How the Philippines is crushing the Indian call center business

Hint: small talk = big cash

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(Image credit: (REUTERS/Erik De Castro))

It's a call center cliche, familiar to many Americans who've picked up phones to contest bogus bank charges or gripe about a laptop on the skids.

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