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Cornyn illustrates U.S. health policy divide

Cornyn illustrates U.S. health policy divideThere He Goes AgainCornyn is my senator and I'm always writing to him to debunk the statements he makes. Cornyn is classic Marketing 101 -- all talk, no listen.Voting our economic interestYour economic interest is ALWAYS less government, more free enterprise. Regardless of your current...

Tags: Government, Lou Dobbs, middle class, Cornyn

Discussion threads 2008-08-15

GE CEO Jeff Immelt: India, globalization and the economics of scarcity

GE CEO Jeff Immelt: India, globalization and the economics of scarcityAnd will America be addressed? Or are we left to rot?I've dealt with some Indians and they seem no better than the rest of us.It's also because their cost of living allows $10/hr jobs to be goldmines, when the...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, General Electric Co., job, American-born worker, Jeff Immelt, globalization, Lou Dobbs

Discussion threads 2007-07-06

Lou Dobbs and illegal immigration

Lou Dobbs and illegal immigrationLou Dobbs and Immigration.Whist I agree that the current illegal imigrant population cannot and should not be "sent back" I do believe that they should be "legitimized" as soon as possible. Back to the techy side. I am aware of numerous individuals from other countries working...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, congress/President, Lou Dobbs, H1B Visas, voter

Discussion threads 2007-05-03

Additional Resources

Sun faces H-1B visa probe

Many points to make, but here is 1 quick point...Well before the current "economic slump", many U.S. citizens were Vocal, taking a stance against the H-1B visa program and the growing "offshoring" process. It's not just because of the economic downturn.. There are real problems with the H-1B program (and...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., H-1B, H-1B visa

Discussion threads 2009-09-14

Can the media harm the economy?

Can the media harm the economy?Consider this/KPKClearly, reporting in the media tends to amplify consumer and business psychology. Much of media, especially in my opinion cable news, has devolved into drama commentary rather than factual, impassioned reporting. Those who develop and deliver the "news" are chosen less for journalistic brilliance...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, media

Discussion threads 2009-02-06

Google trying to take privacy seriously

Google trying to take privacy seriouslyRE: Google trying to take privacy seriouslyThe whole thing is a legal can of worms which I did not see American judges opening. I hope this will be overturned for it has very serious implications all over the world.While the state may potentially be the...

Tags: SECURITY, Google Inc., privacy

Discussion threads 2008-07-05

Microsoft Q2 earnings and outlook are up, up and away

Microsoft Q2 earnings and outlook are up, up and awaySame old story"Results in the prior year were impacted by the deferral of $1.64 billion of revenue and operating income and $0.11 of diluted earnings per share from the second to the third quarter of fiscal 2007, due primarily to technology...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Financial accounting, Operational accounting, paragraph, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Q2 earning, Microsoft Q2

Discussion threads 2008-01-24

Attracting high-skilled immigrants

I don't have to belabor the point with ZDNet readers that high-skill workers are fairly essential to the health of the American economy. It shouldn't really matter, however, where those high-skilled workers were accidentally born. I chose that description on purpose, as it is my firm belief that birthright is...

Tags: Barrier, Card, America, Nation, Europe, Worker, John Carroll

Blog posts 2007-11-08

Lou Dobbs and illegal immigration

This is a technology blog where Im supposed to discuss technology topics. On occasion, I dive into economic issues that relate to technology, such as antitrust, or more relevant in the case of this blog, outsourcing and skilled immigration through the H-1B visa program. Illegal immigration from Mexico and H-1B...

Tags: Outsourcing, General, Economic Policy

Blog posts 2007-05-03

Google does right by users? Not when it counts

Google does right by users? Not when it countsIs this an ad for your other blog posts?Is this an ad for your other blog posts about privacy?Besides, [url=http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/12/1610253&from=rss]google has stored every search query ever made in their search engine through the cookie[/url], now it's just linked to your account.Honestly...Do you...

Tags: Blogging, Google Inc., blog post

Discussion threads 2007-04-26

H-1B limits, outsourcing and Rome

The H-1B visa limit for 2008 has been reached, and it managed this feat in one day. In fact, the US Citizenship and Immigration Service received 150,000 applications as of Monday afternoon, even though they are only allowed to issue 65,000 visas (plus 20,000 more for individuals with Masters degrees)....

