http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_obama-visit-outsourcing-visa-fee-on-menu_1462444
Warning: reading the second to the last paragraph, will make you violently ill, due to the cost(taxpayers) of a clause.
India will be on a mission to persuade Barack Obama to change his anti-outsourcing stand during the US president’s visit to India starting this weekend. The hike in visa fees will, as a consequence, be discussed.
Regional terrorism will also be on the talks table. The Obama administration had increased visa fees for outsourcing-oriented US firms on the plea that they were bringing in thousands of Indians to replace local workers.
The US government’s decision to increase fees by at least $2,000 on certain types of H1B visas mainly used by Indian IT professionals has been an issue of concern for India
The US is not happy with a clause in the nuclear civil liability law that makes suppliers and operators liable for paying up for accidents.
According to Rao, representatives of the department of atomic energy and the nuclear power corporation of India will meet US nuclear energy companies to address their.
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Food Stamps Create Jobs… in India
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=7452561
It kinda makes ya sick don't it?
The banks just takin and makin...
Off "Our" country
Michele Brown has seen Americans' struggles with jobs first hand. She lives in hard-hit Florida, spent 20 years in the real estate business and recently had her days as a nanny cut back after her boss had his own hours reduced.
Several states with high unemployment rates are outsourcing their food stamp services to call centers in India, angering many residents. Michele Brown learned about Florida's outsourcing when she called regarding a problem with her benefits.
(ABC News Photo Illustration)But nothing prepared her for what happened one day when she called a toll-free line to inquire about her food stamps.
"The woman who answered the phone -- it's not like she wasn't nice or anything -- but it was kind of evident that she wasn't in the States," Brown said.
It turns out the woman was at a JP Morgan Chase call center in India.
"That really put me over the edge," said Brown, 52, of Jupiter, Fla. "It's not right because we need the work here. People are in a bad way here."
It kinda makes ya sick don't it?
The banks just takin and makin...
Off "Our" country
Michele Brown has seen Americans' struggles with jobs first hand. She lives in hard-hit Florida, spent 20 years in the real estate business and recently had her days as a nanny cut back after her boss had his own hours reduced.
Several states with high unemployment rates are outsourcing their food stamp services to call centers in India, angering many residents. Michele Brown learned about Florida's outsourcing when she called regarding a problem with her benefits.
(ABC News Photo Illustration)But nothing prepared her for what happened one day when she called a toll-free line to inquire about her food stamps.
"The woman who answered the phone -- it's not like she wasn't nice or anything -- but it was kind of evident that she wasn't in the States," Brown said.
It turns out the woman was at a JP Morgan Chase call center in India.
"That really put me over the edge," said Brown, 52, of Jupiter, Fla. "It's not right because we need the work here. People are in a bad way here."
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