One company flashing red this year is Affiliated Computer Services, the nation's fourth-largest tech outsourcing company.

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Such work is also the fastest-growing line of business for Affiliated Computer Services, based in Dallas, Texas.

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Toyota, Lexmark International, Hewlett-Packard, UPS, Affiliated Computer Services and Amazon employ thousands of workers in the metropolitan area.

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In 2009 Xerox acquired Affiliated Computer Services, which tilted the business model away from printing and more toward add-on services.

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Some people still think copiers and printers when they think of Xerox, which acquired Affiliated Computer Services earlier this year, but there is only one printer in this campaign so far.

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice are currently looking into the circumstances surrounding the granting of options within at least 25 public companies, including UnitedHealth Group, Vitesse Semiconductor and Affiliated Computer Services.

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