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Durbin-Grassley, Indian Outsourcing, and the H-1B Visa
in Global Mobility Report, on June 29, 2009
...n firms typically handle the work with about 20% to 30% of the employees in the U.S. and 70% to 80% offshore. The mix allows the companies to benefit from the lower wage rates offshore, while doing th...
H1B: Frying pan to fire
in The CIO Weblog, on May 11, 2009
There are few things more controversial in the world of IT HR than the H1B foreign-worker visa program. CIOs, as a rule, are fans; the ability to hire from an increasingly large pool of eager and well-educated foreign workers to fill domestic jobs helps ease the pay scale. Industry leaders as illust...
An End to Tax Havens?
in Bizinformer, on May 5, 2009
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A vast number of news sources have been covering President Obama's proposal to close tax loopholes and shut down corporate tax havens. Some examples of the coverage include:
The NY Times , Agence France Press , The Washington Post , Financial Times , Mother Jones Bloomberg...
New Hedge Fund Manager at SilkInvest
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on April 15, 2009
...italise on that knowledge to obtain equity like returns in the frontier fixed income space."
Offshore Emerging Market Firm Hires Hedge Fund Manager ...
Please Don't Take Away Our Tax Breaks!
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on February 27, 2009
....S. is clearly being crippled by significant and structural unemployment even today. If a move from offshore back to onshore employment helps pull the U.S. out of its current slump, then arguably the ...
The 25 Most Dangerous Places for Outsourcing
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on February 26, 2009
...something that many corporations fail to fully grasp - when your critical information is being held offshore, the effect of world events can increase dramatically.
Clearly, this article shouldn't...
Fraunhofer goes Windenergie
in Das B2B-Marketing-Blog, on February 22, 2009
Windenergie ist im Aufwind. Bis 2020 sollen in der EU 20 Prozent des Energieverbrauchs durch regenerative Energien gedeckt werden - so hat es der Europäische Rat im Dezember 2008 beschlossen. Windenergie hat dabei das größte Potenzial, auch wenn bislang die Solarbranche als Branche der Zukunft anges...
Does Sarbanes-Oxley mean audit offshoring?
in Sox First, on February 2, 2009
...identiality. For the big firms, it means asking hard questions about which procedures could be sent offshore safely. No easy answers on that one....
Lou Dobbs, the Auto Bailout and Outsourcing (and Outsourcing Contracts)
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on December 13, 2008
...se provisions can be triggered by bailout monies, but there is a strong likelihood that they may.
Offshore vendors should review their contracts - particularly with those industries that are trouble...
Grays Harbor to Take Wind Farms Off Shore
in IfEnergy, on December 12, 2008
...nd Rhode Island. According to Red Herring, Grays Harbor President Burt Hamner said that the average offshore wind farm would cost $4 million per megawatt. That adds up to to at least $28 billion to co...
Is the Downturn Affecting Offshore Outsourcing?
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on November 20, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 6740906
While outsourcing companies seem to remain bullish about their future (see this article ), but I often wonder whether this is more like cheerleading in the face of a difficult future.
First, the very end of the article shows a little caution - po...
Recession impacts India based outsourcing
in The CIO Weblog, on November 12, 2008
...ticle (aside: if you want to see the sad state of online 'journalism' today, Google " offshore outsourcing recession. " That's right... all but one of the front page links is to...
Is reverse offshoring a trend?
in Supplychainer, on October 24, 2008
...nd Economist were covering news about the decision of some U.S. based companies to bring back their offshore operations. As I understood, the decisions were based on in three main drivers:
- Increas...
The crash and deregulation
in Sox First, on October 18, 2008
...egulators were simply trying to catch up with the real world-for instance, the rapid development of offshore markets. In addition, deregulation provided things that voters wanted, such as cheap loans....
High End Jobs Going to India
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on October 16, 2008
...f us in outsourcing, this isn't surprising, but to an unsuspecting public uncomfortably used to offshore call centers, the fact that their medical work, newspaper ads, and other knowledge tasks ar...
A Time to Renegotiate
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on October 14, 2008
... Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Jacob Wackerhausen
With many offshore vendors needing to address lost revenues caused by the financial crisis , now may be the perfect time for customers to initi...
Value Will Be King
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on October 8, 2008
... Parsons
Writing in IT World Canada, Arpit Kaushik talked about the end of the "golden age of offshore outsourcing and the beginning of the age of truth and rationality." The article is par...
The Economic Crisis - and an Opportunity
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on October 3, 2008
...ertise. This is where the Indian and Philippine outsourcing companies have, frankly, fallen short.
Offshore vendors may want to look at this time as a time to invest in their US presences, rather tha...
