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At liberal tech companies, those who disagree on politics say they're more isolated than ever before

The Lonely Lives of Silicon Valley Conservatives

EghtesadOnline: Shashi Ramchandani, who manages a team of engineers at Google, has never been shy about being a conservative working in Silicon Valley . He showed coworkers emails he exchanged with Ivanka Trump after he mailed her photos he took at the Republican convention, and on election night, he texted colleagues snapshots from the floor of Trump’s victory party in New York City. “They saw me first as a Googler, then as a conservative,” Ramchandani said.
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Publish Date:06/September/2017 | 05:30

Silicon Valley ’s ‘Darkest’ Immigration Secret Hits U.S. Cinemas

EghtesadOnline: A feature film about the difficulties facing an Indian temporary work-visa holder waiting for permanent residency will be screened in 25 U.S. cinemas on Friday, with backing from Silicon Valley investors, fueling an already heated immigration debate.
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Publish Date:01/April/2017 | 19:04
“If you’re a U.S. tech company, your recruitment just got a lot harder.”

Facing Immigration Crackdown, Silicon Valley Rethinks Its Dreams

EghtesadOnline: Before the election, Nicole Manion and her boss joked about whether a Donald Trump victory would mean she’d have to leave her tech job in Seattle and go home to Toronto. The ribbing has stopped.
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Publish Date:19/November/2016 | 08:18

Economists see ride-hailing industry as ripe for competition

EghtesadOnline: Chinese powerhouse Didi Chuxing's acquisition of Uber Technologies Inc's China operations marked the biggest move yet toward consolidation in an industry that many investors and Silicon Valley pundits view as a winner-take-all game.
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Publish Date:28/August/2016 | 07:43

Silicon Valley leads avalanche of quarterly reports

EghtesadOnline: A quartet of technology heavyweights will be part of an avalanche of quarterly corporate earnings reports next week that, along with a meeting of Federal Reserve policymakers, could hold the key to whether Wall Street extends its record-breaking rally or loses steam.
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Publish Date:25/July/2016 | 07:45

After One of Tech’s Biggest Breakups, HP Inc. Comes Out on Top

EghtesadOnline: In 2015, in one of the biggest corporate breakups in Silicon Valley ’s history, the roughly 75-year old Hewlett-Packard Co. cleaved itself in half. Hewlett Packard Enterprise, or HPE, would handle data centers, software and services. HP Inc. would take the runt of the litter: printers and computers.
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Publish Date:23/August/2017 | 05:02
Onetime tech thought leader Marc Canter faces accusations of misconduct.

Silicon Valley ’s Sexual Harassment Issues Have a Long History

EghtesadOnline: Allegations of sexism and harassment toward female entrepreneurs have caused an uproar in Silicon Valley in recent weeks, after explosive accusations emerged about several startup investors and mentors. The scandals have brought to light an issue that's been whispered about in boardrooms and among victims for decades.
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Publish Date:29/July/2017 | 05:33

Facebook to build housing in Silicon Valley for first time

EghtesadOnline: The shortage of housing in California's Silicon Valley has gotten so severe that Facebook Inc on Friday proposed taking homebuilding into its own hands for the first time with a plan to construct 1,500 units near its headquarters.
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Publish Date:08/July/2017 | 05:41

Trump Cracks Down on H-1B Visa Program That Feeds Silicon Valley

EghtesadOnline: The U.S. administration began to deliver on President Donald Trump’s campaign promise to crack down on a work visa program that channels thousands of skilled overseas workers to companies across the technology industry.
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Publish Date:04/April/2017 | 04:21

Silicon Valley puts money and muscle into fighting Trump immigrant curbs

EghtesadOnline: Silicon Valley took the lead over the weekend in corporate resistance to President Donald Trump's clampdown on immigration, financing legal opposition, criticizing the plan, as well as helping employees ensnared by his executive order.
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Publish Date:30/January/2017 | 05:53
Silicon Valley and Detroit can’t keep up with Elon Musk’s trove of real-world metrics.

The Tesla Advantage: 1.3 Billion Miles of Data

EghtesadOnline: There was, in hindsight, a clear element of risk to Tesla Motors Inc.’s decision to install Autopilot hardware in every car coming off the production line since October 2014. It paid a price, with federal regulators probing the deadly crash of a Model S while in driver-assist mode and critics slamming Tesla for rolling the technology out too soon.
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Publish Date:21/December/2016 | 06:42

Trump Casts Browbeating Aside to Tell Big Tech He’s an Ally

EghtesadOnline: Tech executives summoned to meet with Donald Trump in New York Wednesday had reason to suspect they were being lured into a trap. In the run-up to the election, the President-elect clashed with industry bellwethers over such issues as immigration, manufacturing and smartphone security.
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Publish Date:15/December/2016 | 07:38