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Why Skilled Immigrants Are Leaving the U.S.
Despite the fact that they constitute only 12% of the U.S. population, immigrants have started 52% of Silicon Valley’s technology companies and contributed to more than 25% of our global patents. They make up 24% of the U.S. science and engineering workforce holding bachelor’s degrees and 47% of science and engineering workers who have PhDs. Immigrants have co-founded firms such as Google (NasdaqGS:GOOG – News), Intel (NasdaqGS:INTC – News), eBay (NasdaqGS:EBAY – News), and Yahoo! (NasdaqGS:YHOO – News).
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Russian president to face questions over US letter – International Herald Tribune
Russia’s president has his first chance to comment on reports he received a secret letter from President Barack Obama seeking help to disarm Iran at a news conference Tuesday wrapping up a two-day visit to Spain.
The letter to Dmitry Medvedev, which The New York Times reported was hand-delivered three weeks ago, suggested the U.S. would not need to build a controversial missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic if Iran’s efforts to build a nuclear weapon were halted.
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