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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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At Serena Software, water-cooler talk has been replaced by Facebook chatter.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 ...

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 ...