The
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of 30 September, 2002 #115
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IN
THIS ISSUE
1. Travel News: Air travel has become a nightmare for
many.
2. Immigration News: Amazon and Microsoft Demand H-1B
Visa Workers
3. Immigration News: An unlucky immigrant shown the golden
door
4. Immigration News: Visa Lottery Comes Up Again Amid
Fears Over Terrorism
5. Global Trade: Problems in Africa
6. Global Trade: Investing in Africa
7. Global Trade: The Booming Oil Industry in Angola Looking
Positive
8. Business: Isle of Man, Zero Tax rate Looks Attractive
9. Construction: Homelessness in the United States?
10. Report on the World Summit in Johannesburg
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1. Air travel has become a nightmare for many.
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Airports may have fewer chaotic lines than they did last
fall, but flying still feels dramatically different from
the way it did before Sept. 11.
A way of traveling that had become as easy and convenient
as hopping a bus now begins with a series of stressful
and often unpredictable tests that must be passed. As
a passenger, you're no longer just a customer. You're
a potential threat.
To read more go to our NEWS
DESK
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2.Amazon and Microsoft Demand H-1B Visa Workers
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Despite one of the worst economic recessions ever to
strike the local high-tech industry, Amazon and Microsoft
continue to file applications to fill vacant job openings
with foreign workers under the H-1B visa program.
According to the database that tracks such filings, the
two companies have requested forty-one applications since
the beginning of 2002. If the trend continues throughout
the year, more than 150 jobs could go to foreign workers.
The federally regulated H-1B visa program allows high-tech
companies to bring in more than 100,000 workers per year
for computer-related occupations.
The jobs that Amazon and Microsoft are seeking to fill
include software development, design and test engineers.
To make their H-1B applications, these companies had to
attest that they had sought qualified U.S. candidates,
but failed in their search and therefore needed foreign
workers to fill these jobs.
To read more go to our NEWS
DESK
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3. An unlucky immigrant shown the golden door
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His baby face is wan, his eyes sleepless. His dark hair
has turned gray in jail. Macan Singh, 33 -- just released
from 16 months of Immigration and Naturalization Service
detention -- hardly looked like the symbol of an increasingly
complex debate on immigration in the USA, but he is.
No question -- Singh is an illegal immigrant and will
be deported back to India. But his case is instructive
because it reflects a clash of governmental objectives
-- the enforcement of immigration law versus the protection
of exploited workers.
To read more go to our NEWS
DESK
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4. Annual Visa Lottery Comes Up Again Amid Fears
Over Terrorism
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Millions vie for 50,000 permanent residency slots offered
by the Visa Lottery. Many residents already in the U.S.
question whether it's wise for the program to continue.
The State Department published guidelines last week for
the upcoming 2004 DV-1 green card lottery. The entry period
starts at noon on Monday, October 7 and concludes on Wednesday,
November 6. Applicants from most parts of the world will
vie for 50,000 green cards, which will be available for
distribution starting on October 1 of next year.
The application procedures are the same as in previous
years, and those participating in the lottery also need
to bear in mind the cardinal rule of only one entry per
person. Those submitting duplicates will be disqualified.
Applicants must also possess the equivalent of a U.S.
high school education, or two years or work/training experience
in a field that requires similar qualifications.
For more information visit our web page on Immigration
and the Green Card Lottery.
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5. Global Trade: Problems in Africa?
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What is this the real problem as to why Africa is in
a State of Poverty? Can we just blame the British Colonials?
Johannesburg - Mining boss, former Gauteng premier
and struggle activist Tokyo Sexwale yesterday launched
a stinging attack on corrupt African leaders, accusing
them of running their countries' treasuries for their
own account.
Speaking at the Business Action for Sustainable Development
(BASD), Sexwale said some of the continent's political
bosses were running "kleptocracies" rife
with nepotism and corruption.
To read the full report go to our NEWS
DESK
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6. Investing in Africa
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Portugal is leading an investment charge in former African
colonies, particularly in Angola where the end of a long
civil war has sparked a surge in the flow of cash to the
nation.
Portuguese firms poured €68.4 million into Angola
during the first three months of this year, a 54 percent
increase over the same period last year, Portuguese trade
office figures, released last week, showed.
To read the full report go to our NEWS
DESK
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7. The Booming Oil Industry in Angola Looking Positive.
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Cape Town - The rapidly growing Angolan oil industry
was "one of Africa's success stories", expected
to attract $50 billion in investment over the next 10
years, Duncan Clarke, the chairman and chief executive
of US-based Global Pacific and Partners International,
said yesterday.
Go to our NEWS
DESK
Note: Our firm is authorized to recruit workers for positions
with oil companies. Visit our web page on Employment.
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8. Isle of Man, Zero Tax rate Looks Attractive
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DOUGLAS, IoM. Abolition of corporate tax is poaching
JERSEY firms. To read the full report go to our NEWS
DESK
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9. Homelessness in the United States?
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Prepared by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development,
"Evaluations of Continuums of Care for Homeless
People" is a comprehensive study that examines
the continuums of care for homeless people throughout
the United States. Critiquing the agenda of the Continuum
of Care (CoC), a system designed to help homeless people
as well as those at imminent risk of becoming homeless.
This 216-page report examines their development, current
structure, and possible future. Users should note that
this report defaults to small font and may be more easily
readable if printed. To obtain a copy of this report (
PDF) click
here
Our firm plays a role in assisting the "homeless"
in many countries. If you can help in any way, we
would appreciate your suggestions. Visit
our web page on this subject.
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10. Report on the World Summit in Johannesburg
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What are we going to do about Africa Needs?
Based on current trends, none of the goals of the World
Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg
will be met because dozens of countries are already way
off track in meeting commitments.
In fact, the situation will be worse in just over 10
years time than it was 10 years ago.
This is the view of one of the world's top development
agencies, Oxfam, expressed in a statement delivered in
Northern Ireland on Friday. Our representative at this
Special meeting will provide us with a report for next
month's Newsletter. To read more go to our NEWS
DESK
This Months Quote:
"The beginning of knowledge is the discovery
of something we do not understand." Frank Hobart
