Outsourcing News

February 4, 2012

06:44

Rediff

2G: Dreams of outsourcing vendors like Tech Mahindra, Wipro turn sour?
Economic Times
MUMBAI: It is a dream turned bitter for many outsourcing vendors that signed deals with new telecom licensees hoping to replicate the phenomenal success of the IBM's outsourcing contract with Bharti Airtel, which grew into a multibillion dollar bagger ...
SC ruling leaves IT deals worth $1 bn in limboRediff

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06:34

Ward II challengers oppose city job outsourcing; councilor defends water plant ...
Muskogee Daily Phoenix
The prospect of outsourcing the management of the city's wastewater treatment plant raised even more concerns. Candidates for the Ward II City Council post held since 2008 by Shawn Raper offered some insight about how those relationships might be ...

February 3, 2012

20:08

Outsourcing for Financial Institutions After Dodd-Frank: Regulation, Risk and ...
JD Supra (press release)
So, how does outsourcing in financial services companies play a role in financial stability? A typical outsourcing transaction takes a function or operation that a company would have controlled and operated for itself, and puts that function or ...

17:31

Custodians future in hands of TBR, President Bell
Tennessee Tech Oracle
Despite a year of petitions and rallies, Tech has taken the next step in outsourcing its custodians at the beginning of this semester. "The proposed vendor, Service Solutions, would provide the cleaning services for $1.1 million dollars less than what ...

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16:31

Hindu Business Line

Market shifting to smaller IT outsourcing deals
Hindu Business Line
The year 2011 saw a record global information technology outsourcing contracts. A total of 870 deals, above the average of the five prior years of 690, were awarded to global companies, including Indian services providers such as Tata Consultancy ...

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15:02

CBS Local

American Airlines Plans To Outsource Some Jobs
CBS Local
The airline said Wednesday that it needs to cut 13000 positions in order to survive, and the plan includes outsourcing some maintenance work. For years, American Airlines and its unions bragged that they were the only ones to still do most of their own ...
AA Mechanic: Outsourcing Could Compromise SafetyNBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
American's jump to outsourcing trend vexes unionDallas Business Journal
American Airlines plans to cut 13000 jobs and close Fort Worth maintenance baseFort Worth Star Telegram
MiamiHerald.com -Daily Caller -kjrh.com
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05:09

Resort Could Save Money By Outsourcing Cardboard Collection
The Dispatch
OCEAN CITY – With budget time approaching, a few unexpected suggestions were made this week that could save Ocean City money. Finance Administrator Martha Bennett said she has received news that Ocean City is at the point to where it is favorable to ...

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04:02

May outsource some services to focus on core functions
Pakistan Observer
PAKISTAN International Airline, a national strategic asset is on its way to streamline it flight and ground operations under a comprehensive plan which includes induction of new aircraft to reinforce its fleet and outsourcing some of the services to ...

01:47

Bloomberg

AA Mechanics Say Outsourcing Could Compromise Safety
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
By Ken Kalthoff American Airlines mechanics, stinging from plans for widespread layoffs, say outsourcing their work also would be bad for passengers. Members of the Transport Workers Union are the hardest hit -- 4600 mechanics and 4200 fleet service ...
American's jump to outsourcing trend vexes unionDallas Business Journal
Diagnosing a bipolar economy: Large companies cut jobs, small businesses ...Daily Caller
AMR plans to close Alliance maintenance facilityFort Worth Star Telegram (blog)

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01:01

MLive.com

Rep. Peters Aims to Expose Outsourcing
Patch.com
11, introduced the Outsourcing Accountability Act Wednesday. US Rep. Gary Peters (D-Bloomfield Township) introduced a bill Tuesday requiring large, American-based, multinational corporations to disclose how many jobs they have outsourced.
Proposed jobs bill would target foreign outsourcing by US companiesWashington Post
Congressman Gary Peters' 'Outsourcing Accountability Act' would require firms ...MLive.com
Democrats would require companies to disclose number of overseas workersThe Hill (blog)
NewsMax.com -Long Island Business News -Computerworld
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00:21

Outsourcing bill favors consultants over savings
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
By Mark Klipstein Everyone agrees the State of Wisconsin has been wasting tens of millions of dollars outsourcing public projects that could be done in-house more efficiently. Every significant study on the subject agrees. The Legislative Audit Bureau ...

February 2, 2012

23:54

AA workers: outsourcing maintenance work a bad idea
KOKI FOX 23
As previously reported, American is also proposing to outsource some of its maintenance work to cut labor costs. But Thursday, union workers said outsourcing would be foolish, and that the maintenance base can not only work more cost-effectively and ...

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20:53

Concord residents oppose outsourcing school buses
Boston.com
By Jennifer Fenn Lefferts, Globe Correspondent Concord residents are up in arms about a school department proposal to close its town-run transportation system and outsource the bus operations to a private contractor. Dozens of residents attended a ...

19:25

Outsourcing mail is not smart: Halloran
Queens Chronicle
Discussing the city's outsourcing mail are Dennis Springs, left, from APW Union, Councilman Dan Halloran, Assemblyman David Weprin, Stephen Larkin from postal workers union and Trevor Stuart from mail handlers union.

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18:54

IT outsourcing deals worth $1 bn in limbo
Business Standard
The fate of over a billion dollars worth of information technology (IT) outsourcing contracts is in a limbo after on Thursday's Supreme Court verdict cancelling 122 licences of telecom firms. For, the order comes at a time when both Indian and ...

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15:14

School board to consider outsourcing of busing as cost-cutting option
Plum Advance Leader
by Karen Zapf Staff Writer The Plum School Board voted 8-1 on Tuesday night to solicit proposals from private transportation companies to determine the cost of outsourcing. McGough said he doesn't need more information to conclude the district's ...

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06:51

Steven Kurlander: The case for a fair coprorate tax that ends jobs outsourcing
Sun-Sentinel
With its market capitalization surpassing $425 billion,¿Apple, Inc. recently became the largest corporation in the world, surpassing the energy giant Exxon. Apple announced last month first-quarter earnings of $13.87 a share, setting new records and ...

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06:15

Biden attacks outsourced jobs in Grand Rapids speech
The Detroit News
"Your kids are going to hear as much about insourcing as you heard about outsourcing," the vice president told the crowd. The Republican National Committee called Biden's appearance a weekly campaign trip to a battleground state.

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04:19

Airline outsourcing: Lower costs, lost jobs
WFAA
In the carrier's first firm announcement of proposed changes under Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the airline said it would be outsourcing some of its maintenance overseas. There are dozens of firms across the country that specialize in the maintenance ...

04:04

Profit By Outsourcing, the Web Development India Company Set To Create An ...
PR Web (press release)
As a young and dynamic company, Profit By Outsourcing has offered innovative and cutting edge e- business solutions to clients across the globe. Profit By Outsourcing, the Web Design India firm is all set to create a comprehensive business to business ...

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