Some 2.5 million employees receive paychecks from rival staff-leasing firms.
This has particular appeal for Chinese operators, which are still upgrading from 2G to 3G as 4G already looms on the horizon.A few years ago Huawei used to boast of its cost advantage in research and development, mostly because its Chinese engineers commanded much lower salaries than its rivals' staff.
Meet The Stalkers: Now entrenched in the 2010 Connecticut campaigns: candidates getting followed on the trail by rivals' staff members with video cameras hoping to capture that one "Macaca" moment to turn into a YouTube video or a negative TV advertisement.
There was the hashtag #RomneyToys, with suggestions from members of rivals' staffs, including a Gingrich spokesman, R.C. Hammond: Mitt Romney 64-ct Box of Crayola crayons.
Given President Obama's reported admiration for Lincoln's "team of rivals" staffing, along with his selection of Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary ofstate and his decision to retain Robert M. Gates as secretary of defense, it's a proposition that is bound to be closely scrutinized in the months and years to come.
Bizarre tales are emerging of the opponents sawing cables, smashing equipment, and beating up their rival's staff.
In Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Ottawa – cities where Postmedia owns two daily papers – formerly rival editorial staff will work together under one editor, reports the Globe & Mail.
More curiously, Mr Miliband proposed upending basic tenets of Anglo-Saxon shareholder capitalism, including getting rid of quarterly earnings reports and pledging that a Labour government would intervene to punish companies that did not hire apprentices, with further retribution lurking for those who poached their rivals' trained staff.
A local court house banned all drinks bottles in fear of gang members using acid to attack rivals or staff.
His departure would have left a gaping hole in their rotation and could have enhanced a rival's pitching staff.
Like Goldman Sachs and other rival banks, RBS staff expect to receive large bonus payments as a reward for boosting profits.
