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India has moved to enlist the support of its Asian neighbours and friends to lobby against the outsourcing backlash spreading in Western countries, including Australia.
IBM is declining to comment on a report that it plans to move the work of as many as 4,730 programmers to India, China and elsewhere, but it said this week it expects hiring next year in the United States to equal or increase over 2003 levels.
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