Wednesday, October 06, 2010

U.S. jobs continue to flow overseas

The L.A. Times reports:
Though some American firms are bringing overseas work back home, evidence is growing that companies are moving more jobs than ever to China and other countries — a trend that could exacerbate efforts to bring down the nation's stubbornly high unemployment rate.
At least Allstate likes Texas for a call center to Barack Obama's Illinois:
Allstate Insurance Co., which in June opened a $12-million call center in San Antonio, where the company expects to have 600 employees by year's end.