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Watch: In Flooded Bengaluru, Techies Ride Tractors To Office
With severe waterlogging in Bengaluru after heavy rainfall, many IT professionals in the city, known as India's Silicon Valley, resorted to taking tractor rides to reach their workplaces.
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Indian Silicon Valley Techie, Friends Charged With Insider Trading In US
An Indian IT professional and his four friends have been charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with insider trading for repeatedly trading on confidential earnings information about a Silicon Valley cloud-computing company, reaping millions of dollars in trading profits.
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Denied H-1B Visa To Indian Techie, Silicon Valley Firm Sues US Government
A Silicon Valley-based IT company has filed a lawsuit against the US government for denying the most sought-after H-1B visa to a highly qualified Indian professional, terming the renunciation "arbitrary" and a "clear abuse of discretion".
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Why Hyderabad Rivals Bengaluru For Mantle Of India's Silicon Valley
These days, if you're headed to India on business, it's likely that Hyderabad will feature prominently on your itinerary. The south Indian tech capital ranked first in a global study of the world's fastest-growing urban economies and real estate markets by professional services firm JLL.
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H-1B Visa: IT Firm Allegedly Fined For Paying Just One-Tenth Of Promised Salary To Techies
Silicon Valley companies and high-tech ventures are among the largest employers of foreign workers with H-1B visas. The number of visas awarded each year is capped at 85,000.
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How US Tax Cut Bill Will Impact IT Professionals In Silicon Valley
The US tax overhaul is a boon to Silicon Valley technology companies like Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc, which will enjoy big tax cuts and the chance to bring back billions of dollars from overseas at a reduced rate.
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Silicon Valley Far More Reliant On H-1B Visas Than Earlier Acknowledged
Cisco Systems Inc. applied for about 3,000 H-1B visas in fiscal 2016, intending to hire people to work at its sprawling, utilitarian campus in suburban San Jose. These were good jobs - many of them for management-level logisticians and operations research analysts - and they paid well. The average annual salary was about $120,000. At the upper end,...
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Uber-Like Bad Behavior Thrives in Absence of Human Resources
Some new companies see human resources professionals as rule-bound killjoys, anathema to the work-hard, play-hard culture of startups.
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Nitin Gadkari Seeks Indian-American Participation In Start-Up Movement
Union minister Nitin Gadkari today urged the Silicon Valley professionals of Indian-origin to participate in India's Start-up Movement to help make it a success.
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Silicon Valley Wants 'Dramatic Expansion' Of H1-B Visa: Top American CEO
With IT firms struggling to find quality and right number of professionals, a top American CEO has called for a "dramatic expansion" of the H-1B visa scheme popular among Indian tech firms to meet the growing demand.
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Top CEO Wants 'Dramatic Expansion' of H1-B Visa
CEO referred to huge shortage of quality IT professionals in the Silicon Valley.
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As PM Modi Visits Silicon Valley, Air India's Gift for Techies
Air India today announced the launch of a non-stop flight to San Francisco from December 2, fulfilling a long-pending demand of Indian IT professionals on a day Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting the Silicon Valley.
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Silicon Valley Startup Targets Atypical Market - the Elderly
The Honor service aims to make it easier for older people to get professional in-home care to help with everything from taking a bath to picking up groceries.
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Creating an Old-Girls Network in Silicon Valley
"I see the disparity between professional men and women all the time in my business, and wanted to help," said founder Lisa Lambert.
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Indian Cities Top List in Attracting Tech Talent
Half of the top 10 global cities that attracted significant proportions of tech talent in the past year are in India, according to a study by professional networking website LinkedIn.
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Watch: In Flooded Bengaluru, Techies Ride Tractors To Office
With severe waterlogging in Bengaluru after heavy rainfall, many IT professionals in the city, known as India's Silicon Valley, resorted to taking tractor rides to reach their workplaces.
-
Indian Silicon Valley Techie, Friends Charged With Insider Trading In US
An Indian IT professional and his four friends have been charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with insider trading for repeatedly trading on confidential earnings information about a Silicon Valley cloud-computing company, reaping millions of dollars in trading profits.
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Denied H-1B Visa To Indian Techie, Silicon Valley Firm Sues US Government
A Silicon Valley-based IT company has filed a lawsuit against the US government for denying the most sought-after H-1B visa to a highly qualified Indian professional, terming the renunciation "arbitrary" and a "clear abuse of discretion".
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Why Hyderabad Rivals Bengaluru For Mantle Of India's Silicon Valley
These days, if you're headed to India on business, it's likely that Hyderabad will feature prominently on your itinerary. The south Indian tech capital ranked first in a global study of the world's fastest-growing urban economies and real estate markets by professional services firm JLL.
-
H-1B Visa: IT Firm Allegedly Fined For Paying Just One-Tenth Of Promised Salary To Techies
Silicon Valley companies and high-tech ventures are among the largest employers of foreign workers with H-1B visas. The number of visas awarded each year is capped at 85,000.
-
How US Tax Cut Bill Will Impact IT Professionals In Silicon Valley
The US tax overhaul is a boon to Silicon Valley technology companies like Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc, which will enjoy big tax cuts and the chance to bring back billions of dollars from overseas at a reduced rate.
-
Silicon Valley Far More Reliant On H-1B Visas Than Earlier Acknowledged
Cisco Systems Inc. applied for about 3,000 H-1B visas in fiscal 2016, intending to hire people to work at its sprawling, utilitarian campus in suburban San Jose. These were good jobs - many of them for management-level logisticians and operations research analysts - and they paid well. The average annual salary was about $120,000. At the upper end,...
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Uber-Like Bad Behavior Thrives in Absence of Human Resources
Some new companies see human resources professionals as rule-bound killjoys, anathema to the work-hard, play-hard culture of startups.
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Nitin Gadkari Seeks Indian-American Participation In Start-Up Movement
Union minister Nitin Gadkari today urged the Silicon Valley professionals of Indian-origin to participate in India's Start-up Movement to help make it a success.
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Silicon Valley Wants 'Dramatic Expansion' Of H1-B Visa: Top American CEO
With IT firms struggling to find quality and right number of professionals, a top American CEO has called for a "dramatic expansion" of the H-1B visa scheme popular among Indian tech firms to meet the growing demand.
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Top CEO Wants 'Dramatic Expansion' of H1-B Visa
CEO referred to huge shortage of quality IT professionals in the Silicon Valley.
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As PM Modi Visits Silicon Valley, Air India's Gift for Techies
Air India today announced the launch of a non-stop flight to San Francisco from December 2, fulfilling a long-pending demand of Indian IT professionals on a day Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting the Silicon Valley.
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Silicon Valley Startup Targets Atypical Market - the Elderly
The Honor service aims to make it easier for older people to get professional in-home care to help with everything from taking a bath to picking up groceries.
-
Creating an Old-Girls Network in Silicon Valley
"I see the disparity between professional men and women all the time in my business, and wanted to help," said founder Lisa Lambert.
-
Indian Cities Top List in Attracting Tech Talent
Half of the top 10 global cities that attracted significant proportions of tech talent in the past year are in India, according to a study by professional networking website LinkedIn.
