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Insurer Outsourcing Still Seen as a Viable Tech Strategy
Insurance Networking News
Survey results reveal 85 percent of insurers are outsourcing at least some work through variable staffing/staff augmentation, legacy app maintenance or data center/infrastructure management. Outsourcing is still very much alive as a tried-and-true ...
Number of Insurers Outsourcing Some IT Functions Reaches 85 PercentPropertyCasualty360

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posted on 8 Feb 2012

'Pune University will not outsource exam dept work'
Times of India
PUNE: University of Pune's officiating vice-chancellor Sanjay Chahande has said that the university will stop outsourcing the exam department's work with effect from June 2012. The varsity's exam department has been in the news in the recent past for ...

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posted on 8 Feb 2012

Prairie Mountain Publishing to lay off 17 in outsourcing, consolidation move
Daily Camera
Prairie Mountain Publishing Co., the Boulder-based publisher of the Camera, Colorado Daily and Longmont Times-Call, plans to lay off 17 employees in Boulder as it consolidates and outsources some advertising design and production functions, Al Manzi, ...


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posted on 8 Feb 2012

Japan firms talk on system chip tie in reform drive -sources
Reuters
* Renesas, two others in talks to merge system chip ops -sources * Production would be outsourced to Globalfoundries -sources * Japan chipmakers under pressure for drastic reforms * Deal is one of many options under review -source * Renesas, ...

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posted on 8 Feb 2012

Secretarial services might be outsourced
Reading Eagle
Last year, the Brandywine Heights School District's custodians and food service workers took reductions in wages and benefits to keep their jobs from being outsourced. This year, the secretarial staff could face the same situation.

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posted on 8 Feb 2012

Eau Claire school board debates outsourcing of jobs
Leader-Telegram
Eau Claire school board members may have to give the OK before schools can outsource jobs, Superintendent Ron Heilmann said Tuesday. At Monday's school board meeting, several board members wondered whether work can be outsourced - resulting in district ...

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posted on 8 Feb 2012

IT outsourcing contracts in limbo
ITWeb
By Nadine Arendse The fate of over a billion dollars worth of information technology outsourcing contracts is in limbo after Thursday's US Supreme Court verdict cancelling 122 licences of telecoms firms, The Outsource Blog reports.


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posted on 8 Feb 2012

Venture Outsource Launches Online Directory Comparing EMS / ODM Companies ...
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb 08, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Venture Outsource announced today the launch of its online EMS Resources Directory that provides all site visitors a free and unique experience based on specific search parameters and proprietary ...

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posted on 8 Feb 2012

UniCredit, IBM Signs $200 Million Agreement on Outsourcing
Bloomberg
UniCredit SpA's Ukrainian unit signed a $200 million agreement with International Business Machines Corp. to outsource information technology systems as the bank seeks to cut costs and improve customer service. “This is the first instance of full ...
Ukrsotsbank PAT : IBM and Ukrsotsbank Ukraine Sign 10-year Services Agreement4-traders (press release)

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posted on 8 Feb 2012

The danger of outsourcing charity financial services
Third Sector
We have all seen the press coverage of the sudden collapse of the accounting outsourcing firm Charity Business, which announced last month that it was ceasing its operations with immediate effect. The company provided services including payroll, ...


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posted on 7 Feb 2012

Outsourcing Investment: Why Fyfe Financial use Investec Wealth and Investment
Citywire.co.uk
by Max Julius on Feb 06, 2012 at 13:49 Sheffield-based Fyfe Financial first decided to outsource investment in 2010 after deciding to change its focus from investment to a more holistic financial planning service. Richard Fyfe, director of the firm, ...


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posted on 7 Feb 2012

Staffordshire, Somerset - more on procurement outsourcing
Spend Matters UK/Europe
by Peter Smith on February 6, 2012 We had another bumper set of comments on our article covering the Staffordshire Council outsource of procurement. If you haven't read them, do go and have a look here. There were very pertinent comments around the ...


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posted on 7 Feb 2012

Manatee School Board may outsource highest-paid position
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
By Christopher O'Donnell MANATEE COUNTY - The Manatee County School District's highest-paid position — that held by Board Attorney John Bowen — could be outsourced as School Board members continue to put the squeeze on district administrative costs.


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posted on 7 Feb 2012

Mediaite

Shark Tank Contestant Praised By Eric Bolling For Refusing To Outsource Jobs
Mediaite
by James Crugnale | 8:10 am, February 6th, 2012 On Monday's Fox and Friends, guest host Eric Bolling interviewed entrepreneur Donny McCall, a contestant on the ABC reality show Shark Tank, who was promoting his Invis-A-Rack company and refused ...

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posted on 7 Feb 2012

Cat may outsource 65 jobs at Mossville plant
Peoria Journal Star
By STEVE TARTER Caterpillar Inc. is considering outsourcing 65 machinist jobs from its Mossville Engine Center while making plans to move additional Mossville jobs to its plant in Mapleton. Caterpillar officials met with employees last week to discuss ...


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posted on 7 Feb 2012

MiamiHerald.com

American Airlines may outsource more maintenance
The Leading Aviation Industry Resource for News, Equipment and
But that may soon end with the announcement last week that American plans to close its Alliance Fort Worth maintenance base and outsource the work performed on wide-body aircraft such as the Boeing 767 and 777. Over the past decade, US carriers have ...
Is American the Worst-Managed Airline in America?TIME
American Airlines offers remaining workers 'renewal and hope'Fort Worth Star Telegram

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posted on 7 Feb 2012

School meals service to be outsourced
Oxford Mail
SCHOOL dinners will be run by private contractors after Oxfordshire County Council agreed to outsource the service yesterday. County council cabinet members agreed to include primary school meals in a multi-million pound services contract which will ...

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posted on 7 Feb 2012

Outsourcing Changes to Market Changes
sourcingfocus.com
by Peter Brudenall, Technology and Outsourcing Partner, Lawrence Graham LLP Outsourcing continues to change in response to market changes, and a still uncertain economy. I expect the following trends to be apparent in outsourcing as we go through the ...


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posted on 7 Feb 2012

TIME

Is American the Worst-Managed Airline in America?
TIME
By Bill Saporito | @bilsap | February 6, 2012 | + Members of the Transport Workers Union (TWU) were scheduled to vote on a new contract with American Airlines, or AA, this December that would have lowered the airline's cost and outsourced hundreds of ...
American Airlines offers remaining workers 'renewal and hope'Fort Worth Star Telegram

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posted on 6 Feb 2012

FoodManufacture.co.uk

Food firms to outsource maintenance to meet demand
FoodManufacture.co.uk
More than half (55%) of manufacturing firms are planning to outsource maintenance to help supply increased demand, according to research commissioned by trade fair organiser EasyFairs. While 55% of firms do not currently outsource maintenance and asset ...


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posted on 6 Feb 2012
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