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US 'land of opportunities' where failure not stigma: Indian-American entrepreneur
Fri, Feb 15, 2019
Rangaswami, who co-founded Sand Hill Group, one of the earliest 'angel' investment firms, told the new citizens about his American story, when he left India at the age of 21 for an MBA in the US with a one-way ticket, a student visa and eight dollars in his pocket.
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Trump's tariffs on $200 bn of Chinese goods kicks in
Mon, Sep 24, 2018
The ongoing trade war between the US and China has escalated after American President Donald Trump`s administration`s new 10 per cent tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods kicked in on Monday, spanning thousands of products, including food seasonings, baseball gloves, network routers and industrial machinery parts.
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US exit from 2015 Iran nuclear accord puts pressure on European planemakers
Wed, May 09, 2018
Tehran has ordered 200 passenger aircraft for state carrier IranAir worth $38.3 billion at list prices, including 100 from Europe`s Airbus, 80 from U.S. rival Boeing and 20 from smaller Franco-Italian turboprop maker ATR. Airbus is more exposed on wide-body jets, for which sluggish global demand forced it last month to revise down part of its production plans. Iran has ordered 53 wide-body jets from Airbus and 30 from Boeing, which are yet to be built.
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H1B visa row: Disappointed over US plans to tighten visa norms, Suresh Prabhu
Thu, Apr 26, 2018
The Trump administration is planning to end allowing spouses of H1-B visa holders to work legally in the US, a top federal agency official has told lawmakers. The move could severely impact thousands of Indians professionals working in America.
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Volkswagen on US comeback trail with all-new Jetta compact car
Mon, Jan 15, 2018
The world`s largest automaker is still grappling with investigations and lawsuits around the world related to revelations that it cheated government emissions tests for diesel-powered vehicles and has already paid $30 billion in fines and costs for the fraud.
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India 'very strongly' raises H-1B visa issue with US: Suresh Prabhu
Sat, Oct 28, 2017
India has "very strongly" raised the issue of H-1B and L1 visas with the US, Union Minister Suresh Prabhu said today, asserting that the American economy will find it difficult to cope with the reality as it has been immensely benefited by Indian IT professionals.
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Cow slaughter ban: India may import American hides to meet leather demand
Sun, Jun 04, 2017
The ban on sale of cattle for slaughter, which has cast a shadow on the leather industry and created concern among importers, could pave the way for American cattle hide to India in the long run, Calcutta Leather Complex Tanners Association president Ramesh Juneja said.
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Rolling back the job-killing regulations that make harder for cos to grow & hire in America: Trump
Sat, May 13, 2017
The US president Donald Trump in his weekly web and radio address to the nation has said that his administration was rolling back the job-killing regulations that make it harder for companies to grow and hire in America adding that it was opening up American energy development to create thousands of new jobs in the US.
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, staff donate $1.5 million to fight Donald Trump's visa ban
Fri, Feb 03, 2017
Twitter's chief executive officer Jack Dorsey and its about 1,000 staff have donated over $1.5 million to a leading rights group that has pledged to fight President Donald Trump's temporary ban on refugees and immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries.
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From waiting seven years for a green card to selling his company to Cisco for $3.7 billion; here is Jyoti Bansal’s story
Sat, Jan 28, 2017
The Indian-American entrepreneur, Jyoti Bansal, who hailed from Delhi’s IIT college has been commended on selling his company –AppDynamics to IT major Cisco for $3.7 billion. Former H1-B visa holder, arrived in America in the year 2000 and waited seven years for a green card.
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Trump's 'Buy American-hire American' pledge unnerves Indian IT
Sun, Jan 22, 2017
New US President Donald Trump's 'Buy American-hire American' rallying cry has put the USD 150- billion Indian IT industry on edge, which is in wait-and-watch mode to see how the new administration evolves policies around outsourcing and movement of skilled workers.
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