Economy

DHS to Accelerate Award of H-1B Visas amid Disease Shutdown

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is trying to accelerate the delivery of H-1B foreign workers to U.S. and Indian companies — despite the crashing economy and abundant evidence that many American graduates are facing discrimination and exclusion from software jobs.

Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf speaks during a news conference about the coronavirus in the James Brady Briefing Room at the White House, Saturday, March 14, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Stocks Hammered, Dow Drops To Lowest Since February 2017

Nearly all of the Trump stock market boom has now fallen victim to the coronavirus pandemic. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1,338.46 points, around 6.3 percent, to 19,898.92. That is the first close below 20,000 since February 2017. The

TOPSHOT - Traders work on the floor at the opening bell of the Dow Industrial Average at the New York Stock Exchange on March 18, 2020 in New York. - Wall Street stocks resumed their downward slide early Wednesday as the economic toll mounts from the rapid near-shutdown of key …