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Greece’s ‘invisible’ artists call for help in virus squeeze

In a country where art is widely seen as a pastime, and performers have long struggled to secure steady pay and royalties, the closure of theatres and cinemas and the cancellation of summer festivals has wrought havoc




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Little Richard, flamboyant rock ‘n’ roll pioneer, dead at 87

Little Richard, the self-proclaimed 'architect of rock ‘n’ roll' whose piercing wail, pounding piano and towering pompadour irrevocably altered popular music while introducing black R&B to white America, has died Saturday. He was 87




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European Students Union: demands support for international students

The European Students Union has outlined a feature in the Policy Document for 2019. It has urged the Governments and Universities to do better and provide great support to the international students.The institutions of higher educationThere are many…




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Google On Guard Against Ad Blocking

If you want to withhold your online content from visitors using ad blockers, or make them pay — or simply know when ads are being blocked — Google plans to have you, and the World Wide Web — covered




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Medallia Integrates Facebook, Salesforce, Adds AI To Experience Cloud

Product announcements from day one of Medallia Experience 2018




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Cartoon: Premium Busker

Get your real-time, live, streaming music ad free, even on the subway




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Milking AR for Marketing

Could packaging become part of the Internet of Things, delivering messages and even AR experiences to consumers?




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Spotlight on SiriusDecisions: Customer Engagement

Lisa Nakano of SiriusDecisions describes a framework for understanding customer engagement and maintaining it throughout the customer lifecycle




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Cartoon: Virtual Doubloons

How digital payments take all the fun out of buried treasure




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Cartoon: The Price of Customer Experience

Brands may be watching your every move, but hey...at least you get a great CX




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Why We Need Tech-Savvy Politicians

If Washington doesn't understand technology — and it doesn't — there are tough times ahead for the marketing, the economy, and jobs




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Pega: From CRM to Infinity

In its biggest platform announcement in five years, Pega replaces its CRM suite with Pega Infinity, an end-to-end automated marketing, sales, and service solution




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US Govt Plans to End Work Permits for Spouses of H-1B holders

A legislation trying to interdict the US administration from cancelling the work permit of H1-B visa holders for spouse's that consists Indians have been launched the United States parliament by a pair of lawmakers who stated that revoking this advantage…




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H-1B Visa Lottery Process May Affects Immigrants and Indian IT firms

From April 2019, there will be several changes in the H-1B visa application. Now, the organizations required to register electronically before the visa lottery procedure to obtain H-1B visas for their workers. As per the latest rules, the candidates…




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Changes to H-1B visas, helping the top skilled, and highly paid overseas workers

The Congress has mandated that the H1-B visa has an annual limit cap of 65,000 visas during each fiscal year. Moreover, the first 20,000 petitions filed by beneficiaries having a US master's degree get an exemption from the cap.A few major changes Presently,…




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USCIS intends to introduce changes to H-1B Visa Lottery

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has a proposal regarding changing the selection of a number of H-1B visa petitions each year.AimsThis requires employers to register online for getting selected randomly before submitting the visa petitions.…




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Top Universities in USA oppose Presidential visa policy changes for overseas students

The study of National Association of Foreign Student Advisers has the opinion that global students made a contribution of $39 billion to the US economy in the academic year of 2017-2018.The studyMoreover, it found that the economic activity of overseas…




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H1B Visa has an impact and Indians seek Canadian Citizenship

Presently, the United States is imposing severe rules regarding visas and immigration so that Indians remain away from arriving in the country.Canada is welcomingMoreover, Canada has continued to favour immigrants.  50 percent of Indians who migrated…




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US Ending Country Cap in Green Cards Will Help India and China

After the elimination of the country quotas from Green Cards, the present discrimination in the labour market will be over. As per a Congressional report, this will allow for the domination of India and China to gain American citizenship.Green Card is…




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IT Industry in the USA has a mid-level talent crisis

Owing to the strict interpretations of rules which govern the H-1B work visa program Indian IT companies, as well as their customers, face a shortage of mid-level talent in the US.A major problemThere was a problem of talent at the entry-level in the…




