Firms Use Nurses in Call Centers to Stop 'Sickies' (Reuters)

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Firms employ nurses to stop "sickies"
(Reuters)

Firms employ nurses to stop "sickies"
(Reuters) 06/25/2004 10:33 AM
Reuters - Employees planning a sickie might think twice if they have to explain themselves to a nurse, according to a management firm.

Call for Parkinson's nurses boost

Call for Parkinson's nurses boost 04/17/2004 07:20 PM
Campaigners are demanding more funding for specialist nurses who care for people with Parkinson's disease.

U.S. Call Centers Declining

U.S. Call Centers Declining 08/28/2004 07:49 AM
Techzonez Aug 28 2004 11:27AM GMT

Call Centers Ride Out Disaster

Call Centers Ride Out Disaster 01/04/2005 06:25 AM
Some U.S. customer support lines outsourced to India experienced a brief failure in service following the deadly Asian tsunami, but economists say U.S. companies won't have to move their call centers. By Elisa Batista.

US Call Centers Move to Canada

US Call Centers Move to Canada 08/27/2004 03:48 PM
theWHIR Aug 27 2004 7:59PM GMT

Offshoring an inappropriate choice for
call centers

Offshoring an inappropriate choice for
call centers 04/01/2005 06:28 AM
A few weeks ago, I discussed some of the things to think about when considering outsourcing - specifically offshoring. I noted that, among other things, language and culture barriers were an issue you definitely needed to take into consideration.

911 Call Centers Won't Be Ready For E911
Deadline

911 Call Centers Won't Be Ready For E911
Deadline 02/10/2004 04:48 AM
Last year we had a story about how the money that NY was supposedly collecting for E911 service (so police have the ability to locate mobile phone callers), was instead put into "dry cleaning bills, ballpoint pens, travel, car leases, grounds maintenance for precincts and winter boots." In response to this revelation, a bill was introduced in Congress to give more money to governments that don't divert the funds. You read that right, the plan to save the system was to give more money to governments that actually do what they're supposed to - rather than throwing away money on other things. So, is it really any surprise to find out now that a new study shows that 50% of all 911 emergency call centers won't be ready in time for the deadline? Apparently, they need more money. Perhaps if they hadn't squandered the money specifically earmarked for this purpose there wouldn't be a problem. It sounds like many of the call centers haven't even started the process of getting ready, despite knowing about the deadline for many years. The wireless carriers have fulfilled their end of the bargain and should all be ready when the December 31, 2005 deadline hits. It's just the local governments that have been ignoring the mandate in favor of spending money elsewhere. In the meantime, don't be surprised if the E911 fees on your mobile phone bill go up as the local governments need to make back all the money that went into those boots and ballpoint pens. Hope those new boots are comfy and the ballpoint pens write smoothly.

I.B.M. Plans to Buy an Indian Owner of
Call Centers

I.B.M. Plans to Buy an Indian Owner of
Call Centers 04/09/2004 04:03 PM
I.B.M. said it would acquire Daksh eServices, the third-largest outsourcing company in India with call centers providing technical support and customer care services.

Offshoring threat downplayed for UK call
centers

Offshoring threat downplayed for UK call
centers 08/05/2004 12:41 PM
As in the United States, many in the tech sector are tuned to the trend of moving jobs overseas.

Ecommerce Vendor Adopts VOIP for Call
Centers

Ecommerce Vendor Adopts VOIP for Call
Centers 04/03/2005 07:39 PM
Turk.Internet.com Apr 3 2005 10:11PM GMT

Indian call centers: cracks begin to
show

Indian call centers: cracks begin to
show 10/30/2003 07:07 AM
High rate of attrition

Workers at Indian call centers are
learning how to fake being American to
provide better tech support

Workers at Indian call centers are
learning how to fake being American to
provide better tech support 08/03/2004 07:40 AM
One good thing about outsourcing to InJA: we export our headaches

latimes.com/business/la-fi-centers2aug02,1,4374833.story?c oll=la-home-headlines
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Veraz Networks launches Call Center
Network Compression solution for
multi-city contact centers

Veraz Networks launches Call Center
Network Compression solution for
multi-city contact centers 03/23/2005 04:51 AM
ZDNet India Mar 23 2005 9:43AM GMT