Tags: Outsourcing, General, Economic Policy

Blog posts 2007-04-05

Rush for H-1B visas under way

Rush for H-1B visas under wayEnough job loss alreadyThis country has been gutted of any manufacturing, off-shoring of IT jobs the ones to replace Manufacturing has been going on for quite sometime.The service economy will implode on itself there is no way this country can stay afloat in debt producing...

Tags: H-1B worker, U.S. Department of Labor, Global Economy, H-1B, H-1B visa, tax

Discussion threads 2007-04-03

Rodney Dangerfield & IT Services: The Invisible Third Choice

In the 90s, a reporter at the Wall Street Journal once dubbed me, “The Queen of Outsourcing.”  The outsourcing market has changed quite a bit since then.  Today with outsourcing’s reputation under fire by American workers and, well, Lou Dobbs, I’m not sure I’d want that title again. Yet, when...

Tags: outsourcing, General IT Services, HRO, F&, A Outsourcing, Systems Integration, IT Consulting, Management Consulting, Applications Development, Applications Maintenance, IT Outsourcing, Interactive Agency, Web Services, SaaS, Offshoring

Blog posts 2006-11-01

Strike hits Indian tech hub

Strike hits Indian tech hubthat's weird"Bangalore shut down for two days in April as people rioted following the death of film icon Rajkumar, leaving eight people dead. Software firms lost $40 million in revenue. "If some movie star dies in U.S. would it spark riots in L.A.?yet another reasonNot to...

Tags: outsourcing, Indian Tech, movie star, AMERICAN SUPERVISOR, outsource, movie

Discussion threads 2006-10-04

'Made in India' phones set to tap global markets

'Made in India' phones set to tap global marketsWow, India can do more than outsource!Seriously, that one sided business model needed to change. There's a only a finite need for programmers. India has lots of people that could easily compete with China in manufacturing. Why has it...

Tags: Branding, phone, WTF, brand

Discussion threads 2006-05-26

Immigrants stand up to be counted

Immigrants stand up to be countedThese are Illegal Aliens, not ImmigrantsImmigrant: one who goes through our Legal process of becoming a U.S. Citizen, as controlled by our Laws.I urge everyone to boycott all businesses that closed in support of Illegal Aliens.You Forgot The ILLEGAL partIt is not immigrants but ILLEGAL...

Tags: immigrant, Illegal Aliens

Discussion threads 2006-05-01

Hypergrowth: Tata Consultancy Services

While I was at Software 2006, I spent a half an hour with Tata Consultancy Services, CEO S. Ramadorai, who has spent 34 years with the Mumbai-based company. Contrary to popular perceptions and Lou Dobbs, Ramadorai said that the linkage between TCS, technology providers and customers is more than just...

Tags: Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.

Blog posts 2006-04-18

Hysteria over State buy of Lenovo PCs a 'drive-by smearing'

A few weeks back we wrote about a Beltway Brouhaha over the State Dept.'s purchase of 15,000 Lenovo PCs. The problem critics had was that Lenovo is Chinese and they imagined that all kinds of digital moles would be installed in top-secret US locations in DC and around the...

Tags: Lenovo Group Ltd.

Blog posts 2006-04-12

U.K. backpackers heed call of India firms

U.K. backpackers heed call of India firmsthe brits went nuts[The travelers can earn from $250 per month at entry level to $900 ]Dude, that's very enticeing!The Americans are lining to get these great jobs too.ZDNet has become like CNN's Lou Dobbs...This forum and ZDNet News articles have become as xenophobic...

Tags: Corporate governance, Remember IT

Discussion threads 2005-04-28

Outsourcing backlash replaced with indifference

Outsourcing backlash replaced with indifferenceOutsourcing BacklashNo Backlash? True as that may seem perhaps you should investigate the problem more. Why did IBM sell off its personal computer lines to a Chinese company that they have a 17% interest in? IBM must think that they have the holy...

Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., outsourcing, job, American Worker, Chinese company, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-03-03