Machinists union talking tough - Seattle Times
Striking Machinists wave at motorists outside Boeing's Renton
plant on Saturday. Many Machinists says they've been putting money
aside in case of a strike and are prepared to stay out for some time. At
the gates of Boeing factories around the Puget ...
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Outsourcing the Drug Industry - BusinessWeek
by Pete Engardio and Arlene Weintraub In her swank headquarters just
blocks from some of Mumbai's worst slums, Swati Piramal is midway
through an impassioned pitch about revolutionizing the world of drug
discovery. Sanskrit passages of the Bhagavad ...
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Dell outsourcing plan may be tough to execute - Reuters
NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) - Dell Inc (DELL.O: Quote , Profile ,
Research , Stock Buzz ) plans to make fewer computers itself and rely on
contract manufacturers to cut costs, but the company could find it hard to
get rid of its North American ...
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Companies warm up to social networks - Christian Science Monitor
At Serena Software, water-cooler talk has been replaced by Facebook
chatter. Nearly everyone in the company, headquartered in Redwood City,
Calif., uses the social-network site to hang out with fellow workers,
access internal communications, or even ...
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Don't ask about salary in an interview - Silicon.com
Pay is a topic close to everyone's heart but techies are being
warned to avoid bringing up the big salary question in interviews if they
want to impress. Graduates seeking a career in technology should instead
focus on swotting up on the ins and outs ...
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