A quick note on scope and confusion: early analyses suggest the $100k surcharge focuses on new H-1B petitions, not extensions or changes for folks already here. But the rollout has been murky, so legal teams are treating guidance updates like breaking news. That uncertainty is itself a cost—hiring freezes while lawyers parse memos.
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Nvidia, the world’s leading maker of artificial intelligence chips, made headlines last week with two investments that could reshape Silicon Valley: The company will invest $5 billion in Intel, buying a stake in its long-term rival, and a commitment of up to $100 billion in OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT.
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Meta’s Connect 2025 event wasn’t subtle. The company is betting hard that the future of tech isn’t in your pocket but on your face and wrist. The stars of the show were the Ray-Ban Display smart glasses and the Neural Band, a wrist device that claims to turn your thoughts into commands.
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The United States first put a price on information leading to Nicolás Maduro’s capture on March 26, 2020, when federal prosecutors in New York unsealed narco-terrorism and drug-trafficking indictments against the Venezuelan leader and several allies.
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This week brought the sharpest movement in months: Donald Trump said Xi Jinping has “approved” a deal a U.S.-controlled TikTok that would avert a shutdown. Beijing hasn’t confirmed that narrative, and reporting remains split on whether there’s a final agreement or just a political green light to keep negotiating. In short: momentum, not closure.
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Alexzander Gonzalez Staff Writer Who is PNC and FirstBank? PNC Financial services, based out of Pittsburgh, is one of the
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Klarna’s planned U.S. listing first ran into trouble in April 2025, when turbulent market conditions, triggered in large part by sweeping tariff announcements that rattled global trading and pushed volatility higher, pushed the company to pause its IPO. As of September 10th, the long-awaited public listing has finally happened.
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This month, the U.S. Dollar Index (DXY) has crashed to its lowest level since April 2022.
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At on Easter Monday at 9:45 a.m. CEST, Cardinal Kevin Farrell announced the death of Pope Francis, which had occurred at 7:35 a.m. on the same day. The cause of death was determined to be a stroke followed by cardiac arrest.
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An Idea of an “Easter Peace” became something the people of Ukraine desperately wanted to take a break from fighting and hold onto their traditions. This past Easter, President Vladimir Putin of Russia announced that there would be a short pause on the war for the Orthodox Easter from April 19th to April 20th for humanitarian reasons.
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