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Senate Deal on Appointees Gets CFPB Head a Vote

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) threatened to push for a change in the chamber’s rules to allow the “nuclear option”—a 51-vote simple majority to end a filibuster instead of the current 60—to ease the appointment process for some jobs, though not judges. Chamber of Commerce on behalf of Noel Canning.

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Early Adopters Rethink Regional Office Strategy ? GrowGlobally.org

GlowGlobally

As part of a $250 million outsourcing contract last July, Infosys bought three back offices in India, Thailand and Poland from its client Philips Electronics NV of Amsterdam for $28 million. Global Destination Video Tour. Global Video City Tours. Back offices also have changed hands as part of bigger outsourcing deals.