Monthly Archives: December 2011

“It has been a boom rather than a bane,” says Saurabh Gupta, vice president at Everest Group, when asked of the impact the economic crisis has had on the procurement outsourcing market. And that sentiment is likely to hold as we move into another year …

“It has been a boom rather than a bane,” says Saurabh Gupta, vice president at Everest Group, when asked of the impact the economic crisis has had on the procurement outsourcing market. And that sentiment is likely to hold as we move into another year …

Generic drugmakers are planning to create an advance warning system for medicines that are in short supply, the head of the US generic industry’s trade group said on Thursday.

Pegatron, a Chinese supplier to Apple, has reported an explosion at one of its subsidiary’s plants in Shanghai over the weekend, injuring 61 workers.

High oil prices, European recession and a struggling US economy, together with slower growth in China will lead to a global growth “malaise” in 2012, economic experts have warned.

Sustainability information will be considered “vital” in advancing business models in industries in 2012, according to industry analysts.