Chinese companies had contracts abroad to provide outsourced services to a value of 1.9 billion U.S. dollars 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 ...

Boeing and Machinists in meetings - Seattle Post Intelligencer

The Boeing Co. and representatives of the striking Machinists union have been meeting quietly with a federal mediator in the Seattle area since late last week, sources told the Seattle P-I on Sunday. All parties agreed not to disclose the talks, in ...

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 ...

Infosys slashes growth forecast - Financial Times

India’s outsourcing sector is bracing itself for a sharper than expected slowdown after the industry’s second-largest operator, Infosys Technologies , slashed its full-year forecast for revenue growth by nearly 30 per cent. In a further bearish ...