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The skilled-worker visa reform the entrepreneurs want is relatively uncontroversial San Francisco-based entrepreneur Garrett Johnson is usually too busy with his messaging start-up for much travel, but one issue has inspired him to cross the country: immigration reform.
South Africa's Ethos Private Equity has raised $800 million for a new fund that will look for opportunities in the continent's biggest economy and its fast-growing neighbors in one of the largest amounts secured by an Africa-focused fund
Oral Cancer Prevention International and CDx Laboratories recently merged to become CDx Diagnostics.
Leading researchers from academia will soon be part of a $120 million Department of Energy initiative to help develop solutions for producing more ‘rare earth materials’ in the country for lesser dependence on foreign sources.
A $500-million "green jobs" program to train U.S. workers for new jobs and help spark recovery from the great recession has fallen far short of its goals, according to a report from the Labor Department's internal watchdog released on Friday.
As the job outlook continues to look murky for recent college graduates the costs of tuition and fees for both public and private universities are up, though not too substantially, according to the latest figures released by The College Board Wednesday.
The U.S. economy, the number one issue among voters, grew at a two percent rate in the third quarter, according to Commerce Department Data released Friday. Increased consumer and government spending and an uptick in the housing industry were the drivers.
A study examining the causes of the 2011 earthquake in Spain's agricultural city of Lorca, shows that years of drilling and pumping water from an underground reservoir may have triggered the 5.1 magnitude event. The May 11, 2011 quake was Spain's worst in 50 years, claiming nine lives and costing the country billions of euros in damage.
New home construction in the U.S. jumped in September to its highest level in four years, reported Bloomberg Businessweek, based on Commerce Department data released Wednesday.
