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Global Services July 23, 2007 Juhi Bhambal	Temp. Visas: Outsourcing's Thorny Issue As two Senators charge tech companies of bringing cheap foreign workers to the U.S., costing Americans their jobs, the thorny issue of supposed visa abuse once again mars an otherwise rosy outsourcing story. We trace the events of the last two months.
BusinessWeek December 10, 2009 Moira Herbst	Still Wanted: Foreign Talent -- and Visas With the U.S. jobless rate at 10%, continued hiring of workers from abroad may stoke controversy.
InternetNews March 3, 2009 Stuart J. Johnston	Microsoft Fires Back in H-1B Workers Spat Despite pressure from Sen. Grassley, Microsoft's top lawyer says it doesn't plan to lay off H-1B workers before U.S. citizens.
InternetNews November 4, 2005 Roy Mark	Tech Wins Big in Senate Budget Bill Differences still remain with the House of Representatives over DTV transition and H-1B visas.
InternetNews May 25, 2007 Roy Mark	Senate Votes to Hike H1-B Visa Fees Amendment to immigration bill draws sharp opposition from tech coalition.
InternetNews June 28, 2007 Roy Mark	H1-B Visa Increase Nixed With Immigration Bill Unable to muster 60 votes to cut off debate, Senate Democrats today tabled their efforts to enact a comprehensive immigration reform bill.
InternetNews August 17, 2010	Border Security Bill Sends H-1B Visa Fees Soaring Newly enacted bill to secure the U.S.-Mexico border manages to stay budget-neutral by offsetting its $600 million cost by targeted increases to visas for foreign workers.
InternetNews January 28, 2009 Stuart J. Johnston	Microsoft to Layoff Some H-1B Holders Microsoft is laying off those it can most do without, citizens or not.
BusinessWeek January 17, 2008 Jay Greene	Case Study: Microsoft's Canadian Solution Microsoft opened an office in Richmond, B.C., where it hopes to place hundreds of workers unable to obtain visas a few miles south in the U.S.
InternetNews April 1, 2009 Stuart J. Johnston	Microsoft: H-1B Workers Needed Despite Layoffs The software titan's top lawyer lobbies online to expand the number of visas for foreign workers.
BusinessWeek June 25, 2007 Steve Hamm	Guess Who's Hiring In America Infosys and other Indian companies are recruiting more locals in the U.S.
HBS Working Knowledge August 1, 2011 Carmen Nobel	Immigrant Innovators: Job Stealers or Job Creators? The H-1B visa program, which enables US employers to hire highly skilled foreign workers for three years, is "a lightning rod for a very heated debate," says Harvard Business School professor William Kerr.
Global Services November 29, 2007	The Future of Temporary Immigration The debate on skilled immigrants will peak as 2008 U.S. Presidential elections approach, and then ebb. Even if current regulations don't get stricter through amendments, their enforcement certainly will.
InternetNews April 4, 2007 Roy Mark	H1-B Visas: One And Done One day after the opening of the H1-B visa program process, the 2008 allotment of 85,000 H1-B visas is already gone.
InternetNews May 15, 2007 Roy Mark	H1-B Visa Reform Gains More Support The legislative agenda for H1-B visa reform in Congress grew more crowded today with another proposal to increase the number of skilled foreign workers available to the U.S. workforce.
InternetNews March 12, 2008	Gates Wants More Professional Visas Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates asked Congress on Wednesday for more visas for skilled professionals, echoing arguments often made by many in the tech sector.
Job Journal October 29, 2006 Michael Kinsman	Career Pros: Few Happy with High-Tech Visas US companies complain of long delays to import needed skills.
InternetNews June 5, 2006 Roy Mark	Poof! H1-B Visas Gone Four months before the 2007 U.S. fiscal years even begins, visas for highly skilled tech workers are already consigned.
InternetNews April 11, 2007 Roy Mark	Bills Would Expand H1-B Visa Quotas Lawmakers seek to expand the number of foreign U.S. graduates for technology work pool.
InternetNews November 20, 2009	Tech's H-1B Hiring Faces 'Employ America Act' Bipartisan legislation is designed to limit foreign labor via temporary guest worker programs.
CIO August 12, 2009 Stephanie Overby	H-1B Visa Sponsors: Surprise! You're Being Audited U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services has beefed up its anti-fraud auditing efforts this year with surprise site visits to companies that employ temporary non-immigrant visa holders. Corporate attorneys weigh in with tips on how to prepare for an H-1B visa audit.
Knowledge@Wharton	Debate over Scarcity -- and Skills -- of IT Workers According to the Information Technology Association of America's May study, U.S. companies will be short nearly 600,000 qualified IT professionals over the next 12 months.
CIO July 30, 2013 John Ribeiro	Infosys Is Having Its Midlife Crisis Indian outsourcer Infosys -- in the midst of a major transformation -- struggles to supplement its commodity programming services with high-value business offerings
BusinessWeek November 4, 2010 Einhorn & Gokhale	India Outsourcers Feel Unloved in the U.S. Indian outsourcers fear that a U.S. backlash over job losses will endanger their biggest overseas market.
