Senate Panel Approves Currency Bill
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| A Senate panel overwhelmingly approved legislation Thursday that would give
| the United States additional tools to pressure China and other countries
| accused of manipulating the value of their currencies.
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| [...]
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| She wants the U.S. to press China to make legal reforms and improve its
| intellectual property protection, a key issue for Microsoft Corp., located in
| Redmond, Wash.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070726/currency_senate.html?.v=3
Not the first such incident. The case below was followed by extortion (Canada)
by Microsoft.
Related:
Bill Gates to address Senate panel
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| Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is scheduled to descend on Capitol Hill
| next week to pepper a U.S. Senate committee with his suggestions for
| boosting American competitiveness.
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http://news.com.com/2061-10796_3-6163930.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
Software Execs Want Visa Limits Raised
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| Microsoft CEO, Other Software Executives Seek Higher Cap on Skilled
| Foreign Worker Visas
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070606/microsoft_immigration.html?.v=1
Bill Gates says West not supplying enough IT talent
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| A shortage of information technology graduates from Western universities is
| leading companies to call on developing countries to meet research demand,
| Microsoft chairman Bill Gates said on Tuesday.
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http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyID=2006-11-07T174625Z_01_L07799513_RTRUKOC_0_US-MICROSOFT-TALENT.xml&WTmodLoc=Home-C5-technologyNews-2
http://tinyurl.com/u9bux
Study: There Is No Shortage of U.S. Engineers
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| ...a new study from Duke University calls this argument bunk, stating
| that there is no shortage of engineers in the United States, and
| that offshoring is all about cost savings.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2111347,00.asp
Is There a Shortage of U.S. Tech Workers?
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| Speaking before a Senate committee earlier this month, Gates said
| that America is facing a critical shortage of tech workers. He
| recommended boosting the number of H-1B visas to allow more foreign
| tech workers into the U.S.
|
| [...]
|
| "I think that has created an environment where the population of advanced
| skill workers has shrunk a lot in the U.S., because we just haven't created
| a fair system," he says. "Where if you go to other countries, you'll find
| national policy around broadband deployment, which creates a much more even
| playing field for people of all income levels to learn by and work by."
|
| "We did it to ourselves," he says.
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http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/career/article.php/3667376
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