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Manufacturers say China too pricey

Ted Carter — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 06:01:34 +0000

Simple arithmetic drove North Carolinian Bruce Cochrane to start making furniture in the Tar Heel State instead of China. The fifth-generation furniture maker’s calculations convinced him he could not afford to make furniture in China, where he had spent the last 10 years as a furniture manufacturing consultant and had witnessed rising costs and declining [...]

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Sitel expanding Starkville call center

Wally Northway — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:26:41 +0000

STARKVILLE — Sitel, the Nashville, Tenn.-based business process outsourcing (BPO) provider, has unveiled a major expansion of its Starkville call center. Sitel has added more than 110 full-time positions within the past month, and more than 300 full-time positions expected by the end of October. Since 2000, Starkville’s call center has delivered customer support for [...]

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