Immigrant sells WhatsApp to Facebook for $19bn
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12:03 24/02/2014
Jan Koum, a Ukrainian who settled in the US, has sold his WhatsApp mobile app to Facebook for $19bn. Mr Koum, 37, left Ukraine for the US when with his mother he was 16. His story is a classic 'rags-...
American Apparel pays $4.8m to investors misled over immigrant workers
19:41 10/02/2014
The American clothing company American Apparel has paid $4.8m to settle a claim brought by shareholders in the US Federal Court in New York. The shareholders claimed that American Apparel had risked...
New Zealand immigration establishes Entrepreneur Work Visa
10:44 31/12/2013
The New Zealand immigration minister Michael Woodhouse has announced that his department is to scrap the Long-Term Business Visa and introduce a new visa, the Entrepreneur Work Visa, to replace it...
Cyprus immigration lowers cost of 'fast track citizenship'
19:57 20/12/2013
The Cypriot department of immigration has cut the cost of its Fast Track Citizenship program, also known as 'economic citizenship'. The main change was introduced to placate Russians who had lost...
Latvian immigrant investor scheme may close after Presidential intervention
17:04 22/11/2013
If you are interested in the Latvian immigrant investor scheme, call us in London on +44 (0)344 991 9222 or in Riga on(+371) 6 781 4120 or email us at riga@workpermit.com There are fears that the...
Australian immigration to fast track 'special investor' visas
9:06 14/11/2013
The new Australian immigration minister Scott Morrison has said that he wants to fast-track 400 wealthy visa applicants for permanent residence. The 400 have applied for subclass 888 Significant...
