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In reply to the discussion: I stand by what I wrote by the way, the Indian IT industry is taking jobs, period [View all]DainBramaged
(39,191 posts)Last edited Sun Aug 12, 2012, 03:49 AM - Edit history (1)
Only this year for the first time were foreigners allowed to invest in the Indian stock market.
"I thought there were tons of American businesses operating over there"
Sure, major corporations that produce for the Indian marketplace per their rules and needs. None of those corporations are named Schmo's Gas or Zippy's 7/14
Agilent
Agro Tech
American Express
Amway
Avaya
Caltex
Caterpillar
CB Richard Ellis
Cisco
Citigroup
Coca Cola
Cognizant
Colgate Palmolive
CSC
Cummins
Discovery
Dupont
EDS
Eli Lilly
Emerson Electric
EXL
Federal Express
Ford
Franklin Templeton
GE
General Motors
Gillette
Honeywell India I
BM
Intel
Johnson & Johnson
JPMorgan
Kellogg India
Kimberly Clark
Kodak
McDonalds
Metlife India
Microsoft
Morgan Stanley
New York Life
Ogilvy and Mather
Oracle
Pepsico
Pfizer
Pizza Hut
Sun Microsystems
Texas
Tecumseh
Timex
Tyco
UPS India
Visteon
Whirlpool
Xerox Modicorp
And do you think a majority of the workers are Americans?
The question is why don't Americans,you and I, invest in convenience stores, McDonald's, Burger King, and gas stations there when we don't even do it here?
Franchising opportunities in India
UTurn vending machines
Cigies vending machines
Subway
http://india.franchiseopportunities.com/
Know what it says in virtually all of the categories it lists?
There is no franchise listing in this category now
India protects it's retail business from foreign investment unlike the US. India protects it's retail environment unlike the US. And since investment in the US is allowed, they have dominated the motel/hotel, gas and convenience franchises since the 90's. And destroyed the IT industry for Americans.
Google is your friend.
If you read the opinion pieces from there, the vast majority ENCOURAGE US investment, they call it, economic welfare.
Courtesy of our shitty trade agreements.
We can't get our families to run local businesses and you expect us to run them there? Or more to the point, afford the franchise fees which foreigners somehow always can afford.
Have a nice day.
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