Steeds meer bedrijven halen hun productie terug naar Nederland. Dat schrijft het Financieele Dagblad vandaag. De afgelopen jaren stegen de personeelskosten in lagelonenlanden en daarnaast is, door de opgelopen olieprijs, sprake van hogere transportkosten. In Nederland kunnen werkgevers ook gebruik maken van werknemers uit de sociale werkvoorziening. Gemeenten hebben daarvoor loonkostensubsidie beschikbaar en dat maakt het […]
August 2013
A Toi Moko or mummified head currently held in Warrington Museum, and said to be that of “a South Sea island chief”, is to be sent back to New Zealand, the council has announced today. The head, which was brought to Britain in the 1840s, has been kept in Warrington Museum since 1843. Janice Hayes, […]
Steeds meer Nederlandse bedrijven halen hun productiewerkzaamheden weg uit ‘lagelonenlanden’. De loonkosten in die landen, waar veel bedrijven hun productie in de jaren negentig naartoe verhuisden, zijn te hoog geworden. Dat meldt Het Financieele Dagblad maandag. Directe […]
Wage and consumption levels are rising in the developing economies of Asia, including China. This is opening up an enormous market to UK machine builders and automation engineers who can help them keep production costs down. At a recent UK Machine Builder conference, hosted by Mitsubishi Electric, strategies for entering Asia and China and […]
BACK PAGE GUEST COLUMNIST By AYO TERIBA From 19 states in 1980, the next two decades were to see the creation of 17 additional states (two in 1987, nine and the FCT in 1990, and six more in 1996) to arrive at the present 36 states and FCT in six geo-political zones or regions. The […]
Brookings Doha director Salman Skaikh. (Asharq Al-Awsat) London, Asharq Al-Awsat—All eyes are turned to Egypt at a time of extreme tension and instability in the country. But there remains much confusion surrounding what exactly happened when former president Mohamed Mursi was removed from his post and where the country can go from here. Beyond the […]
In a rude jolt to Indian business process management companies (BPM or BPO), a bipartisan group of six US lawmakers on Friday introduced a legislation in the Congress to tighten the rules for American companies that outsource call centres overseas. The US Call Center and Consumer Protection Act of 2013 requires overseas call […]
President Obama’s proposal of a “grand bargain” linking a cut in corporate taxes with new federal spending on infrastructure and job creation got the brush-off from GOP leaders in Congress last week. That used to be called cutting off your nose to spite your face. Reducing corporate taxes has been a longtime Republican goal, but […]
In the name of helping the middle class, President Barack Obama this week proposed slashing corporate tax rates from 35 percent to 25 percent for manufacturers and to 28 percent for all others — provided, that is, that any tax windfall from his plan be spent on government. The anticipated one-time tax windfall would come […]
West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. (WST) Q2 2013 Earnings Conference Call August 1, 2013 9:00 AM ET Operator A very good day to you ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the West Pharmaceutical Services Second Quarter 2013 conference call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. This call is being recorded on behalf of […]
