Blog entries tagged Politics

Will Outsourcing Be A Topic In The US 2012 Presidential Elections?

Tue, 31 May 2011 12:23:22 +0100

With candidacies being announced and withdrawn almost daily, the run-up to the US 2012 presidential elections has officially begun. While campaigns are slowly getting into swing, so do speculations about what topics candidates will address. Because of the struggling US economy and unemployment figures still in the double-digits, creating jobs and strengtheningRead More...

New privacy laws cause discussions

Mon, 23 May 2011 06:38:44 +0100

Last year Indian officials put new data privacy laws into action that are supposed to protect the data of companies outsourcing to India. Even though the thought has been around for a long time, now that it has finally been realized companies within the country and from outside fear that the new laws might be too strict and hinder the relationship because they arRead More...

India replaces China in trade with South America

Thu, 12 May 2011 03:16:21 +0100

During the beginning of 2010 the trade relationship between China and South America went though some difficulties, based on restrictions by Argentina on Chinese imports. China stopped purchasing Argentinean soy oil at once, which was India’s choice to jump in and triple its own soybean import.

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India's trade with Africa booms

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 06:31:34 +0100

During a five-year program which was started by Indian officials to create a stronger bong and connection with Africa about $5.4 billion have been earned in credit. $2.3 billion out of this money were earned last year and have been made available for Africa.

If the number of investments across the African continent is added up they amount to more than $45 Read More...

BRICS members form liaison group to strengthen economic links

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 05:17:44 +0100

The BRICS Ministers (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) of economy and trade, on Wednesday, formed a liaison group in order to amplify cooperation between the member states. This blog entry explains the main purpose of the BRICS union and their potential future impact on the global economy.

The main outcome of the meeting of the internal BRICS members on Wednesday in China waRead More...

The EU and India are as close as ever to a free trade agreement!

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:51:18 +0100

The chances that the European Union (EU) and India might soon find an agreement to resolve their issues and open up free trade are fairly big. After the last meeting in Brussels last week the debating parties have only a couple more points of argument that they have to figure out.

The debate can be called a constructive and successful one and therRead More...

Offshore outsourcing to cope with government budget cuts?

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 04:56:41 +0100

The global economy recovers only slow after the major financial and economic crisis in the second half of the first decade of this century. That is why governments in the Euro zone as well as in the United States are forced to respond with budget cuts especially in the social sectors of their countries. This blog entry discusses the pros and cons of service outsourcing as consequence of Read More...

Israeli companies outsource to Palestine!

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 08:14:32 +0100

Even though the conflict between Israel and Palestine has been going on for more than a century, matters have changed recently. A handful of Israeli companies, such as Mellanox Technologies Ltd. (MLNX) have decided to pick the West Bank area to create new software design centers.

Some of the reasons the CEO of MLNX gave are related to very practical reasons Read More...

New Tax Scheme in India Expected to Slowdown ITO and BPO

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 09:39:35 +0100

The recently announced budget proposals for fiscal year 2011-12 under lead of Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee cause a stir. Especially in the sectors of BPO and ITO, small and middle seized companies fear upcoming increase of alternate tax.

Offshore outsourcing experts interpret the Finance Ministry’s tax reform ageRead More...

IT Outsourcing by US Agencies on the Rise

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 05:33:54 +0100

Vivek Kundra , federal chief information officer of the United States, projects continuous growth in information technology service outsourcing by numerous State agencies. The official evaluates the Cloud as one major service that will attract more and more agencies especially in case they are threatened by budget cuts.

The General Services AdministRead More...

Outsourcing to India: US Government Cuts as Booster of the Industry

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 05:20:38 +0100

The US government announces plans on cutting more than $61 billion from its general budget. Sounds like bad news, but one man’s meat is often another man’s poison. Offshore development companies in India are looking forward to the austerity measures that might bring an increasing number of outsourcing contracts to the Asian nation.

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