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Corey Boles, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 22 at 10:41 am PT
A bipartisan group of senators will introduce legislation Tuesday that would seek to make it easier for foreign students who hold post-graduate degrees in math, science or engineering from American colleges to remain in the U.S. after they finish their studies.
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Liz Gannes in News on March 27 at 12:02 pm PT
The U.S. House of Representatives today passed with a vote of 380-41 a final version of the JOBS Act, revised to conform with the
Senate version. The new bill reduces the amount that unaccredited investors are allowed to contribute to “crowdfunding” for small companies. It also pushes the maximum number of shareholders a private company can have without falling under financial reporting regulations to 2,000, from 500.
Liz Gannes in News on March 22 at 10:25 am PT
The U.S. Senate today approved, 73-26, an amended version of legislation that will legalize “crowdfunding,” or equity investments in start-ups by the general public.
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Peter Landers, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on January 20 at 9:11 am PT
Congressional backers of online antipiracy legislation called off their efforts Friday following a storm of opposition by Internet companies, effectively killing the bills in their current form.
Arik Hesseldahl in Media on January 18 at 5:22 pm PT
A roundup of some of the interesting comments made about SOPA and PIPA during today’s Web-wide protest against the bills.
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Nitrozac and Snaggy in Voices on January 18 at 12:23 pm PT
Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site.
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Jennifer Valentino-DeVries, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on January 12 at 4:14 pm PT
The senator who introduced hotly debated legislation intended to shut down pirate websites said Thursday he is backing away from one of the most controversial parts of the bill, amid criticism from Web companies, human rights groups and Internet engineers.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on December 28, 2011 at 10:54 am PT
After losing some 37,000 domains over its support of a controversial piracy bill before Congress, Go Daddy resorts to its tried-and-true marketing weapon.
