Archive for November, 2009

Food security risk: USA most stable, but India is “high risk”

WBS ::
Analysing the risk of food security across 148 countries, the index found that the USA has the most stable food supplies according to the Food Security Risk Index. India meanwhile, ranks 25 and is rated “high risk” due to unsustainable water use and an expanding population. Angola is at extreme risk, along with [...]


The Global Innovation Migration to Low-cost Engineering

 - BusinessWeek
American companies are also moving major portions of their operations abroad. IBM employs nearly 100,000 workers in India, HP has 26,000, Microsoft (MSFT) has 5,500, and Cisco (CSCO) has 5,000. Pfizer employs 4,000 in China and 2,300 in India. These companies are developing some of their most sophisticated products abroad, often to target the [...]