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Obama wants US firms to stop outsourcing
ABS CBN News
Obama's proposed tax measures are seen as affecting the Philippine outsourcing industry, the second largest in the world, which is heavily reliant on US-based companies. While the US economy is now recovering, Obama blamed outsourcing for weakening it ...
Obama in State of the Union address: Create jobs, don't outsourceNDTV
Obama: No more tax breaks for outsourcersPolitico (blog)
Live blog: 2012 State of the UnionCNN (blog)

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posted on 25 Jan 2012

Time to stop rewarding firms that ships jobs abroad: Barack Obama
Economic Times
"If you're a business that wants to outsource jobs, you shouldn't get a tax deduction for doing it," Obama said in his State of the Union Address during which he presented an economic blueprint aiming to take his country away from outsourcing, ...
TECHNOLOGY:Obama Addresses Tech Industry Concerns Over Jobs, EducationNational Journal

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posted on 25 Jan 2012

Obama begins re-election campaign, hits out at outsourcing
Daily Pioneer
Virtually launching his re-election campaign, President Barack Obama hit out at "outsourcing" as he called keeping alive the American dream "the defining issue of our time" and pledged to fight obstruction by opposition Republicans.


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posted on 25 Jan 2012

Eau Claire school district may look at outsourcing some services
Leader-Telegram
The Eau Claire school district could outsource some of its services someday, an idea that could save schools money but put present workers' jobs at risk. The ability to outsource jobs could become part of the district's new employee handbook, ...

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posted on 25 Jan 2012

Azerbaijan Business Center

US prohibits its companies to outsource
Azerbaijan Business Center
S. is preparing to introduce repressive tax regime in respect to its companies engaged in global outsourcing. In any case, introduction of such a discriminatory decision was suggested yesterday by the US President in the annual message to Congress on ...


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posted on 25 Jan 2012

Outsource Ten meets James Caan at National Awards Ceremony in London
Journalism.co.uk (press release)
For Outsource Ten, 2011 was filled with challenges but finally all the hard work was rewarded at an Industry Awards Ceremony at The Royal Festival Hall through recognition in three categories. The anticipation of the ceremony had been building up for ...


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posted on 25 Jan 2012

OneNewsNow

Obama awards aircraft contract to firm in Brazil
Palestine Herald Press
Given President Obama's rhetoric against American companies that outsource jobs overseas, the decision to outsource the next generation of US light attack aircraft to a questionable foreign company in a questionable foreign country is curious, ...
Obama outsourcing to Brazil; lawsuit filedOneNewsNow

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posted on 25 Jan 2012

Deccan Herald

Obama again targets outsourcing, says no rewards for those shipping jobs overseas
Newstrack India
Washington, Jan.25 (ANI): US President Barack Obama has said that his government will be taking steps to end tax breaks for businesses that continue to outsource American jobs. In a State of the Union Address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, ...
Obama wants US firms to stop outsourcingABS CBN News
Obama begins re-election campaign, hits out at outsourcingDeccan Herald
Obama, the Outsourcer-in-ChiefGlobal Warming (blog)
NDTV -Politico (blog)
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posted on 25 Jan 2012

Business Insider

Obama and the Outsourcing Backlash
Accounting Today
Obama's appeal to patriotism marks a significant shift from the outsourcing trend of a decade ago, when many large investors and stock analysts expected companies to have an outsourcing strategy. Outsourcing became almost a requirement for delivering ...
Obama: No more tax breaks for outsourcersPolitico (blog)

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posted on 25 Jan 2012

Indian Express

Philippine call centers shrug off Obama's proposal to bring home outsourced jobs
Washington Post
MANILA, Philippines — Call center operators in the Philippines who serve mostly US clients on Wednesday shrugged off President Barack Obama's initiative to bring outsourced jobs back home. The Business Processing Association of the Philippines that ...
Barack Obama steps up campaign against outsourcingIndian Express

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posted on 25 Jan 2012

America's outsourcing problem: Profits, Patriotism and the ethical question
allvoices
If our elected officials aren't aware of how far and deep outsourcing has become, what hope is there of fixing the problem? 70 percent of all the Apple gadgets we use are made in foreign countries, namely China. Low wages, quick turnover, ...

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posted on 25 Jan 2012

Sydney Morning Herald

Barack Obama hits out at outsourcing with a call to bring jobs back home
Economic Times
WASHINGTON: Saying that 'no challenge is more urgent' than keeping the American dream alive, President Barack Obama virtually launched his re-election campaign hitting out at "outsourcing" with a call to bring "manufacturing jobs back" to America.
Obama again targets outsourcing, says no rewards for those shipping jobs overseasNewstrack India
Obama wants US firms to stop outsourcingABS CBN News
Obama, the Outsourcer-in-ChiefGlobal Warming (blog)
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posted on 25 Jan 2012

Maidenhead council invests in iGen3 to cut outsource spend
printweek.com
"When we ran the numbers we found we were outsourcing approximately £500000 of work each year across the various departments within the borough," said James, who added that this rose to between £1m to £1.5m when including postal and associated ...


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posted on 24 Jan 2012

The Conversation In The BPO Space Has Moved From Cost Cutting To Income And ...
The Wall Street Transcript
Some of the areas that my companies focus on are finance and accounting, insurance, but really it comes down to what function you don't feel is core to your business you can outsource. So I think the demand backdrop is a lot larger than some of the ...

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posted on 24 Jan 2012

Tech Insight: Building A SOC, From Outsourcing To DIY
Dark Reading
The reality is that assembling a SOC is no easy task, and it can be expensive, which is one of the primary reasons companies decide to outsource security operations. To make the decision about whether to build a SOC, outsource it, or take a hybrid ...

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posted on 24 Jan 2012

Do You Need a Security Operations Center?
InformationWeek
The reality is that assembling a SOC is no easy task, and it can be expensive, which is one of the primary reasons companies decide to outsource security operations. To make the decision about whether to build a SOC, outsource it, or take a hybrid ...

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posted on 24 Jan 2012

Accenture (ACN) And IBM (IBM) Are Top Picks In The BPO Space, Says Director Of ...
The Wall Street Transcript
Some of the areas that my companies focus on are finance and accounting, insurance, but really it comes down to what function you don't feel is core to your business you can outsource. So I think the demand backdrop is a lot larger than some of the ...

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posted on 24 Jan 2012

FT Adviser

Outsourcing NHS oversight is too risky: IPPR
FT Adviser
By Marc Shoffman | Published 17:00 | comments Joe Farrington-Douglas, associate fellow for the Institute for Public Policy Research, said proposals to outsource oversight of public and private providers of NHS services to credit rating agencies would ...


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posted on 24 Jan 2012

Top Picks In The BPO Space Come From Looking At Cost-Savings, New Technology ...
The Wall Street Transcript
Some of the areas that my companies focus on are finance and accounting, insurance, but really it comes down to what function you don't feel is core to your business you can outsource. So I think the demand backdrop is a lot larger than some of the ...

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posted on 24 Jan 2012

Earning a self employed income is easier than you think…
WebWire (press release)
Online marketplaces allow freelancers to sign up and search for work, which is advertised by companies seeking to outsource business functions to freelancers rather than employee fixed in-house teams. Last year was a particularly buoyant year for ...

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posted on 24 Jan 2012
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