March 20, 2008 09:58 IST
The United States has proposed a new rule prohibiting the employers from filing multiple applications for H-1B visa, widely sought by Indians, for the same employee to ensure a fair and orderly distribution of available visas.
“To ensure a fair and orderly distribution of available H-1B visas, USCIS will deny or revoke multiple petitions filed by an employer for the same H-1B worker and will not refund the filing fees submitted with multiple or duplicative petitions,” the US Citizenship and Immigration Services said.
The USCIS has sent the interim final rule for publication in the Federal Register for it becoming effective. (more…)
March 19th, 2008
Microsoft made a hostile, $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo today — 62 percent more than Yahoo’s Thursday closing price, sending the Silicon Valley web company’s shares up nearly 50 percent in early trading.
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February 5th, 2008
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“I don’t think they’re equally flawed — I think Leopard is a much better system. (But) OS X in some ways is actually worse than Windows to program for. Their file system is complete and utter crap, which is scary.”
– Linus Torvalds auditions for a role in the PC vs. Mac commercials
February 5th, 2008
HYSEA Annual Awards 2006 evening is the Software Exporters’ Association annual showcase event for IT and ITES companies based in AP. Among the various awards handed out on this occasion the Best Software Product of the Year Award spotlights innovation and excellence in software product development.
HYSEA invites nominations for the year 2006 form software companies based in Andhra Pradesh. Deadline: February 16th. Visit their website: www.hysea.in, e-mail infohysea@gmail.com or call Sumanth at 92465
February 6th, 2007
Exports of ITS service, BPO and electronic hardware are pegged to have touched $ 23.6 billion in the first nine months of the current fiscal
February 5th, 2007
New Delhi, Feb. 1
Indians wishing to travel to the United States can expect an easier ride with the American embassy expecting to issue 800,000 visas this year-a feat that will make Indian the country from where the US Issues the largest number of visas after neighbour Mexico.
This projected increase from 500,000 visas last year has been spurred by the focused efforts of the US missions in India to reduce the waiting time for those seeking visa appointments.
One can now get a US visa appointment in six days at the click of a mouse by visiting the embassy ‘s website www.vfs-usa.co.in.
“We have mastered the backlog in visas. We expect to issue 800.000 visas from India. This will make India only next to Mexico in terms of the number of US visas issued,” US ambassador to India, David C. Mulford, told reporters here Thursday.
“And we don’t even share a border with India,”
Mr. Mulford added in a lighter vein.
The envoy, however, admitted that getting visas takes slighter longer in Mumbai due to a lack of adequate personnel.
He also said that all efforts were being made for fast-track issuance of visas.
February 5th, 2007
Gary Davies appointed to drive forward new business
AppLabs Technologies, the world’s largest independent software testing company, today named Gary Davies to head up business development in Europe. Davies brings more than 15 years of business development and management experience to AppLabs’ expanding European operations and this appointment represents AppLabs’ continued commitment to growth in Europe. Davies will initially be based in London, UK. (more…)
January 30th, 2007
“We have got to expand what’s called H1B visas….I feel strongly about what I am telling you. It makes no sense to say to a young scientist from India, you cant come to America to help this company develop technologies that help us deal with our problems”.
US President George Bush in a speech to workers and executives at a Du Pont facility in Delaware attempting to hike the visas from the present 65,000 to 130,000 per year.
January 27th, 2007