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CPA names new outsourcing head after departure former Rio Tinto lawyer Cooper
Legal Week
CPA Global has appointed a new head of legal service outsourcing (LSO) following the departure of former LSO chief Leah Cooper. Cooper left the company in November last year for family reasons according to CPA, with the outsourcer's chief financial ...

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posted on 6 Feb 2012

When taxes attack: Can your business handle tax prep, or is it time to outsource?
VEGAS INC
By Steve Green (contact) Seven signs your small business should outsource all or part of its bookkeeping and accounting — or has outgrown doing its own books. 1. The cost of paying in-house personnel outweighs its benefits. Vicky Dominguez, a ...


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posted on 6 Feb 2012

Body Shop 'to outsource flexible benefits'
Thomson's Online Benefits
The Body Shop has announced it is to outsource its flexible benefits plan for employees, after working on it in-house for ten years. Flexible benefits have been divided into three categories - My Health, My Money and My Family - in order to help staff ...
EXCLUSIVE: The Body Shop splits flexible benefits into threeEmployee Benefits

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posted on 6 Feb 2012

Canadian musician outsources his indie video to Bangalore, beauty ensues
Boing Boing
By Cory Doctorow at 7:00 am Saturday, Feb 4 Derryl Murphy sez, "Drew Smith's lovely new song 'Smoke and Mirrors' needed a video, so he decided to outsource it. The result is wonderful." So I outsourced my video to Bangalore, India. Why?


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posted on 5 Feb 2012

Bill would clarify which companies outsource jobs
Royal Oak Daily Tribune
Gary Peters, D-Bloomfield Township, has introduced the Outsourcing Accountability Act with lead cosponsors US Reps. Timothy H. Bishop, DN.Y., and Jerry McNerney, D-Calif. The legislation would help consumers and investors make informed choices about ...

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posted on 5 Feb 2012

Outsourcing of school buses is a bad idea
Pocono Record
Yet a doctor from Blakeslee stands up and says, when are you going to outsource the school buses? This would be the biggest mistake this school board could make. You do not sell your buses to an outside contractor. You may save money the first year, ...


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posted on 5 Feb 2012

Fort Worth Star Telegram

American Airlines may outsource more maintenance
Fort Worth Star Telegram
By Andrea Ahles 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, ...
AA Mechanic: Outsourcing Could Compromise SafetyNBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
American Airlines Plans To Outsource Some JobsCBS Local
American's jump to outsourcing trend vexes unionDallas Business Journal
Houston Chronicle (blog) -Chicago Tribune -kjrh.com
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posted on 5 Feb 2012

Ward IV hopefuls say balance key on labor issue
Muskogee Daily Phoenix
By DE Smoot Phoenix Staff Writer Efforts by city administrators in 2011 to outsource jobs and strip non-uniform employees of their collective bargaining rights sparked the ire of workers and residents alike. An outpouring of support for city workers ...

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posted on 5 Feb 2012

Financial Post

Air Canada offshore airline would 'outsource' flying: union
Montreal Gazette
... has received information suggesting Air Canada plans to launch an offshore subsidiary modelled on Jetstar subsidiaries launched by Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd. "Put bluntly, the company wants to outsource much of our current flying while failing ...
Air Canada eyes offshore airline: unionFinancial Post

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posted on 4 Feb 2012

CBS Local

American Airlines Plans To Outsource Some Jobs
CBS Local
The airline said Wednesday that it needs to cut 13000 positions in order to survive, and the plan includes outsourcing some maintenance work. For years, American Airlines and its unions bragged that they were the only ones to still do most of their own ...
AA Mechanic: Outsourcing Could Compromise SafetyNBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
American's jump to outsourcing trend vexes unionDallas Business Journal
American Airlines plans to cut 13000 jobs and close Fort Worth maintenance baseFort Worth Star Telegram
Houston Chronicle (blog) -Medill Reports: Chicago -kjrh.com
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posted on 4 Feb 2012

Custodians future in hands of TBR, President Bell
Tennessee Tech Oracle
Despite a year of petitions and rallies, Tech has taken the next step in outsourcing its custodians at the beginning of this semester. "The proposed vendor, Service Solutions, would provide the cleaning services for $1.1 million dollars less than what ...

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posted on 4 Feb 2012

You Can't Outsource Retrofitting a Window
Greentech Media (blog)
“You can't outsource retrofitting a window.” She is not the first one to make that statement; it is an often-repeated refrain in the building energy efficiency space. But it is one that is only slowly seeping into policy. The Obama administration is ...


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posted on 4 Feb 2012

Intelemark Announces More Revenue Opportunities For Businesses
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Appointmentsetting.com is an online representation of Intelemark™ and the company offers skill sets through whom you could outsource an inside team by way of qualified prospects that are generated through professional appointment setting services ...

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posted on 4 Feb 2012

Ward II challengers oppose city job outsourcing; councilor defends water plant ...
Muskogee Daily Phoenix
The prospect of outsourcing the management of the city's wastewater treatment plant raised even more concerns. Candidates for the Ward II City Council post held since 2008 by Shawn Raper offered some insight about how those relationships might be ...

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posted on 4 Feb 2012

Democrats would require companies to disclose number of overseas workers
The Hill (blog)
The Outsourcing Accountability Act, HR 3875, would amend current law that now says companies must tell the Securities and Exchange Commission how many employees they have. Under the bill, companies would have to break out those numbers by country, ...

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posted on 3 Feb 2012

Apple's Not The Only American Brand Who's Outsources
WebProNews
If you want to have a competitive advantage, and you want to produce high volumes of product, you need to outsource production. America has production facilities but they're not cheap and they don't do high volume (relative to China and Korea).


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posted on 3 Feb 2012

Strike threat hangs over ports meeting
TVNZ
Workers have been striking since December last year against proposed changes to their working hours and moves by Ports of Auckland to outsource work. The Maritime Union expects 330 workers to be made redundant and has condemned the move to outsource.

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posted on 3 Feb 2012

Longtime animal control officer's job outsourced
Reminder Newspapers
25 and opted instead to outsource her job. First Selectman Ron Millovitsch said that, as of Feb. 1, the town would contract with the Northeastern Connecticut Council of Governments (NECCOG) for animal control services. He said the board decided that ...


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posted on 3 Feb 2012

Concord Residents Opposed to Outsourcing School Buses
Boston.com
By Jennifer Fenn Lefferts, Globe Correspondent Concord residents are up in arms about a school department proposal to close its town-run transportation system and outsource the bus operations to a private contractor. Dozens of residents attended a ...


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posted on 3 Feb 2012

Suncorp rules out outsourced IT as customers go online
iT News
By Liz Tay on Feb 3, 2012 6:49 AM (2 minutes ago) Suncorp's shared services chief Jeff Smith has ruled out technology outsourcing, describing IT as a central part of the banking and insurance group as more customers go online.


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posted on 3 Feb 2012
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