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		<title><![CDATA[The Rise of Protectionism]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/article/the-rise-of-protectionism/289063/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The voices of ignorance ("Buy American") and  prejudice ("Limit visas") have grown predictably louder  during the current crisis. Fortunately, reason and the forces of globalization  have managed to prevail. So far.  Buy American     Take the Buy American provisions. In the original House...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Reverse Brain Drain: Is It a Threat?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/bnet1/?p=1180]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[  	The Find: An extended interview with two experts reveals the increasing number of highly skills immigrants who are returning to their home countries and discusses whether the phenomenon represents a threat to U.S. business.  	The Source: A WorldFocus internet radio interview of Vivek Wadhwa, a senior research...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:12:41 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Investing in the Innovation Economy]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/harvard/?p=510]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Harvard Business School professor Bill George has a Santa's Wish List for incoming President Barack Obama. You won't find a 3G iPhone or a Wii Fit on the list, but there are seven ideas that George believes can get the economy going again.    The idea is to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:45:09 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pfizer Donated to Senators Who Supported H-1B Visa Expansion]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/pharma/1000504/pfizer-donated-to-senators-who-supported-h-1b-visa-expansion/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Pfizer donated tens of thousands of dollars to Sens. Chris Dodd and Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, and those senators supported an expansion of the H-1B visa program that allows foreign workers to beÂ  brought to the US to do technical jobs, according to New London's The Day. Coincidentally, Pfizer has...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:56:51 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pfizer Worries Spur Probe Into Use of Immigrant Workers]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/pharma/1000472/pfizer-is-focus-of-probe-into-use-of-immigrant-rd-workers/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[After noting a trend at Pfizer's Groton and New London, Conn., R&D campuses, U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Conn., said he will call for a Congressional probe into whether American companies are abusing the H-1B visa process to bring foreign workers to the U.S. in an attempt to displace locally contracted...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:38:31 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tech Roundup: Entellium Arrests, Verizon Support, H-1B Fraud, More]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[FBI arrests Entellium CEO, CFO -- The FBI arrested Entellium's CEO Paul Thomas Johnson and CFO Parrish Jones for allegedly falsifying revenue figures and presenting them to the board as part of a scheme to get about $50 million invested in the company. Last month an employee cleaning out the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:00:58 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Grow Your Own Workforce]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/teamwork/?p=298]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[With skill shortages hitting many sectors of the workplace, it's no wonder that managers are having difficulty expanding their teams. But who says talent has to come from the outside? Workforce Management recently profiled one company that implemented an innovative and successful effort to grow its own talent instead. ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:38:37 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[H-1B Visas Remain Sore Point for All Sides]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10006/h-1b-visas-remain-sore-point-for-all-sides/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[For the fifth year in a row, the federal limit on H-1B visas has been reached before the government's fiscal year even begins.    This time, the cap was reached nearly six months before the federal 2009 fiscal year begins on Oct. 1. It took only one week...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:25:27 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why Bill Gates Is Wrong on H-1B Visas]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/ceo/?p=1114]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This is an extremely complicated issue, and it's been around for years, but let's talk some common sense about H-1B visas. Bill Gates went before Congress this week to try to make it easier for companies to hire foreign tech workers, using this visa status. Essentially, companies can bring in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:23:06 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Debunking the IT Shortage Myth]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/intercom/?p=528]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[While Microsoft, Google, and Oracle are lobbying Congress to increase the number of H-1B temporary worker visas so they can meet what they describe as a shortage of skilled technology workers, many skilled technology workers who are already in the U.S. are reporting having trouble finding jobs. InformationWeek recently explored...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 09:46:06 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Visa Limits Fuel Frustration in Efforts to Fill High-Skill Jobs]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=170786]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[When U.S. recruiters go out to buy technical talent, they shop in domestic markets that are highly protected by restrictive immigration policies, voluminous and ever-changing rules and a cumbersome visa process. The prime example of this regulatory nightmare is the H-1B visa program. Because bringing in an employee under an...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Business Transitions and H-1Bs]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=72463]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Key international high-tech workers on H-1B visa status can be lost in rapid business transitions if they are not carefully protected. Transitions affect H-1B status because it is neither automatically transferable in a restructure nor easily redirected to new work within a company without prior approval. ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[One-way ticket home]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=49794]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Layoff is a word that every employee dreads. But for foreign workers living in the U.S. on an H-1B visa, it is very difficult for them to do work.They have to pack up their belongings and return to their homelands. The H-1B visa program was designed to bring foreign workers...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Record High Demand for H-1B Visas in FY2001]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=49246]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[U.S. companies to temporarily hire skilled foreign workers to fill positions in the U.S. when qualified domestic workers are unavailable use the H-1B visa. A majority of H-1B holders are employed in computer- and engineering-related professions. As long as there is job creation in areas that require technical skills, there...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2002 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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