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NEW YORK - More than 150 corporate executives, many paying $1,400 a head, listened intently for tips on how to move jobs overseas effectively. Outside, on a frigid Manhattan sidewalk, a group of fewer than 20 spirited demonstrators protested the "offshore outsourcing" conference that opened Wednesday.
With the loss of jobs to other countries once again being thrust into the spotlight by a presidential campaign, the newer trend of moving white-collar positions overseas has grown so controversial that attendees from major corporations such as Microsoft Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc. declined to discuss the conference.See the full content of this document
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Firms Show More Interest in Shipping Jobs Abroad
One speaker unexpectedly decided to bar the press from his presentation. His topic: Is offshore outsourcing unpatriotic?
"I'd prefer not to comment," the speaker, Jeffrey C...See the full content of this document
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