Computer Science's Gain
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on October 1, 2008
... enter the workforce, they will present signifiant competition to both H1B workers and higher-level offshore positions. It is a trend that bears watching as the markets re-align themselves and refocus...
The Financial Crisis and Legal Process Outsourcing Conflicts
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on September 23, 2008
...39;t yet discussed the potential for legal process outsourcing to move to center stage as a viable offshore alternative.
Given the tectonic shifts in the financial market that have occurred in the pa...
Autonome Fischfarm schifft selbstständig durch die Weltmeere
in Daily Innovation, on September 22, 2008
...mobiler Käfigoperationen technisch machbar ist", erklärt Cliff Goudey, Leiter des Offshore Aquaculture Engineering Center am Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge.
In Zukunft sollen...
Its Time for Tata, Infosys, Wipro, Satyam and Others to Invest!
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on September 16, 2008
...est in the US economy.
With substantial cash resources, the current political pariahs (the Indian offshore companies) could pony up some of their cash and help stabilize the US economy and markets - ...
What Kind of Jobs Cannot be Outsourced?
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on September 8, 2008
...companies to keep jobs on-shore and is talking about job creation in "new areas that cannot be offshored." John McCain is talking about a massive training program and some form of public ass...
The Outsourcing Boomerang
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on September 5, 2008
...ks where communication is important.
This is interesting for several reasons. First, it means that offshore-based companies are finally learning that something beside pure price is important - and th...
Older IT Workers Bearing the Brunt
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on September 3, 2008
...n and Wharton business schools which found that as many as 8% of all tech workers were displaced by offshore outsourcing.
The study, funded by Careeerbuilder.com, also looked at other occupations and...
Why is Outsourcing the Political Whipping Boy?
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on September 1, 2008
...t factions of the US political spectrum is something greater that the concept of "sending jobs offshore." It is a deep-seated feeling that the "ownership society" - corporate manag...
Emissions trading: business spits the dummy
in Sox First, on September 1, 2008
...is established. It also warns us that if these businesses don't get their way, they'll move offshore to regimes with less stringent requirements. Yeah right, let's get real here. Do they ...
Bootstrapping tip: Call your competitor
in BootStrapMe, on August 31, 2008
...st expense for LeadVine would have been the programming.
However, after several failed attempts to offshore the project, Margate came up with a novel money saving approach worthy of the most inventiv...
15 inspectors are not enough to ensure product safety in China!
in Supplychainer, on August 30, 2008
...lso share this opinion like many others that 15 people is not enough to assure the quality in a big offshore destination like China.
While deployment of FDA inspectors is a positive step toward add...
Mongering... Fear and Otherwise
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on August 29, 2008
... last night - particularly the part that said that he would eliminate tax breaks for companies that offshore, while granting tax breaks to those who keep jobs in the U.S.
Some have been quoted saying...
Legal Process Outsourcing - Who Benefits
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on August 21, 2008
...lient, the rules in the UK are a bit different.
Apparently, clifford Chance is intending to offshore support functions (including client work) while still retaining the ability to price those ...
Let my Captive Go!
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on August 19, 2008
... Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Juan Estey
It looks as if Citigroup may sell its captive Indian offshore unit to Tata Consultancy in the near future (see article ). As one of the pioneers in capt...
Sailing Island - Highspeed-Segelschule
in Das Segel Blog, on August 14, 2008
...ehört die neue Class 40 derzeit zu den heißesten Einheitsklassen der internationalen offshore -Regattaszene. Kohlefaser-Rigg und Wasserballast sind auf den 12 Meter langen Racern ebenso Standard wi...
Headcount at Outsourcing Vendors
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on August 14, 2008
... long as wage disparity remains significant. However, it will become an issue if wages and costs in offshore locations begin to catch up.
For now, the Indian offshore vendors will need to look for wa...
No Monopoly on Innovation
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on August 11, 2008
...aios
One of those old saws about outsourcing - that the U.S. sends "grunt work" offshore while remaining the innovation powerhouse - may be proving to be false. Bangalore now sport...
India instability may drive offshoring to China
in The CIO Weblog, on July 30, 2008
...ring dogpile , the latest developments in Bangalore are sure to be unwelcome news to Indian offshore outsourcers.
While unrest and terrorism have not been unknown in India over the past decad...
Offshore outsourcing in trouble?
in The CIO Weblog, on July 21, 2008
I wouldn't have thought so, looking at any of the numbers in recent off-shoring trends: revenue up, customer numbers up, hiring up, and the traditional driver of off-shore outsourcing, domestic costs, rising. But Larry Dignan puts together some signs that all may not be well on the offshor...
