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Work visa benefits US, India, says study

Bloomberg The controversial H-1B visa programme, widely criticised for costing American workers their jobs, has actually provided economic benefits for both the US and India, according to a new study from researchers at the Center for Global Development and the University of Michigan. The combined incomes for the two countries as a result of the US visa programme rose by ...

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Hong Kong startup nears $500 million valuation

Bloomberg TNG FinTech Group Inc., a Hong Kong-based digital wallet operator founded in 2013, is poised to close a funding round and is targeting a valuation of about $500 million, according to a person familiar with the matter. The firm has attracted almost $60 million in the series. A round from investors including a Beijing-based private equity fund, said the ...

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India Exim sells dollar bond in Taiwan

Bloomberg State-owned Export-Import Bank of India sold its first dollar bond in Taiwan’s Formosa debt market, joining Korea’s Kookmin Bank and Europe’s ABN Amro Bank NV so far this year to tap local investors demand for floating-rate debt that offers protection to buyers. Overseas issuers have been able to obtain “some pricing advantages from Formosa floaters compared to the global ...

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