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17.01.25 - 02:15
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These Are The Top Companies Using H-1B Visas In 2024 (ZeroHedge)
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These Are The Top Companies Using H-1B Visas In 2024
In December, Elon Musk called for more temporary foreign workers under the H-1B visa program, which is fueling a debate among Republican voters.
For decades, tech companies have relied significantly on high-skilled tech workers under this program.
This graphic, via Visual Capitalist's Dorothy Neufeld, shows the top companies by number of approved H-1B beneficiaries, based on data from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
Big Tech Rules the Pack
As the table below shows, more than half of all H-1B visa beneficiaries in 2024 were seen among the leading petitioning companies in 2024, largely focused in the tech sector:
Data as of September 30, 2024.
For the past five years, Amazon has been the top company by number of approved H-1B visas, mainly consisting of engineers and tech jobs.
Today, many big tech firms have significant resources to hire lawyers which aid in the application process. This often gives them an advantage in the...
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16.01.25 - 18:18
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Guangdong′s GDP Estimated to Exceed 14 Trillion Yuan in 2024 (Business Wire)
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GUANGZHOU, China--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Guangdong Province is expected to maintain its leading position as China's top provincial economy in 2024, with its GDP estimated to surpass 14 trillion yuan, according to the Guangdong Provincial People's Congress report on January 15, 2025. This milestone marks the 36th consecutive year Guangdong has ranked first in national economic output. Foreign trade also reached a new high, with total imports and exports growing 9.8% year-on-year to exceed 9 trillion yuan.
The province hosted record-breaking international engagement at the Canton Fair, attracting around 500,000 overseas buyers. Guangzhou and Shenzhen became pilot cities for wholly foreign-owned hospitals, while Amazon Global Selling launched its first Asia-Pacific innovation center in Shenzhen to support Chinese e-commerce businesses expanding globally.
Guangdong's robust manufacturing industry countered the slowdown in the real estate sector, maintaining steady growth. The added value of industrial enterprise...
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16.01.25 - 17:30
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Logistiker setzen auf E-Antrieb (FAZ)
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90 Pakete auf einem Fahrrad, wenig windschnittige Gefährte: Der Versandriese Amazon fährt Bestellungen jetzt auch in Frankfurt mit elektrischen Minitransportern aus. DHL arbeitet schon länger an der klimaneutralen Zustellung....
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16.01.25 - 17:27
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Netradyne snags $90M at $1.25B valuation to expand smart dashcams for commercial fleets (TechCrunch)
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Distracted driving is a leading cause of car crashes — and rising auto insurance premiums, which are expected to increase in 2025. For commercial fleets, that's an expensive challenge to navigate. But for California-based startup Netradyne, it's a tailwind. Netradyne provides fleet owners, including big names like Amazon, with AI-enabled dashcams that collect vehicle data […]
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