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		<title>Drugs &amp; Big Pharma, Revisited</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve mentioned before  (HERE) about third world countries breaking drug patents in order to reproduce treatments at lower cost for delivery to their citizens. India and Brazil lead the way in these fields. Often, the large drug companies remonstrated claiming such practices attack the very processes that came up with the new treatments, namely, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Piss Off the Chinese</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you who keep abreast of current affairs, you&#8217;ll remember the big brouhaha about poisonous pet-food, toxic children&#8217;s toys, and all manner of lethal goods being imported from China. Since China probably manufactures about 98% of all goods available in the States (or anywhere else in the world for that matter), it seems [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Consequence of Professional Consumers</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[To be more specific, the title should read, &#8220;Outsourcing; The Consequence of Professional Consumers&#8221; but it felt a bit long-winded.  Anyway, the question of outsourcing never seems to leave the front page.  Indian news media generally opines on its positive influence on the Indian and World economies whereas  US media is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outsourcing in 2050</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Dec 2006 22:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A little something Papa 5cents sent me from the sub continent.
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Imagine&#8230;.
It is 2050 and call centres are opening all over the West, as the new economic power India outsources work to the countries where many jobs originated.  Millions of Americans, still struggling to adapt to a global economy, are willing to accept jobs that [...]]]></description>
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