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Sharing the load

Ernst & Young recently published a feature article on the efficiency of shared services where Andrew Kris, Founding Partner of Borderless Executive Search, was asked to share his thoughts on the topic.

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Life Sciences

Even some domestic firms rail at India's price control plan

India's plan to again put price controls on the majority of the drugs in the country has become a flash point for companies there as well as Western drugmakers.

Process Industries

Analysis: New facilities spotlight next-generation biofuels

(Reuters) - After a decade of promise, advanced biofuels makers are entering a crucial make-or-break period with the first of a new generation of production facilities about to come on line.

Food Processing

DSM buys Canadian dietary supplements firm

(Reuters) - Dutch food and chemicals group DSM said on Friday it was buying Ocean Nutrition Canada, which makes ingredients for dietary supplements, in an all-cash deal for about 420 million euros ($534 million), including debt.

Environmental Technologies

APIC: Green technologies could reshape petrochemicals industry, transform image

(Platts) - The petrochemicals industry would benefit from positioning itself as providing greener products for plastics from renewable feedstocks and being viewed as more environmentally responsible, several speakers at the APIC industry gathering said Friday.

Business Transformation

Rupee volatility a concern for IT-BPO industry: Nasscom

Weakening rupee may bring cheer for exporters including Indian software services firms like TCS and Infosys, but industry body Nasscom seems concerned with the currency volatility saying it hinders the planning process for the USD 100-billion IT-BPO industry.