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White House blocks Microsoft from foreign worker hiring program

Written and edited by the WorldPing NewsdeskPublished Updated Original reporting: BBC Business
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What happened

An international visa program has for years allowed US tech companies to hire highly skilled workers from abroad.

Key facts

  • An international visa program has for years allowed US tech companies to hire highly skilled workers from abroad.
  • Reported by BBC Business and published Thu, 08 Oct 2026 21:37:35 UTC.

Why it matters

Economic releases and corporate results feed directly into rate expectations, currency moves and equity pricing, so the detail here often matters more to markets than the headline itself.

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  • How rate expectations and index futures respond
  • Guidance or commentary from the companies and policymakers involved

Coverage timeline

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  1. Trump admin suspends green cards to Microsoft as Vance accuses the company of replacing laid-off workers with ‘foreign indentured servants’

  2. Trump presents national medal to Microsoft CEO after suspending its H-1B visas and alleging ‘foreign indentured servants’ replaced domestic workers

  3. White House blocks Microsoft from foreign worker hiring program

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