Why Offshore Services Are Being Adversely Impacted by the Global Economy
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on July 16, 2008
...ockphoto, Siew Yee Lee
Given the current poor economic climate, one would expect rapid growth in offshore outsourcing contracts as companies struggle to find ways to cut cost. However, such exponen...
Is Barack Obama Anti-Outsourcing?
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on June 30, 2008
...s suggested that he will readjust the tax code to offer more tax incentives to companies who do not offshore, but he has also acknowledged outsourcing's inevitability, saying that "[r]evoluti...
Winners and Losers
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on June 23, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 5369501
One of my favorite regular bloggers, Ann All, wrote this interesting post about winners and losers in the global outsourcing marketplace. Most significant to me was the portion of the article pointing out that the low high-school graduation rates...
The Next Great Outsourcing Debate
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on June 18, 2008
...there. However, we also cannot fail to recognize the scalability, flexibility and enthusiasm of our offshore partners - and the fact that outsourcing offers benefits exceeding pure cost reduction....
Beta version of supply chain software...
in Supplychainer, on May 30, 2008
...ntation guys in the consulting and software partners. It's not possible in such cases to simply offshore the development activity to India. The challenge then is to manage the higher cost of such ...
China to encroach on India's offshoring turf?
in The CIO Weblog, on May 22, 2008
...massive manpower and grandly orchestrated state sponsored initiatives into a legitimate shot at the offshore services market.
I came upon this by way of a Slashdot article, which predictably attrac...
Nutz den Wind doch mal ganz einfach
in Das B2B-Marketing-Blog, on May 17, 2008
...urbine, an der Erde durch Leinen befestigt, dem Wind ausgesetzt und kann damit auch abseits von Offshore-Parks und trotz genervter Nachbarn (die soll es dann nämlich nicht mehr geben) überall eingeset...
Carl Icahn 将正式卷起新 Yahoo 收购风波
in Wangtam, on May 16, 2008
刚刚已经提及， 亿万富翁 Carl Icahn 上周谋得 Yahoo 董事席位，意欲发动代理权争夺战 。然后 Carl Icahn 在随后发给 Yahoo 的信中确认，他已经发动了旨在促成微软收购 Yahoo 的代理权争夺战。 Carl Icahn 已经提名了十位 Yahoo 董事候选人，希望用他们取代现有 Yahoo 董事会，以推动 Yahoo 接受微软每股 33 美元、总价值 475 亿美元的收购报价。 Carl Icahn 还在写给 Yahoo 董事会主席 Roy Bostock 的信中披露，他已经收购了 5900 万股 Yahoo 股票，并在寻求清除来自国美国联邦贸易委员会的反垄...
Arms trader pledges to be more ethical
in Sox First, on May 8, 2008
...edly corrupt deals of the past, nor BAE's system of making secret payments to middlemen through offshore accounts. More from The Guardian .
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Is a Bachelor's Degree Worth the Cost?
in The Online Universities Weblog, on April 30, 2008
...er more students attend college at the same time as ever more employers are automating and sending offshore ever more professional jobs, and hiring part-time workers. Many college graduates are forced...
It's jail time for tax evader Wesley Snipes
in Sox First, on April 25, 2008
...r failing to pay $15.6 million in income taxes over six years, hiding millions of dollars in offshore accounts and threatening US government employees, reports Bloomberg . Snipes' lawyers ...
Segeln im Video
in Das Segel Blog, on March 24, 2008
...e. Los geht´s mit einer Collection of funny moments
Weiter geht´s mit einem spannenden Offshore-Video - sicherlich nur eine Sache für Mutige:
Zuletzt noch ein Interview mit dem Einha...
Service Supply Chain: An untapped market
in Supplychainer, on March 24, 2008
...ts volume.
Growing supply base - In the CAPS study, 58% reported an increase in the number of offshore services suppliers, while only 4% reported a decrease. The supply base is growing larger, a...
European Union Wants to End U.S. Ban On Internet Gambling
in The Gambling Weblog, on March 18, 2008
The battle against the controversial United States ban on funding gambling accounts through U.S. banks is still being waged with the latest shots being fired by the European Union.
Despite having lost several International lawsuits the United States government steadfastly refuses to chang...
Lipper Hedge Fund Awards
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on March 5, 2008
...announced yesterday, over 3,600 funds were eligible for the eighteen awards across the European and Offshore fund domiciles.
A total of fifteen portfolio managers were rewarded, with thalia S...
Track your Tweets from Mint
in Wangtam, on February 11, 2008
- Track your Tweets from Mint
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- Firefox Portable 2.0.0.12 简体中文版
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- Motorola to Explore Structural and Strategic Realignment of its Businesses to Enhance Shareholder Value
- Safari 3.1 (525.7).exe
- Graphing Bebo Application...
