Return of outsourced jobs not good for US: Obama

October 5th, 2009 Correction: Good Jobs Unfilled storyIn an Oct. 4 story about good jobs going unfilled, The Associated Press reported erroneously the number of jobs the Labor Department says have been lost since the recession began in December 2007.

September 20th, 2009 Obama not yet prepared to declare recession overWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama isn't ready to close the book on the recession. Only last week Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the worst recession since the 1930s was probably over.

August 28th, 2009 White House not ready to commit to Vineyard returnOAK BLUFFS, Mass. — President Barack Obama hasn't even finished his Martha's Vineyard vacation and already he's being asked whether he'll come back next year.

August 7th, 2009 White House calls job report good news for economyWASHINGTON — The Obama White House is applauding an encouraging jobs report as evidence the country has retreated from the brink of depression. Presidential spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters Friday there remains plenty of work to do despite the latest government report showing that unemployment went down from 9.6 percent to 9.4 percent in July.

July 23rd, 2009 Obama: Hiring will be among last things to improveWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says economic steps by his administration have saved jobs and created new ones. But he says new hiring is among the last things to improve during an economic recovery.

July 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US economy shed a surprising 467,000 jobs in June and the jobless rate climbed to 9.5 percent, in what President Barack Obama called a "sobering" sign that the country's deep recession is far from over. The Labour Department's report sent US stocks plummeting more than 2 percent.

June 8th, 2009 Obama promises more than 600,000 stimulus jobsWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says the United States remains in a deep recession that will take considerable time to escape. Obama met at the White House with his top administration officials on Monday to hear an update on his $787 billion spending plan.

May 11th, 2009 US defends stimulus despite inequity for neediestWASHINGTON — The Obama administration is defending its transportation stimulus plan, saying it is solid even though the neediest communities are least likely to benefit. An Associated Press analysis of more than 5,500 transportation projects revealed that the jobs are being steered toward counties with lower unemployment.

May 7th, 2009 CHENNAI - Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani Thursday accused the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government of having 'outsourced' foreign relations to the Left parties and 'helped' the growth of Maoists in Nepal.

May 5th, 2009 BANGALORE - Indian IT professionals Tuesday slammed President Barack Obama's move to end tax incentives for US companies that ship jobs to countries like India, saying it will neither benefit the US nor its corporate sector. 'Obama's latest move was expected, but unwelcome at a time when Bangalore's IT and BPO sectors are already reeling under the global economic meltdown,' said Padma Nair, 26, an IT-professional working for a Bangalore-based American company.

April 17th, 2009 NEW YORK - After protests against Indian steel and a right-wing radio show host calling Indians 'slumdogs' for doing outsourced American jobs, India's rise could be a factor in triggering radical violence in the US, warns an intelligence report. Prepared by the Department of Homeland Security, the report says that Barack Obama's election as the first black president, rising unemployment because of the economic crisis, and resentment against rising India and China could revive right-wing radical extremism in the US.

April 14th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Controversial American talk show host Rush Limbaugh, who fashions himself as the new 'face' of the US Republican Party, has raised another storm by calling workers handling outsourced jobs in India as 'slumdogs'. Limbaugh, who has been accused of making insensitive remarks from women to disabled to homosexuals, hurled the epithet picked up from the Danny Boyle's smash-hit film 'Slumdog Millionaire' at a discussion last week on outsourcing of jobs from America.

February 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The global meltdown has forced about 20,000 Indians to return home after losing jobs abroad, the government said Thursday. According to Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi, there are reports which indicate that between 16,000 to 20,000 Indians have come back to India after the economic slowdown forced companies across the world to downsize.

February 23rd, 2009 CHANDIGARH - A host of auxiliary services of the Haryana government, such as cleaning, gardening, courier work, transport and communications, will be up for grabs for private players. The state government has modified its policy to allow its departments to outsource supporting services, state government officials said here Monday.

February 1st, 2009 KOLKATA - Tata Tea Ltd will outsource manufacturing of Good Earth, its herbal tea brand in the US, to an existing joint venture in that country to save 'over $1 million' (about Rs.5 crore) annually, a top company official said here Monday. 'We have decided to opt for an outsourced model within the US as the yearly savings that would accrue to us would be anything over $1 million,' Tata Tea managing director Percy Siganporia told reporters at a press conference.