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India on Friday joined the EU to wave the red flag on the 'buy American' clause in the Obama administration's $900-billion stimulus package. Commerce & industry minister Kamal Nath termed it a 'protectionist measure' that would affect India-US trade ...

WASHINGTON: In what could be seen as a setback to Indian IT professionals, the US Senate has voted for imposing strict conditions on hiring of people with H-1B visas by American companies receiving federal bailout money. The amendment to the pending ...

Washington (PTI): In what could be seen as a setback to Indian IT professionals, the US Senate has voted for imposing strict conditions on hiring of people with H-1B visas by American companies receiving federal bailout money. The amendment to the ...

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Two US senators Thursday proposed to bar firms receiving government bailouts from hiring foreign workers under a special visa program for highly skilled employees. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa said in a statement he sponsored an ...

Businesses and contractors that receive funding through the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) would be prohibited from hiring H-1B visa holders under a Senate amendment introduced into the economic stimulus package on Feb. 5. The measure, sponsored by ...

year after trying hard to clear a passport application deluge, the U.S. State Department is now seeing a drop off in requests. In fact, according to a LA Times report, applicants are now getting their documents in three weeks or less. And Department ...

WASHINGTON: Two US Senators have sought an amendment to the over $800 billion stimulus bill to prohibit businesses receiving government bailout funds from hiring holders of H-1B visas, a bulk of which are cornered by Indians. 'Hiring American workers for ...

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Jim Kouri, Vice-president of the National Association of Chiefs of Police. Jim writes for many police and crime magazines including Chief of Police, Police Times, The Narc Officer, Campus Law Enforcement Journal, and others. Jim can be reached at: ...

By Robert X. Cringely So Cringester J. G. emailed me what I think is an interesting question. I'm curious about something that would certainly fire up the comments section on InfoWorld... When Microsoft lays all these employees off, do they target the ...

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Washington: An amendment seeking to bar U.S. companies, which receive federal bailout money, from hiring H-1B visa holders has been introduced in the Senate, a move likely to impact Indian IT professionals if it is approved. The amendment in the U.S. ...

Bill sought to bar firms receiving bailout money from hiring foreign workers but set restrictions instead Share More Tech layoffs February 6, 2009 (Computerworld) The U.S. Senate agreed on Friday to set restrictions on the hiring of H-1B workers by ...

BERLIN: A US army deserter seeking asylum in Germany based on his moral opposition to the Iraq invasion is confident his request will be granted after a gruelling nine-hour hearing, his lawyer said on Thursday. The closed-door hearing in the western ...

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By Patrick Thibodeau The bill would bar any recipient of the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP), the program being used by the government to purchase some US$700 billion of bad mortgage assets, from hiring anyone on an H-1B visa. U.S. Sens. Bernie ...

'When an illegal immigrant is the victim of forced prostitution or is the subject of exploitation in shameful conditions and wishes to cooperate with administrative and judicial authorities, the possibility to obtain a temporary residence permit is ...

If enacted, the Senate stimulus bill would fund over $100 billion in new government construction projects with the goal of providing additional jobs to unemployed Americans. The House-passed stimulus bill contains explicit language to bar employment of ...

Washington In what could be worrying for Indian software professionals, two US Senators have introduced amendments to the economic stimulus bill, which if passed would prevent US companies receiving the federal bailout money, from hiring H-1B visa ...