WAS SHINGTON The Trump administration Long-awaited changes to the H-1B visa program for highly skilled foreign workers were introduced on Tuesday with the aim of tightening eligibility for a program valued by high-tech companies and other employers. These changes, some of which come under immediate effect and all of which …
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The plaintiffs allege that the pricing took place between 2012 and early 2019. Photo: Dan rhys / Reuters Updated October 7, 2020 at 12:42 p.m. According to court documents, the current 65 65 billion poultry industry in the U.S. Extending the government’s anti-trust proceedings, current and former officials of the …
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Whenever there is a surprise in stocks, customers’ stocks usually start pouring. But recently, financial advisers have been getting more and more customers from worrying about the devastation of West Coast wildfires, which come amid the worst public-health crisis of a century this year. “We always get a lot of …
Read More »Stock Futures Powell Comments, Wait ahead of economic data
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s scheduled visit to the U.S. on Tuesday outlined data on the economic outlook and trade deficit. There was a slight change in stock futures. Futures linked to the S&P 500 became a wave between small gains and losses. Nasdaq-100 contracts fell 0.2%. Both indices …
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