Industries
Stanford MBA Grad Returns to Mexico to Start Two Successful Companies
Oswaldo Trava Albarrán, a graduate of Stanford Business School, lost his finance job in the heat of the 2008 financial crisis before he had secured an H-1B visa. Passionate about entrepreneurship, he decided to return to his native Mexico, where he has since founded two successful companies, Lo… Read More
Immigrants key to state’s economic success
Despite a relatively small immigrant population, Wisconsin’s foreign-born residents are making important contributions to our economy. We must acknowledge that immigrants play a key to the future economic success of Wisconsin’s dairy industry. According to the Partnership for a New American Economy, 40 percent of workers in Wisconsin’s $26 billion… Read More
South Korean Biomedical Engineer Hopes to Continue Cancer Research in U.S.
Back in South Korea after earning a PhD from Purdue University and pursuing groundbreaking research in biomedical devices for cancer treatment, Seung Hyun Song wonders if he will be able to return to the United States after completing his compulsory military service in South Korea. As a… Read More
A CEO’s argument for immigration reform
Americans are hungry for immigration reform. Four-fifths of voters want Congress to act this year, according to a poll released July 9 by the Partnership for a New American Economy, the Business Roundtable and the National Association of Manufacturers. Yet Congress has stated that it has… Read More
Sanity comes to immigration reform debate
A political odd couple recently held a press conference in Tallahassee on what has been a hot button issue for conservatives since Barack Obama was sworn as president — immigration reform. As part of a national day of action, Florida Chamber of Commerce and Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops joined… Read More
Congress: Act on immigration
Here’s a riddle for you. What do Rand Paul, Grover Norquist, Michael Bloomberg, Rupert Murdoch and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter have in common? These prominent Americans from both sides of the political aisle all want Washington to do something about the immigration crisis. For years, America’s… Read More
German Immigrant Makes Notable Contribution to Biosciences
While a student at Cornell University, German native Jonas Korlach helped invent a machine that allowed scientists to read the entire human genome faster than they had ever done before. Although Korlach’s path to stay in the U.S. wasn’t an easy one, that invention eventually became… Read More
Prominent Oklahoma Republicans push for immigration reform
Citing billion-dollar losses in agriculture labor shortages, a group of current and past Oklahoma Republican leaders has asked the state’s congressional delegation to support approval of immigration reform. A letter sent Tuesday includes 13 signatures including former Gov. Frank Keating, former Tulsa… Read More
Oklahoma Republicans urge immigration reform
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – A group of current and former Oklahoma Republican elected officials is urging Congress to pass an immigration reform measure this year, saying the current system isn’t working for the state’s business owners and farmers. In a letter Tuesday to the state’s five U.S. Read More
Successful Belgian Entrepreneur and Stanford Graduate Worries About His Future in the U.S.
Pierre-Jean Cobut, a Belgian entrepreneur who always dreamed of moving to America, was accepted into Stanford Business School in 2012. While at Stanford, he and his Israeli-born classmate Elad Ferber developed a hi-tech wearable fitness device that landed them on a list of “Stanford Business… Read More
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