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from http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/Indian+businesses+protest+visa+hike/3401019/story.html on September 21, 2010.
Annotation: IT professionals in India are angry about a new U.S. law which is intended to strengthen security, but India sees it as a harmful thing as it costs them more money to send workers and resources to the U.S.

Kabler, P. (2010, August 31). Union tries to block IT job outsourcing. McClatchy - Tribune Business News. Retrieved from http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2010/08/31/4982396.htm on September 30, 2010.
Annotation: Members of a state public employees union are protesting the government outsourcing IT jobs due to many legal issues. They believe it is fine for a private company to outsource jobs, but not the government, where you are “accountable to taxpayers”. According to one senator, outsourcing is a premature rumor, and one of many options

Lison, J. (2010, September 13). NTT Data seeks aggressive India ramp-up. McClatchy - Tribune Business News. Retrieved from http://www.tradingmarkets.com/news/stock-alert/itig_ntt-data-seeks-aggressive-india-ramp-up-1163556.html on September 21, 2010.
Annotation: NTT, a large IT corporation is looking to hire more employees in India. IBM currently has 100,000 employees in the country, and other IT companies like Accenture have many employees in India as well. NTT’s profit margin is lower than that of Accenture and IBM. More employees in India will help maximize and increase their profit margin. Annotation:

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Annotation: Pros and cons of outsourcing, specifically relating to IT firms, is discussed. The author of the article owns an IT firm and outsources various parts of his company to India. There are both pros and cons, but the pros outweigh the cons when outsourcing is done right.