Bloomberg
Tourists Spent $13.3 Billion in Mexico in 2008
By Hugh Collins
Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Foreign tourists spent $13.3 billion in Mexico last year, an increase of 3.4 percent compared with 2007.
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"Yesterday, the U.S. State Department warned U.S. citizens that gun battles and kidnappings have become more frequent in Mexico, especially in border areas such as Ciudad Juarez and Tijuana. Border tourism increased 11 percent in 2008, the tourism ministry said. "
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Boomberg - Microsoft, Intel Firings Stir Resentment Over Visas
Bloomberg
Microsoft, Intel Firings Stir Resentment Over Visas
By Dina Bass
Feb. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp.’s plan to eliminate U.S. workers after lobbying for more foreigner visas is stirring resentment among lawmakers and employees.
As many as 5,000 employees are being shown the door at Microsoft, which uses more H1-B guest-worker visas than any other U.S. company. Some employees and politicians say Microsoft should get rid of foreigners first.
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Snippet(s):
"Across the technology industry, some of the biggest users of H1-B visas are cutting jobs, including Intel Corp., International Business Machines Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. The firings at Microsoft, the world’s largest software maker, came less than a year after Chairman Bill Gates lobbied Congress for an expansion of the visa program.
Even before Microsoft announced the cuts, its first-ever companywide layoffs, comments on a blog run by an anonymous Microsoft worker angrily debated getting rid of guest workers first. The author of the Mini-Microsoft blog eventually had to censor and then completely block all arguments about visas, after the conversation “got downright nasty.” "
Microsoft, Intel Firings Stir Resentment Over Visas
By Dina Bass
Feb. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp.’s plan to eliminate U.S. workers after lobbying for more foreigner visas is stirring resentment among lawmakers and employees.
As many as 5,000 employees are being shown the door at Microsoft, which uses more H1-B guest-worker visas than any other U.S. company. Some employees and politicians say Microsoft should get rid of foreigners first.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Across the technology industry, some of the biggest users of H1-B visas are cutting jobs, including Intel Corp., International Business Machines Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. The firings at Microsoft, the world’s largest software maker, came less than a year after Chairman Bill Gates lobbied Congress for an expansion of the visa program.
Even before Microsoft announced the cuts, its first-ever companywide layoffs, comments on a blog run by an anonymous Microsoft worker angrily debated getting rid of guest workers first. The author of the Mini-Microsoft blog eventually had to censor and then completely block all arguments about visas, after the conversation “got downright nasty.” "
Sunday, January 4, 2009
B - Japanese Travelers to U.S. Must Register Online From Jan. 12
Bloomberg
Japanese Travelers to U.S. Must Register Online From Jan. 12
By Norie Kuboyama
Jan. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Citizens of countries including Japan who travel to the U.S. for business or pleasure under the Visa Waiver Program will need online authorization from the Department of Homeland Security before they leave, effective Jan. 12.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"The travelers should register at least 72 hours before departure using the Electronic System for Travel Authorization, or ESTA,"
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"The now mandatory program, which operated on a voluntary basis after being initiated on Aug. 1, is for people traveling to the U.S. for 90 days or less."
Japanese Travelers to U.S. Must Register Online From Jan. 12
By Norie Kuboyama
Jan. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Citizens of countries including Japan who travel to the U.S. for business or pleasure under the Visa Waiver Program will need online authorization from the Department of Homeland Security before they leave, effective Jan. 12.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"The travelers should register at least 72 hours before departure using the Electronic System for Travel Authorization, or ESTA,"
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"The now mandatory program, which operated on a voluntary basis after being initiated on Aug. 1, is for people traveling to the U.S. for 90 days or less."
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