Yesterday's Hero? China May Be Losing Ground...
in China Venture News, on February 7, 2008
While the Chinese are evidently still bullish on China, the Sydney Morning Herald is among a number of sources that published a report last month saying that multinational investors were cutting back some on investing in the Middle Kingdom and "diversifying their new investments" into ...
LPGA Endorsements Grow
in Eagle Par Birdie, on February 6, 2008
Courtesy: Today's Golfer
The women's professional golf game has truly gone global. And it has been the LPGA Tour's salvation.
LPGA players are starting to pull in some decent sponsorship and endorsement money - after 59 years in existence.
Maybe it was Ninjas
in The CIO Weblog, on February 4, 2008
Sure, some might call me irresponsible, but the ninja theory is at least as credible as some of the others floating around out there right now attempting to make some sense of the suspicious rash of undersea cable disruptions which have plagued the Middle East and India over the past week.
As...
Indian IT Outsourcing market continues to grow
in The CIO Weblog, on January 24, 2008
Although most people tend to relate off-shore IT outsourcing market growth to Stateside staff reductions, the latest suggestion is that the growth is being driven more by demand from other off-shore organizations than US-based business. In fact, most of the outsourcing growth is forecast to come...
Pimp my boat: Powerboote auf Langstrecke
in Das Segel Blog, on January 18, 2008
...llsten Boote für die Strecke benötigen.
Das Cowes-Torquay-Cowes Rennen war eines der ersten Offshore Rennen in Europa und ist bekannt dafür, auch eine der härtesten Herausforderungen im Bereich der ...
The Beginning of the End, How I Can Help You, and You Can Help Me
in Businesspundit, on January 16, 2008
...nd me a note and maybe I can help you find someone.
If you need help finding and working with good offshore programmers, I have done this a lot, been burned a lot, but found a few gems as well.
Ther...
Europe catches the outsourcing wave
in The CIO Weblog, on January 10, 2008
Although much of the hoopla over outsourcing and offshoring technology functions has died down in the press lately (a bit odd, considering the Election year spooling up here in the US), the market continues to grow at a steady pace. Recent numbers, however, suggest that not the United States, bu...
The Siemens money trail
in Sox First, on December 28, 2007
...a top executive in Greece with Siemens, was pumping millions of euros into the account from another offshore firm controlled by a different Siemens executive based at the company's Munich headquar...
Christmas on Christmas Island
in Hidden Travel Gems, on December 24, 2007
...f a flight into C.I., which is around $1000.
The island has an abundance of outdoor possibilities. Offshore, the Indian Ocean is teaming with aquatic life. Most of the coast is rocky, though there ar...
Microsoft and Infosys deepen relationship
in The CIO Weblog, on November 30, 2007
...lipping further into bed together, as Infosys creates a dedicated 400 seat facility (a "vendor offshore facility" or "VOF" is what they are calling it... sounds a bit like a swea...
Gar Wood, the Enzo Ferrari of Powerboat Racing
in Classical Drives, on November 30, 2007
...our Police. (Only once did I get to ride in one, when three of us overturned a sailing canoe a mile offshore at 6AM and had to be rescued. The police docks were located six miles away but that powerfu...
Slippery Sam in Scotland
in Eagle Par Birdie, on November 25, 2007
...ro. It was about an oil tycoon who wanted to buy a Scottish fishing village in order to exploit the offshore oil in the North Sea. The villagers were torn between selling out for what they hoped would...
Adria: Neue Mittelstrecken-Regatta
in Das Segel Blog, on November 22, 2007
...orden über Dugi Otok, und, nachdem Palagruza gerundet wurde, nach Mljet. Haben die Crews diesen Offshore-Teil gemeistert, geht es über Korcula und Hvar zurück nach Beograd. Die komplette Strecke muss ...
Las Vegas Expands To India
in The Gambling Weblog, on November 20, 2007
...g to India and will provide slot machines and other gambling related equipment and technology for 5 offshore Indian casinos .
I expect these casinos will be very popular with the local population an...
Florida Gambling Update
in The Gambling Weblog, on October 30, 2007
..., but there are casino cruise boats scattered along the east and west coasts which take gamblers on offshore sailing trips on the Atlantic Ocean, and the Gulf of Mexico.
So that's different, and,...
How to bootstrap your start-up for 50K or less
in BootStrapMe, on October 18, 2007
We've focused a lot here at BootStrapMe.com on starting a business for next to nothing.
By definition such startups must be small and lean using mostly existing tools and services and plenty of bartering to get cash flow going in the beginning.
But in this post for Sucklevine Develop...
