News tagged with outsourcing firm

India's TCS shares surge on upbeat earnings

Shares in India's biggest outsourcing firm Tata Consultancy Services jumped more than 10 percent in early trade on Tuesday after it reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings.

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India's TCS quarterly profit leaps 23%

India's biggest outsourcing firm TCS reported Monday net profit jumped 23 percent in the three months to March, beating market forecasts as US and European customers boosted orders.

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India's Infosys shares fall on US probe worries

Shares in Infosys, India's second-largest outsourcing firm, fell four percent in Mumbai on Monday after the firm revealed that US authorities were probing alleged irregularities in its business visas.

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Indian outsourcers 'employ 100,000 in US'

India's IT outsourcing sector has nearly doubled the number of jobs it has created in the US in the last five years and now employs more than 100,000 people, an industry group said on Friday.

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created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 2

India's IT giant TCS slumps despite profit boost

Shares in India's biggest outsourcing firm TCS slid as much as 5.1 percent Wednesday amid investor concern about the outlook for a sector dependent on demand from crises-hit Europe and the United States.

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Rise of outsourcing poses new cybersecurity problems

Big banks, hospitals and insurance companies worry about computer security because they handle so much personal information.

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created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Study: Outsourcing hurts consumers by softening competition among firms

Firms that outsource aspects of their business to a foreign country may profit by saving money, but the practice tends to soften the competition among industry rivals, exacting a hidden cost on consumers, says new research ...

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created Jan 10, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Amazon.com to hire thousands to fill orders

(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. said Friday it is hiring more than 15,500 people to fill temporary holiday jobs at shipping centers around the country, more than it hired last year.

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Court hears India's 'biggest corporate fraud' case

The disgraced founder of Indian outsourcing giant Satyam appeared in court Tuesday in a billion-dollar corporate fraud case dubbed "India's Enron".

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created Nov 02, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1