Advice Corner

In the new, anxious world, leaders must learn to think beyond borders
The Guardian The threat of climate change, terrorism and economic globalisation demands a transnational mindset: a cosmopolitics.

Vietnam ‘a better bet than China’
Times Online The most attractive location for manufacturing investment is Vietnam, not China, and the United Arab Emirates beats India as a location for service-sector activities.

Outsourcing ‘to earn India $40bn’
BBC News Online Indian software and services exports are expected to earn about $40bn (£19.9bn) this year as demand for outsourcing remains strong.

Language change opposed in poll
BBC News online The majority of people in Wales do not want a change in the law which governs the use of the Welsh language, a new poll for BBC Wales suggests.

Spoken English testing software aimed at offshoring market
Computerworld UK Specialist software vendor Nexidia has launched an application that can test the verbal proficiency of speakers of English as a second language in offshore contact centers.

Ballot translations could mean too much
Boston Globe Under a 2005 agreement the federal government requires the city of Boston to translate election ballots - including the candidates' names - into Chinese characters in areas with prominent Chinese-speaking populations.