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Employers race to snap up foreign work visas
Apr 2, 2013
Want a sign that business is hiring? For the first time since 2008, federal officials expect the 85,000 visas for foreign skilled workers will be snapped up in just a few days.
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Want a U.S. visa? Got a spare $500,000?
Mar 29, 2013
The government is doling out a growing number of visas to immigrants who invest half a million dollars in the U.S.
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Retailer sues Visa: Are credit card companies too strict on hacking?
Mar 19, 2013
Tennessee-based retail chain Genesco is suing Visa, saying the penalty it paid for a data breach was wrong.
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Visa, Mastercard reach $7 billion settlement over fees
Jul 16, 2012
Visa, Mastercard, and some big banks agreed to pay $6.6 billion late Friday to end a fight over fees they charge retailers. And the settlement is likely to affect all of us.
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Credit card numbers stolen: Your guide to freaking out
Apr 3, 2012
Up to 1.5 million credit card numbers for Visa and MasterCard accounts have been stolen from the databases of a company called Global Payments. Plus, understanding evolution through evolving robots.
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Visa cardholders hit by data breach, blackout
Apr 2, 2012
Visa has dropped card processor Global Payments after a big data breach on Friday. It compromised the credit card information of more than a million cardholders.
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Selling your personal information to the highest bidder? Priceless (hopefully).
Oct 25, 2011
Visa and MasterCard are working on advertising strategies that would target people based on their buying history. When it comes to privacy, the...
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Wikileaks suspends publication
Oct 24, 2011
The leak site has temporarily shut down in order to go into an aggressive fund raising mode. Yeah, it's something we've heard from a million arts...
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Google Wallet adds Visa
Sep 20, 2011
The Google Wallet program did indeed launch yesterday, just as we predicted. And now comes word that the system won't be entirely dependent on...
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Facebook, Visa choose sides on Wikileaks
Dec 7, 2010
Facebook says that at this point it will not take down a Wikileaks page on its site. The fan page has nearly a million followers/friends/likers...
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