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MANILA, Philippines – Intent on grabbing 10 percent of the $130-billion global market for business process outsourcing (BPO), the umbrella organization of BPOs in the country last Friday launched a new marketing tool that will sell the Philippines to the rest of the world. The Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPA/P) [...]
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“Normal banking transactions have been disrupted across 40,000 branches all over the country,” All-India Bank Employees’ Association (AIBEA) General Secretary C H Venkatchalam said. About nine lakh employees and officers belonging to Left-affiliated uni ons in the public sector, regional rural banks and cooperative banks took part in the strike, he said.
The call for [...]
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Scotland could become a centre for IT outsourcing if the work of a think tank comes to fruition.
The Outsourcing Hub Initiative wants outsourcing services included in the Scottish Government’s plans to invest in a number of industry sectors. The Government’s plans include promoting sector skills in higher education and giving tax breaks to companies. [...]
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New Delhi: Global consulting and technology services major Accenture is planning to expand the company’s business process outsourcing (BPO) footprint in India by increasing the headcount to 50,000 in the next five years and opening of more centres in various cities.
Accenture’s BPO witnesses change in pricing pattern
"We would be increasing our headcount from 37,000 [...]
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MANILA, Aug 12 Asia Pulse – Ayala-backed Affinity Express Inc. was launched Monday at the Discovery Suites in Ortigas Ave in the Philippines’ capital Manila with 200 local employees and worldwide team and leadership representatives under Libelt Solutions, Inc. in attendance. Livelt Solutions Inc. is the parent holding company for Ayala Corporation’s investments in business [...]
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When you run your own business, you are often everything to everyone. You need a wide range of skills from management and accounting, to human resources, sales and marketing. It can be easy to fall into the trap that you have to be jack of all trades. Many years ago, I certainly went down that [...]
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This is the year of cutting SUV production.
If you don’t believe it, ask Ford, where they’re idling manufacturing plants because they can’t sell the things; ask GM, which is closing four SUV plants; ask Hummer which is on life support, sending its long-time foes into giddy prognostication of the future of the auto industry [...]
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An arbitrator ruled Thursday that Alaska Airlines violated its contract with a union when it outsourced roughly 500 baggage handling jobs at Sea-Tac Airport three years ago.
Alaska Airlines’ decision to outsource the jobs was controversial not only because it resulted in mass layoffs, but also because several high-profile incidents were linked to employees at Menzies [...]
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By Frank Ahrens
Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, August 7, 2008;
The Washington Times will outsource its printing to the Baltimore Sun beginning Sept. 8, shutting down the paper’s New York Avenue presses, the Times told employees yesterday.
"Outsourcing our printing was becoming absolutely necessary," Times general manager Dick Amberg wrote in an [...]
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CHICAGO -(Dow Jones)- American International Group Inc. (AIG) has written down the market value of its credit default swap contracts on collateralized debt obligations by $24.8 billion, or to around 69 cents on the dollar for CDOs backed by subprime and Alt-A mortgages, the company’s chief financial officer said Thursday.
Some sectors of its CDOs have [...]