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H-1B Visas: US Shutdown Threatens the Status of Contractor Employees

Employees of Federal contractors, on H-1B visas, have a risk of deportation if they receive the termination orders for lack of work.• Contractors still need to pay the employees, even when they do not work, or terminate them. The other scenario is…




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US plans ending the work permits to spouses of H-1B visa holders

The spouses of a few visa holders in the USA, receiving permission to work, in a past rule, are very close for seeing the removal of their authorization.Presented to authoritiesRegulation for review was presented officially to the Office of Management…




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Launching a Petition on White House website for saving H-1B spouse work-permits

The proposal to withdraw the authorization in H-4 spousal work is coming close to reality; the immigrant community is taking a few remedial steps. Spearheaded by people of Indian origin, it is working to ensure the continuity of the program, introduced…




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A Startup agrees to finance H-1B visa holders and DACA recipients

Many Indian students need financial help to pursue a master’s degree at the University level in the USA, but cannot apply for a student loan. They are forced to take a loan in India and pledge their home as collateral.Starting the journeyInspired by…




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USCIS Resumes the Premium Processing for H-1B applications

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services have begun the premium processing in respect of all H-1B petitions. This translates to a guaranteed processing time covering 15 days. In the other scenario, it will refund the premium processing fee to the petitioner.The…




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US will commence accepting H-1B Visa Petitions from April 1

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services will commence accepting fresh H-1B visa applications for the FY 2020 starting on April 1.The DetailsThe starting date for employment in these visas is October 1. Like in the past, the visa cap limit for H-1B…




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A New Study Shows that H-1B Serves the Payment of Scholarships and Training

As per a new study of the National Foundation for American Policy, the H-1B visa program for top skilled overseas professionals, presently under the excessive scrutiny of the US administration, earned $4.9 billion in employer-paid fees for the US since…




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US H1B Visa Reaches its Quota Cap for 2020

On April 5, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services announced regarding reaching the 65,000 H1B visa limit for the FY 2020 within five days. The agency has reported a five percent increase in the quantum of applications in comparison to the…




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USA: New Merit-based Immigration Plan May Escalate Highly-Skilled Workers

A merit-based immigration plan being put together by Jared Kushner, White House senior adviser it could lead to an escalation in US visas for extremely skilled workers, sources revealed on 24 Apr 2019.Merit-based Immigration ProposalKushner is assumed…




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Latest Developments for US H-1B Visa Holders, Regarding Switching Jobs

There have been Latest developments for H-1B visa holders in the US in the matter of switching jobs. It deals with the issue of obtaining a new job similar to the old which requires similar skills.Specialty Occupation Clause The US Citizenship and…




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The US Proposes Adding 30,000 Visas for Seasonal Workers in this Week

The US administration has a plan of allowing 30,000 overseas workmen temporarily. They will help to carry out seasonal work in the country at the end of September. This reflects that the booming economy has complicated Presidential efforts in restricting…




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US Proposes to Increase H-1B Application Fee - Labor Secretary

The US has a plan of increasing the application fee for the H-1B visa as a way of increasing the availability of funds for the Apprentice Program.The DetailsThis was stated by Alexander Acosta, the Labor Secretary. He was testifying in front of the Congressional…




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Merit-Based Immigration Will Benefit US

The US President Donald Trump has made a remark regarding the merit-based immigration system which can help skilled persons, foreigners, and professional Indians to attain Green Cards or permanent residence in a legal way. After this decision of President,…




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Draft Rule Changes Work Permit Rules for Spouses of H-1B Visa Holders

The US government proposes to introduce new visa norms. Additionally, it has a plan to strip the work permits benefitting the spouses of H-1B visa holders’ under H-4 visas in the country.The DetailsThis announcement came in a webpage from the agenda…




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The Populus Group in US Will Pay $1.1 Million Backwages to H1B Workers

Following the investigation of the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor, an American employment service company in Troy, Michigan, was in agreement to pay, USD 1.1 million as back wages to 594 H-1B employees. Many of these are top skilled…




