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BusinessWeek on Outsourcing

Posted by michael on from the learning-hindi dept.

hotsauce writes "BusinessWeek has a couple of stories on the outsourcing of white collar jobs to India. One is a cover story on GE's fundamental research lab in Bangalore where scientists work on everything from the aerodynamics of turbines to plastics' molecular structure. The other is commentary on "America's worst-kept secret", and the effects of the upcoming elections on it."

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  1. But how? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I need to figure out a way to outsource my unemployment.

  2. Refuse to talk to them? by MrSoccerMom · · Score: 3, Funny

    So will it do any good, after you've been laid off and the bill collectors start calling from India, to refuse to talk to anyone with an Indian accent? ;-)

  3. Re:India Colonizes Cyberspace while US colonizes I by leoaugust · · Score: 3, Funny

    Guess who is going to have more benefits in the long run ?

    Really ? In the Long Run? Economist John Maynard Keynes said In the long run ... we are all dead.

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    To see a world in a grain of sand, and then to step back and see the beach where the sand lies ...