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Infosys to hire 10,000 Americans to avoid H-1B visa issue

Infosys to hire 10,000 Americans to avoid H-1B visa issue

Written by on May 26, 2017 in News with 0 Comments

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Infosys Ltd, the India-based computer services giant, on Wednesday touted its new strategy to hire and train 10,000 American workers over the next two years at the company’s annual leadership meeting in San Francisco. Infosys is the largest employer of workers under the U.S. H1-B visa program for skilled workers, which […]

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News highlights – 18 April

News highlights – 18 April

Written by on April 19, 2017 in News with 0 Comments

News highlights for 18 April Facebook tries for the lead in augmented reality SAN JOSE, Calif. (Reuters) – Facebook Inc is trying to seize on the technology known as augmented reality, a mix of the real and digital worlds best known from the hit smartphone game Pokemon Go, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday. […]

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Apple, Google, others back away from fight over travel bans

Apple, Google, others back away from fight over travel bans

Written by on March 16, 2017 in News with 0 Comments

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc, Alphabet Inc’s Google and Facebook Inc are among more than 60 technology companies that appear to have backed away from the legal fight against U.S. President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban, deciding not to put their weight behind a lawsuit seeking to block the second version of his executive […]

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Technology service companies dip after H-1B visa slowdown announced

Technology service companies dip after H-1B visa slowdown announced

Written by on March 7, 2017 in News with 0 Comments

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Technology services company shares dipped on Monday after the Trump administration announced it would temporarily suspend expedited applications for H-1B visas widely used by foreign tech workers. U.S. shares of Indian IT company Infosys Ltd fell 1.2 percent and Wipro Ltd edged down 0.2 percent after the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration […]

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