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US Embassy in South Africa Advises the Visa Applicants to Apply Early

The US Embassy, located in South Africa, has asked its residents, intending to Plan a trip to the US, to apply for the visas quickly for avoiding a long wait. The embassy stated that the processing of visa applications at US consulates, located in Cape…




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Any Changes in H-1B Visa Policy will Impact on Many US Tech Companies

Many American firms are the major beneficiaries of the H-1B visas. Any restrictions on these visas may impact heavily on the US technology companies because many work permits are issued to Indians with a high skill set. Indian nationals receive two-thirds…




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H1B Visa Changes Give Priority to MBA and Master's Students

After the implementation of new regulations the odds of MBA candidates increased by more than 10% to get the US work visa.They are burdened with student debt heavily and will be in a position to settle it. They can expect an attractive return on investment…




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USA Green Card : Bill for increasing Cap on Family Visas

US lawmakers are casting their vote regarding lifting the country-cap of seven percent for issuing the Green Card. This is a move that will immensely benefit top skilled Indian IT professionals who are languishing in the queue for several years. The…




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US considers boosting Merit-Based Immigration with benefit to Indians

The US administration is proposing an impressive increase in merit-based and legal immigration as an effort to change the obsolete systemCreating tax revenue of USD 500 billion Jared Kushner, The Presidential Adviser, stated that when the immigration…




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US Lawmakers Bothered About Increase in H1B Visas Request for Evidence

US lawmakers and experts have shown their anxiety over the US immigration agency's growing demand for "irrelevant" or earlier furnished information to decide an H-1B application, causing a delay in work visa processing, popular among the high skilled …




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New US Rule increases EB-5 Visa Investor Requirements to $900,000

The US Office of Management and Budget has announced the new rules on July 25th, concerning the EB-5 program (Immigrant Investor Program Modernization), which is frequently used by the Indian American community. These will take effective from November…




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US Immigration Policy- H-1B Visa offers Advantages to Large Companies

Presently H1-B visas are frequently used by established companies and less by startups because the former, get the advantage in dealing with time and cost factors.US Immigration and the status of start upsThe present visa policies followed by U.S. make…




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USA Administration Announces Fresh Immigration Rules and Measures

A new announcement by the USA Administration amounts to a concentrated effort by the administration to alter the legal immigration and focus on the legal ways for immigration.The rule denotes that the applicants for Green Card and visa will be viewed…




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US Immigration Moves Ahead in H-1B Process and Impacts Indian IT Sector

The US Immigration is moving ahead in changing the process for issuing H-1B visa from next year. The outcome will have an impact on many Indian IT firms. Additionally, the Office of Management and Budget, has completed the reviewing process, for the…




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US Plans to Waive Compulsory Interview for Specific Visas

The US is operating on making the process of visa application shorter for Indian citizens and starting 1 September 2019, certain candidates can appeal for a waiver from the compulsory interview. In a statement to the associations of the travel agents,…




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US Court Provides Relief in Getting Work Permits of Spouses in H1B Visa

A US court provided temporary relief to many Indians who live in America, and also has rejected the striking down, for now of the rule brought in by President  Obama – allowing the spouses of visa holders in H-1B category to work in the country. A…




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US H-1B Visa Will Opt for A New Registration System from March 2020

In the future application season, A new and streamlined electronic registration system, having the earlier deadline will Replace the expensive and bulky H-1B application process, as per the statement of the federal government.The Major ChangesIn place…




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News & Developments about US EB-5 Investment

There is news in relation to EB-5 investment visas like the extension of 2020 program, the future predictions on visa bulletin, and finally the regulation changes.The Extension of the 2020 ProgramThe extended date presently is September 30th, 2020 as…




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A Report and Trend Analysis on Indian Students to US

There is a decreasing trend among the Indian students reaching the US to seek education over the years, as per a report. As per the Open Doors Report focusing on International Educational Exchange, the yearly growth of students from India, to the US…