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India Fears Impact of Bid to Curb Jobs Exports

June 4, 2003
Following the lead of many other American and British firms, the British insurance company, Prudential, is planning to export jobs from the UK to India. Outsourcing to low-cost offshore centers is saving companies billions of dollars a year, since it allows them to set up shop where labor is...

Iraq Deal With US to End Immunity for Foreign Contractors

June 18, 2008
With a new security agreement being negotiated between the US and Iraq, the two countries tussle over control. Some Iraqi analysts criticize the overall agreement as a signal that the US plans long-term occupation of the country. But others note that a new policy, no longer extending immunity to...

Too Much Globalization, Or Not Enough?

January 5, 2007
Immigrants contributed to more than 25 percent of new engineering and technology start-up firms in the US between 1995 and 2005, according to a study from Duke University’s Master of Engineering Management Program and the School of Information, University of California, Berkeley. Companies started...

Terror Attacks Cannot Save Islam's “Honor”

January 13, 2015
Terror attacks in Europe and exaggerated threats on social media are not acts of courage or faith. “More important, terrorism is unlikely to dissuade anyone so inclined to refrain from insulting Islam, its prophet or Muslims,” writes Husain Haqqani, former Pakistan envoy to the United States, for...

Hundreds Rally in Aceh Gasfield to Demand Extension of Contracts

June 25, 2003
Residents of Indonesia's Aceh province now fear unemployment in the midst of war and military rule. Oil giant ExxonMobil, which employs about 3000 people in the rebel province, announced that it will not be renewing contracts with up to 1200 workers "due to declining gas production and...

Half of EU Members “Oppose China Solar Tariffs”

May 28, 2013
The EU, as China’s biggest trade partner, is divided over imposing tariffs on Chinese solar panels. The UK and Germany, along with other EU member states, are at odds with pro-tariff France and Italy. Tariff supporters argue that Chinese-made solar panels are being sold below cost in Europe, also...

At Least 7 Nations Tied To Pakistani Nuclear Ring

February 7, 2004
US and Pakistani intelligence officials recently denounced the founder of Pakistan's nuclear program Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan for illegally trading nuclear technology to other nations. After Dr. Khan's confession, officials now find themselves confronted with the terrible realizations this...

Truly a World Wide Web

February 24, 2006
As modernization of the world accelerates, access to computers and the internet are also increasing. A recent Pew Global Attitudes poll reveals more people using computers and spending time online than in 2002. Some of the poll’s specifics are surprising: For example, in many countries, new...
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