Although offshore oil-service companies compete hard for work in the North Sea, they are apparently willing to try co-operation in some areas.
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Ocwen's use of offshore employees to service mortgages has raised some concerns.
Blount Boats in Rhode Island recently reached agreement with South Boats Special Projects to build US-flagged catamarans to service offshore wind facilities.
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It takes a significant number of vessels to service the offshore wind fields, and local boat builders are already looking to get into the game.
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Softtek positions itself as the "near-shore" answer to India's offshore information-technology service providers, more convenient than India because Mexico is within U.S. time zones and is a much shorter flight than to India.
Even high-paying service jobs are moving offshore now, as more and more firms outsource their legal and accounting services.
Meanwhile, the full Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee met Thursday to consider bills related to Minerals Management Service reform and to offshore drilling.
But the vast majority of the service jobs that are now going offshore do not require highly qualified engineers.
He suggests buying energy service companies, particularly those involved in deep offshore drilling.
During a nearly two-hour hearing Tuesday, Blum's knowledge of offshore tax evasion captivated members of the Senate Finance Committee, and they in turn grew increasingly annoyed with the Internal Revenue Service's ability to enforce tax compliance in offshore havens.
This effort is set to accelerate over the next two years if the New York State Public Service Commission approves a multi-million dollar feasibility study of offshore wind power near New York City.
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According to the Taxpayer Advocate Service, about 310 taxpayers opted out of the 2009 and 2011 offshore voluntary disclosure programs.
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is auditing how Google Inc. avoided federal income taxes by shifting profit into offshore subsidiaries, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
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