The latest installment of tariffs would bring to $250 billion the total value of Chinese goods hit with duties, covering nearly half of all imports into the US last year
4 min read7 Sep 2018The Chinese BAT goes up against the American FAANG. What gives?
7 min read28 Aug 2018The US is planning to bar Chinese firms from acquiring advanced western tech companies and enforce new reforms at China at the World Trade Organization
2 min read30 Jul 2018US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said it has reached the Congressionally mandated 65,000 H-1B visa cap for FY 2019 and would conduct a lottery to decide successful applicants. The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise. The technology companies depend on it to hire a number of employees each year from countries like India and China. The USCIS has also received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to meet the 20,000 visa cap for advanced degree exemption, known as the master's cap.
9 Apr 2018Any deal that could give China an edge in critical technology will be swatted down in the name of national security, Donald Trump's rejection of Broadcom's Qualcomm acquisition bid seems to suggest
3 min read14 Mar 2018Donald Trump issued an executive order Monday blocking Broadcom from pursuing its hostile takeover of Qualcomm, scuttling a $117 billion deal
3 min read13 Mar 2018One has to wonder how the US will prevail in a trade conflict with China when its own companies have the most to lose, notably in the technology sector
3 min read7 Mar 2018Former US Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, co-founder of The Chertoff Group, discusses the privacy pressure on US tech companies
6 May 2016Immigration plan, if passed, would meet a demand of US tech firms who say that they aren’t able to find skilled workers
1 min read21 Mar 2013The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared