Tech companies seek to increase cap on visas for foreign-born skilled workers
Specialty-jobs visas are often used by U.S. tech firms to hire foreign-born engineers and other workers with specific skills. But the number of visas issued annually is much too small, industry leaders say. The companies worry that as business picks

Lansing GM plants manager moving on after three months on job (Lansing State Journal)
LANSING -- The plant manager for General Motors Co.s two local assembly plants is moving on to a new position at the automakers Detroit headquarters after logging less than three months on the job in Lansing. Alicia Boler-Davis, who became plant mana

LNG â??Boomâ?™ to Boost Australian Economy, Goldman Says (Update1) (Bloomberg)
Feb. 16 (Bloomberg) -- An Australian liquefied natural gas â??boomâ?? driven by rising Asian demand for cleaner-burning fuels may boost the nationâ?™s economy by 0.25 percent a year over most of the next decade, Goldman Sachs JBWere

Andrew Romanoff: The BP Disaster - our generations Sputnik; seizing the moment to revolutionize our energy policy
Half a century ago, the technological success of a foreign government shocked Americans into action. Today, the technological failure of a foreign corporation can produce...

Former Raytheon couple on their own with UAVs (Arizona Daily Star)
Jessica and Keith Brock left their jobs at Raytheon MissileSystems two years ago to take a small-business approach tounmanned-vehicle engineering.