CIO January 1, 2003 Stephanie Overby	Cap On, Cap Off In 1998 and 2000, when high-tech companies asked Congress to raise the cap on H-1B visas (temporary permits that allow qualified foreigners to work in the United States), nary a legislator blinked. The cap, however, is slated to shrink to its original level in October 2003.
CIO October 18, 2011 Stephanie Overby	H-1B Visa Processing Delays Threaten IT Project Success The U.S. government's increased scrutiny of guest worker visa programs is leading to lengthy delays in processing IT outsourcing companies' applications for H-1B and L-1 visas. These delays are making it even more difficult for some IT groups and outsourcing providers to complete projects on time.
BusinessWeek May 2, 2005 Christopher Farrell	An Onshore Play In Offshoring Shares in Indian tech consultants are pricey but there's room to grow. There are concerns over rising labor costs, and worries about growth prospects that have put pressure on stock prices.
InternetNews November 29, 2004 Roy Mark	H-1B Visa Expansion Draws Praise High tech interests scored a late victory in Congress when the lame duck legislature increased the 2005 H-1B visa ceiling by 20,000 foreign workers. The visas are limited to workers with graduate degrees from U.S. universities.
The Motley Fool August 25, 2009 Tim Beyers	This Is the Next Great Tech Market India is more than an emerging economy. Mumbai and Bangalore, together, may be the world's next alternative to Silicon Valley.
CFO June 1, 2004 Justin Wood	The View from the East India's upstart IT-services firms face their own challenges from their giant rivals in the West.
Entrepreneur October 2005 Joshua Kurlantzick	In or Out? The immigration issue is as hot as ever, but it's no longer just a partisan debate.
BusinessWeek April 26, 2004 Kripalani & Hamm	Merger Fever Breaks Out In Bangalore IBM's $150 million purchase of Daksh eServices, the third-largest Indian call center and back-office service provider, may trigger a wave of acquisitions.
Inc. December 2005 Stephanie Clifford	Cracks in the Melting Pot Visa restrictions are keeping entrepreneurial immigrants away, and they're finding new opportunities overseas.
InternetNews April 9, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Indian IT Firm Opens U.S. Consulting Arm Amid an offshoring backlash, Indian software giant Infosys Technologies said it would open a business consulting practice in the United States.
The Motley Fool February 20, 2007 Todd Wenning	Is It Time to Get Out? The Indian stock market has had an impressive run over the past five years. But are the good times coming to an end for Indian stocks?
The Motley Fool July 13, 2006 Stephen Ellis	Infosys: Strong Quarter, Still Expensive The Indian outsourcing company continues to shine, but it's one darn expensive stock.
InternetNews August 15, 2005 Roy Mark	Game Over: Next Year's H1-B Visas Already Gone Early run on visa pool prompts tech calls for increased allocations.
The Motley Fool March 23, 2010 Mike Pienciak	Is This Industry Overheating? Shares of these IT names may have overshot fundamentals. Compared to the global players, Indian companies are clearly trading at a huge premium to expected 2011 growth.
BusinessWeek August 25, 2003 Spencer E. Ante	Too Many Visas for Techies? U.S. workers gripe that lax rules may cost them their jobs
CIO December 15, 2003 Grant Gross	A CIO's Agenda for 2004 CIOs critique Congress on a national plan for Internet sales taxes and raising H-1B visa limits.
Salon.com October 19, 2000 Ed Frauenheim	The scourge of Silicon Valley Anti-immigration crusader Norman Matloff says he's fighting for the rights of tech workers everywhere...
BusinessWeek May 20, 2010 Bruce Einhorn	Bangalore: Big Pay Raises Are Back With the recession over, India's tech giants are hiring again - sending payrolls skyward and enlivening a sleepy job market.
CIO January 15, 2002 Preston Gralla	Worker Visas Under Fire For CIOs, it could become more difficult to fill tech jobs if the number of H1-B visas is cut back...
Global Services September 14, 2007 Rinku Tyagi	Great Paymasters, Not Best Employers! In the Indian tech industry, employee satisfaction is no longer a derivative of higher salaries.
InternetNews July 6, 2007	Microsoft: North to Canada Microsoft said it plans to expand its presence in Canada by opening a new software development center in the greater Vancouver, British Columbia, area.
BusinessWeek December 30, 2009 Srivastava & Herbst	The Return of the Outsourced Job To boost employment, local governments are wooing Indian companies such as Tata, Wipro, and Infosys. But the job gains are a drop in the bucket.
BusinessWeek October 1, 2009 Hamm & Herbst	America's High-Tech Sweatshops U.S. companies may be contributing unwittingly to the exploitation of workers imported from India and elsewhere by tech-services outfits.
InternetNews November 5, 2008	Tech's Eyes Turn Now to Obama, Dems The new administration promises change, but how will that play with the IT and Internet industry's agenda?
The Motley Fool June 9, 2006 John Finneran	IBM: "I" Stands for India IBM will invest $6 billion in India -- but why?
The Motley Fool May 19, 2006 Bobby Shethia	Considering a Costly Cognizant Wall Street values the software outsourcing company's stock at too steep a premium to its business. Investors, take note.