- Tue Mar 16 2004 Powell asks India to open its markets
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell says U.S. businesses should provide services to India and other countries to "offset the losses" from the offshoring trend.
- Wed Dec 31 2003 U.K. bank to ship up to 5,000 jobs overseas
Barclays will move at least 500--and possibly as many as 5,000--call center jobs to India, with South Africa also under consideration, according to media reports.
- Fri Nov 14 2003 Footing the tech bill for foreign jobs
In order for these countries to grow, it is very important that they get foreign investment that translates into jobs, not foreign aid.
- Thu Apr 15 2004 Labor group tallies up exported U.S. jobs
Since April 1, 2001, U.S. companies have "offshored" at least 160,785 jobs, the group says.
- Wed Feb 11 2004 HP sets up call center in India
The contact center, which supports U.S. customers who use Hewlett-Packard consumer products, is another sign that overseas operations appeal to U.S. tech companies.
- Wed Jul 14 2004 Study: States doing plenty of offshoring
Foreign companies are nabbing millions in U.S. state contract work, and the trend is likely to grow, report says.
- Wed Nov 24 2004 Offshoring study funded by new bill
It would set aside $2 million to study impact of shipping work overseas on U.S. economy, work force.
- Sat Feb 7 2004 Chile IT's still awaiting takeoff
Knowledge@Wharton reports on the stops and starts in the creation of a digital economy in Latin America's most wired nation.
- Tue Dec 7 2004 Group accuses Honeywell of planning to export jobs
But the firm says the charges are off-base. Honeywell says it expects flat employment in the U.S. in its aerospace business.
- Tue Jan 27 2004 IT firms take heat for 'sweatshop' labor
A U.K.-based nonprofit says workers in developing countries who make computer components for companies such as IBM, Dell and HP are suffering "dire working conditions."

