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Global Services August 30, 2007 Adyasha Sinha	Offshoring to Cairo Egypt is targeting a $1.1 billion growth in the outsourcing industry by 2010. And it is depending on Cairo to help it get there. Serving as the country's main hub of IT and BPO services, Cairo is also home to companies like Alcatel, Ericsson, Microsoft and Vodafone.
Global Services August 30, 2007 Sufia Tippoo	Retail IT While larger retailers such as Target and Tesco have set up captive IT centers, others such as Carrefour, JC Penny, Marks & Spencers, Office Depot and Selfridges have been in the outsourcing mode to third-party service providers.
Global Services August 29, 2007 Deborah Kops	It's Greek to Me One company's multitower contract is another's bundled deal. Are process and functional outsourcing synonymous? Whats the difference between shared services and captives? Why can't the industry use the same terminology?
Global Services August 29, 2007	Overcoming the Dollar's Demise During the first half of 2007, the Indian rupee appreciated more against the U.S. dollar than it has in over a decade. The change in valuation is impacting both the IT and BPO providers with billions in exports and corporations with captive units in the country.
Global Services August 28, 2007 Amrita Singh	The Leap OF LPOs The Borat case is being handled out of a little-known city in South India. So is legal research for Al Pacino's next film. These are the signs that Legal Process Offshoring is beginning to mature and go beyond just tedious transcriptions and basic research.
Global Services August 27, 2007 Imrana Khan	LatAm Co. Acquires Chinese One The IT and business-process services provider Softtek has built a virtual bridge across the Pacific, connecting Latin America with China by acquiring Chinese IT service provider I.T. United.
Global Services August 27, 2007 Rinku Tyagi	The World is Far from Flat The world is far from flat. And, we have just begun to see the impact of globalization. Outsourcing will be the greatest economic leveling force in mankind's existence.
BusinessWeek September 10, 2007 Kerry Sulkowicz	Straight Talk At Review Time How do you learn the art of delivering constructive criticism to employees?
BusinessWeek September 10, 2007	It's Not Business' Business Robert B. Reich says his fellow liberals are barking up the wrong tree in urging companies to be do-gooders.
BusinessWeek September 10, 2007 Michelle Conlin	Q&A with Microsoft's Lisa Brummel Microsoft's HR chief Lisa Brummel is introducing innovative office designs that allow employees to reconfigure their workspaces for the task at hand.
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