Talk2Rep Call Centers Launches IQDIAL
Voice Broadcasting Services for Large
Retail and Healthcare Provider

Talk2Rep Call Centers Launches IQDIAL
Voice Broadcasting Services for Large
Retail and Healthcare Provider 12/07/2004 04:21 PM
Talk2Rep call centers offers Sears and other retailers a customer friendly automated voice broadcasting solution to reach out to it's customers. Talk2Rep's IQDIAL will service the retail giant and others with [PRWEB Dec 7, 2004]

Nurses in nighties stage South Africa
pajama protest (Reuters)

Nurses in nighties stage South Africa
pajama protest (Reuters) 04/14/2005 06:50 AM
Reuters - South African nurses are wearing pajamas and nighties to work to demand a higher uniform allowance, drawing criticism from health officials who say they are confusing patients and turning hospitals into bedrooms.

Call Congress on Sept 14, stop INDUCE!

Call Congress on Sept 14, stop INDUCE! 09/08/2004 02:13 PM
Cory Doctorow: Nicholas sez:

Save Betamax, is a new Downhill Battle project to bring together all the opposition to the INDUCE Act into one big Congress call-in day on September 14. The RIAA and MPAA are making a big push to get this thing through, especially since they lost the Grokster case, and it could come to the Senate floor at any time. Sending emails and faxes is great, but we need to show that opposition to the INDUCE Act or whatever variant is being devised, is very broad. We think working to defend the Betamax decision is a good rallying point for people to come together on.

Link (Thanks, Nicholas!)

Tesco stops pay to cut 'sickies'

Tesco stops pay to cut 'sickies' 05/16/2004 10:54 AM
Supermarket giant Tesco will not pay workers who take a day of sick under a trial scheme in selected new stores.

Call for continuation of tax incentives
for tech firms

Call for continuation of tax incentives
for tech firms 03/29/2005 04:41 PM
Silicon Republic Mar 29 2005 8:31PM GMT

Can you hear VoIP now? Small firms get
the call

Can you hear VoIP now? Small firms get
the call 03/14/2005 05:25 PM
VoIP sellers target smaller game. Also: Google takes aggressive look at Net phone options, and AOL unveils plans.

Semiconductor firms call for more
federal R&D spending

Semiconductor firms call for more
federal R&D spending 03/17/2005 03:10 AM
The U.S. is in danger of losing its technological edge unless its government increases funding for research and development (R&D) and reforms the nation's education system, members of the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) said Wednesday.

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"The Observer | UK News | Police call
for remote button to stop ca..."

"The Observer | UK News | Police call
for remote button to stop ca..." 12/23/2003 02:47 AM

Verizon Sues to Stop Privacy Rules;
Wants to Sell Call Data

Verizon Sues to Stop Privacy Rules;
Wants to Sell Call Data 01/13/2003 03:51 AM
Your taking it out of context, a more realistic likening would be google ranking pages based on the number of clickthroughs on their own search results. ...

The Observer | UK News | Police call for
remote button to stop cars

The Observer | UK News | Police call for
remote button to stop cars 12/22/2003 05:31 AM
UK Police call for remote button to stop cars .. Guardian .. :

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Zoo Wants Chimpanzee to Stop Smoking
(Reuters)

Zoo Wants Chimpanzee to Stop Smoking
(Reuters) 04/15/2005 09:51 AM
Reuters - A South African zoo is trying to persuade its star chimpanzee to kick a bad smoking habit.

Bid to stop F-word on U.S. airwaves
(Reuters)

Bid to stop F-word on U.S. airwaves
(Reuters) 01/16/2004 10:56 AM
Reuters - U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell has proposed barring the word "fuck" from most radio and broadcast television, regardless of the context, sources close to the issue have said.

Chimpanzee told to stop smoking
(Reuters)

Chimpanzee told to stop smoking
(Reuters) 04/14/2005 03:55 PM
Reuters - A South African zoo is trying to persuade its star chimpanzee to kick a bad smoking habit.

Turning to goats to stop wildfires
(Reuters)

Turning to goats to stop wildfires
(Reuters) 06/24/2005 09:57 PM
Reuters - Move over Smokey the Bear. In California, thousands of goats are helping prevent wildfires.

