International Business

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BusinessWeek August 16, 2004 Engardio et al.	Outsourcing: Fortress India? U.S. and European companies that are outsourcing work overseas are under growing pressure from regulators and legislators to guarantee the privacy of their customers' financial and health-care data.
BusinessWeek August 16, 2004 Geri Smith	Made In The Maquilas Again A stronger U.S. economy and cheaper peso bring made-for-export factories back to life in Mexico.
U.S. Banker August 2004 John Engen	Conquerors, Come All Capital-rich foreign banks are scouring the U.S. in search of targets to offset tough growth prospects at home. Someday soon, the notion of banking as a merely national, not global, endeavor might seem quaint.
Reason September 2004 Jacob Sullum	Cotton Belt Farmers in developing countries have long blamed U.S. cotton subsidies for encouraging overproduction and driving down world prices. A panel of three trade experts conclude that the subsidies violate WTO rules.
National Real Estate Investor August 1, 2004 Beth Mattson-Teig	Title Insurers Enter Virgin Markets Heeding their clients' call, title insurers are working to bring title guarantee to U.S. investors abroad, as well as creating demand for their products within foreign markets.
Fast Company August 2004 Scott Kirsner	Time Zone] Travelers It's becoming the essential competitive edge: the ability to hopscotch the globe, switching countries, cultures, and languages as easily as the rest of us change clothes. Meet some folks who are really living the borderless life.
Fast Company August 2004 Scott Kirsner	Time Zone] Travelers: Barcelona Atos Origin's team in Barcelona, Spain, will end up closest to the action -- at the Olympics themselves. They also work where projects begin... and end.
BusinessWeek August 2, 2004 Arnst & Einhorn	Why Business Should Make AIDS Its Business Some multinational companies are taking baby steps to control the AIDS in their workforce, but more needs to be done.
BusinessWeek July 26, 2004 Manjeet Kripalani	Ratan Tata: No One's Doubting Now The Tata group has interests from autos and steel to software and telecom and is prospering as India's economy booms. Ratan Tata has transformed Tata group from an overgrown conglomerate into an agile global force.
IndustryWeek August 1, 2004 David Drickhamer	IW 500: The Economy's Global Powerplant The U.S.' largest manufacturers capitalize on market opportunities abroad and at home.
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