Chinese companies had contracts to provide outsourced services abroad to a value of $1.9 billion in the first eight months, up 17 percent from the same period last year, according to the ministry of commerce. By the end of August, the number of ...

Boeing engineers union weighs strike plan - Seattle Times

SPEEA's recent contract talks with Boeing led to one union reversal, one extended strike and three easy ratification votes. 1992: Union reversal. Despite an aerospace-industry slowdown, SPEEA members rejected Boeing's final offer. But two months ...

Six Indian cities top global outsourcing list - Hindustan Times

Six Indian cities are among the top eight outsourcing centres, according to the CyberMedia publications group. A study by CyberMedia's Global Services, titled 'Top 8 Global Outsourcing Cities', said Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi and the national capital ...

Outsourcing blamed in many data thefts - San Francisco Gate

Monday, October 6, 2008 (10-06) 04:00 PDT New York -- The reliance of restaurant chains and retail stores on outside companies to handle credit card processing and other information technology functions is partly to blame for a rash of consumer data ...

Intel, Microsoft Squeezed as $170 Billion Cut From Tech Budgets - Bloomberg

Oct. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Intel Corp. , Microsoft Corp. and the technology companies that so far have escaped the credit crisis relatively unscathed will lose out on as much as $170 billion in sales next year as the crunch catches up with them ...