Italians told to stop moaning (Reuters)

Italians told to stop moaning (Reuters) 02/01/2005 09:23 PM
Reuters - Italy's transport minister has refused to take the blame for traffic chaos which has caused misery for hundreds of people stuck on snow-blocked motorways, and has told people to stop complaining.

Last Stop for Teen's Tram Obsession
(Reuters)

Last Stop for Teen's Tram Obsession
(Reuters) 04/18/2005 10:14 AM
Reuters - An Australian teen-ager described by police as a good kid with an obsession for trams reached the end of the line Monday when he faced charges over the theft of two trolley cars in the southern city of Melbourne.

Stop sending us money says aid group
(Reuters)

Stop sending us money says aid group
(Reuters) 01/04/2005 11:19 AM
Reuters - The medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors without Borders) has urged donors to stop sending it money for Asian tsunami victims, saying it had collected enough funds to manage its relief effort there.

Police Stop Skateboarder on Motorway
(Reuters)

Police Stop Skateboarder on Motorway
(Reuters) 07/23/2004 01:27 PM
Reuters - Shocked German motorists found themselves sharing a motorway with a Swedish vacationer traveling by skateboard until police prevailed upon him to seek safer passage home, authorities said Friday.

Overheated PCs Mean Hot Business for
Cooling Firms (Reuters)

Overheated PCs Mean Hot Business for
Cooling Firms (Reuters) 06/04/2004 07:05 AM
Reuters - Powerful microchips are throwing off so much heat that the inside of a personal computer is hotter than Death Valley, helping Taiwan firms specializing in cooling components post sizzling sales.

Wild boars stop Berlin traffic (Reuters)

Wild boars stop Berlin traffic (Reuters) 08/20/2004 12:18 PM
Reuters - Alarmed motorists in Berlin called police after a 28-strong pack of wild boar took to a quiet street in search of food.

Last stop for Australian teen's tram
obsession (Reuters)

Last stop for Australian teen's tram
obsession (Reuters) 04/18/2005 12:12 AM
Reuters - An Australian teenager described by police as a good kid with an obsession for trams reached the end of the line on Monday when he faced charges over the theft of two trolley cars in the southern city of Melbourne.

Bush Says 'That Ad' Attacking Kerry
Should Stop (Reuters)

Bush Says 'That Ad' Attacking Kerry
Should Stop (Reuters) 08/23/2004 02:36 PM
Reuters - Under pressure from Democrats and Republican Sen. John McCain, President Bush on Monday called for ads attacking John Kerry's record in Vietnam to be stopped along with others run by independent groups, and said Kerry should be proud of his war service.

Iraq Bomb Kills 50; U.S. Says Can't Stop
All Attacks (Reuters)

Iraq Bomb Kills 50; U.S. Says Can't Stop
All Attacks (Reuters) 02/10/2004 11:54 PM
Reuters - A car bomb killed about 50 people at a police station near Baghdad, one of the deadliest strikes on Iraqis working with U.S. forces, and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said it was impossible to prevent all such attacks.

Shoe glue banned to stop sniffers
(Reuters)

Shoe glue banned to stop sniffers
(Reuters) 12/24/2004 01:13 PM
Reuters - State legislators have banned the sale of shoe glue in Rio de Janeiro because too many people were sniffing it in the crime-ridden Brazilian city.

Rabbi Urges Pig Fat on Buses to Stop
Bombers (Reuters)

Rabbi Urges Pig Fat on Buses to Stop
Bombers (Reuters) 02/13/2004 09:19 AM
Reuters - A prominent Israeli rabbi has proposed hanging bags of pig fat in buses to deter Muslim suicide bombers who may want to avoid contact with an "unclean" animal, an Israeli official said on Thursday.

Report: HP to Stop Using Intel Itanium
Chip (Reuters)

Report: HP to Stop Using Intel Itanium
Chip (Reuters) 09/26/2004 10:33 PM
Reuters - Printer and PC maker Hewlett-Packard Co. will stop offering desktop workstations based on Intel Corp.'s Itanium microprocessor, The Wall Street Journal reported on its online edition.
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