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"Outsourcing" is to this election year what "downsizing" was to 1996.(The Week)(Brief Article)
* "Outsourcing" is to this election year what "downsizing" was to 1996. Then as now, the economy had substantial underlying strength. But news reports at the start of the year were dominated by the theme that brutal competition was endangering the jobs of a new class of American workers: middle managers then, white-collar professionals now. Then as now, not many people were actually affected by the alleged trend. But John Kerry has bought this year's storyline, and proposed a corporate-tax plan designed entirely to show that he would "do something" about outsourcing. What he would do is raise taxes on American companies' overseas earnings, or at least some ...
- Kerry, Edwards make outsourcing major issue in election year.
- News wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. February 19, 2004 700+ words
...outsourcing of jobs to countries like India a major issue in the election year. Both see in outsourcing of White Collar jobs and offshoring...protect these (US) jobs." Economists point out that American companies will lose their shirts to foreign competitors if they do...
- Outsourced Technology Workers Find Voice, Listeners in Election Year.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News February 13, 2004 700+ words
...having little impact on the political debate. Funny what an election year can do. With the job market still lagging and the presidential...wisdom of outsourcing lies in its ability to cut costs for American companies while providing economic opportunity for developing countries...
- Machismo trumps issues this election year.(St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Horrigan, Kevin September 15, 2004 700+ words
...example, having scored big in the primaries with a line about "Benedict Arnold CEOs" who move the headquarters of American companies overseas to avoid taxes, he apologized and blamed the line on "overzealous speechwriters." He should have...
- Machismo trumps issues this election year.
- Newspaper article from: St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO) September 14, 2004 700+ words
...example, having scored big in the primaries with a line about "Benedict Arnold CEOs" who move the headquarters of American companies overseas to avoid taxes, he apologized and blamed the line on "overzealous speechwriters." He should have...
- The great trade debate: some perspective amid the election-year demagoguery.
- Magazine article from: The American (Washington, DC) May 1, 2008 700+ words
...School of Business, and Peter K. Schott of the Yale School of Management, which examines "globally engaged" American companies that trade goods. "We find that trading firms increase employment more rapidly than non-trading firms between...
- A watershed year. (Outlook '84)
- Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report Barnett, David January 2, 1984 700+ words
...Congress facing off in an atmosphere of election-year wrangling. Bitter debates are likely...sharply higher anytime soon. Profits of American companies will continue to rise, and the election-year stock market is expected to hit a new...
- WORLDWIDE ACQUISITIONS JUMP 30 PERCENT IN 1992: U.S. INVESTORS EMERGE AS MOST...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 11, 1993 700+ words
...Lenz Neuhauser, KPMG Peat Marwick M&A partner in Chicago. "Instead, during this election year, cross-border sales of American companies dropped from $19.7 billion in 422 deals in 1991 to $9.7 billion in 282 deals in 1992...
- Pre-election Year Best of the Four-Year Political Cycle.
- Newspaper article from: Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX) February 4, 2004 700+ words
...Bill Deener Feb. 4--It's an election year, so the stock market should do well...Research. The third year, or the pre-election year, is far and away the best year of...average of 19.4 percent in the pre-election year, or more than double the election...
Source: HighBeam Research, "Outsourcing" is to this election year what "downsizing" was to...