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Charles Cooper Former Executive Editor / News
Charles Cooper was an executive editor at CNET News. He has covered technology and business for more than 25 years, working at CBSNews.com, the Associated Press, Computer & Software News, Computer Shopper, PC Week, and ZDNet.
The Scotsman: Ireland: The new outsourcing mecca?
India hasn't anything to worry about but U.S. firms have long been adding jobs in Ireland for the same reason they've opened up branches in places like Bangalore: They can tap a less expensive, English-speaking work force. Of course one should note that when it comes to Scotland, there's the extra bonus of being within a bar stool's reach of the greatest whiskey this side of heaven.