close ties with India give Bay Area corporations access to the talents and markets of one of the world's fastest-growing economies, says an epic report being issued today by a business-backed group.

The Friends of the Libraries in Western Nevada County, the Truckee Friends of the Library, and many concerned citizens and organizations feel very strongly that the effort to privatize the operation of the Nevada County Library System is moving with unseemly haste.

Low-risk inmates such as Michelle Bradley and her fellow fire crew members at the California Institution for Women are considered the cream of the prison crop.

The Hackett Group reports that 300,000 IT jobs have disappeared in 2009, a spike that will translate into nearly 2 million eliminated technology positions between 2000 and 2014.

The Regus Group , the world's largest provider of workplace solutions, and BlueSteps, the career management service that provides senior executives with continual exposure to the world's leading executive search firms, announced the launch of an alliance that will offer BlueSteps members substantial benefits from Regus.

Victor Zapata of SolarCity installs solar panels at an L.A. home. Many positions at green firms involve skills that are used in other lines of work.

Washington, Nov. 19: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will gently rub in India's relative economic health compared with America's financial disarray to underline India's importance to the US during his four-day stay here.

PPD, Inc. today announced it has signed an agreement to acquire BioDuro LLC, a drug discovery outsourcing company that provides a broad range of integrated services to biopharmaceutical companies.

More than 80pc of SAB's business is in emerging markets, and strong beer sales in China and Africa helped it ride out what chief executive Graham Mackay called "some of the toughest economic conditions seen for decades". The company has been identified as a possible bidder for Mexican brewer Femsa Cerveza, whose brands include Sol.

While economic woes have other companies retrenching and retreating, APAC Customer Services Inc.

THE first major potential buyer for the Met Office has emerged as firms begin to size up Government assets which could be sold off to balance the nation's books.

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the " Outsourcing in Malaysia: Scaling New Heights " report to their offering.

How can the stock market hit new highs at the same time unemployment is hitting new highs? Simple.

BANGALORE: The outsourcing model adopted by Indian IT service providers for the U.S. and North American markets is "not working" in Continental Europe, according to a recent survey of the industry in Europe conducted by Forrester Research.

Petition signature gatherers have hit the streets in hopes of convincing the Nevada County Board of Supervisors against contracting operation of the public libraries to a private company.

No sooner does Treasurer John Kennedy get a good argument started over wasteful public spending than he begins stirring another pot.

Yen-Shyang Hwang and Lisa Tsai, Taipei; Yvonne Yu, DIGITIMES [Wednesday 18 November 2009] Compal Electronics and Wistron are expected to benefit from Japan-based LCD TV vendors' increased outsourcing, according to industry sources in Taiwan.

Call the California Travel and Tourism Commission's toll-free number and you won't reach operators anywhere near the Golden State: Those jobs are outsourced to another city in a state 2,500 miles away.

Belize has privatized the management of its state-run lottery : Following several months of rumored privatization, the Government formally announced today that it has awarded a 10-year contract to Brads Gaming Company Ltd.

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y, November 14, 2009 /EIN News/ -- The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals ) today announced it has expanded The 2010 Outsourcing World Summit to offer more specialized networking and strategy-focused sessions to meet professionals' needs.