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The Hill
an hour ago
- Business
- The Hill
Trump's immigration restrictions are pushing Corporate America into remote work faster
It is a fascinating and contradictory scenario: a president championing a full-scale return to the traditional office while simultaneously enacting policies that restrict new immigrants and deport existing ones. This apparent contradiction — a drive for centralized workplaces alongside a potential restriction on talent flow — might not yield the expected results. Instead, these combined pressures could dramatically accelerate the adoption of remote work, fundamentally reshaping our understanding of where and how vital work gets done. This isn't mere speculation — it's a trend with precedent. Harvard's Prithwiraj Choudhury documented how losing H-1B peers after 2017 denials reshaped team performance and nudged firms toward fully distributed structures. His broader research in his new book, 'The World Is Your Office: How Work from Anywhere Boosts Talent, Productivity, and Innovation,' showed that even during the Biden administration, existing immigration restrictions prompted companies to more readily embrace remote work. Moreover, he also shows that work-from-anywhere boosts productivity and widens talent pools, making geographic flexibility a durable competitive edge. At the heart of every dynamic economy lies its talent pool — the skilled individuals who drive innovation, solve complex problems and fuel growth. Companies are in a perpetual quest for this expertise. When national policies create significant hurdles to recruiting talent from abroad, businesses do not simply resign themselves to a diminished workforce. They innovate their hiring strategies. An anti-immigration stance, therefore, becomes an unintended catalyst, pushing companies to aggressively explore and expand remote work as a primary means to access the global reservoir of skills. This strategic pivot allows them to transcend geographical limitations and tap into a broader spectrum of expertise, a necessity when local talent pools are strained. Take the technology sector, for example, an industry renowned for its reliance on a global workforce to maintain its cutting edge. Immigrants have long been pivotal to American innovation; a 2023 report from the National Foundation for American Policy highlighted that immigrants founded over half of America's billion-dollar startup companies. If new immigration restrictions were to make it substantially harder to bring these vital minds to the U.S., tech companies would face an intensified scramble for essential skills. Faced with a potential constriction of the domestic talent pipeline for highly specialized roles, these firms will inevitably look outward — not by navigating complex visa processes for every hire, but by seamlessly integrating talent virtually. The imperative to innovate and lead will compel businesses to strengthen their remote infrastructures, turning a talent challenge into a distributed work opportunity. Consider how former President Biden inherited Donald Trump's June 2020 visa freeze and let it run until March 31 2021, extending a ban on issuing new H-1B, H-2B, J-1 and L-1 visas and leaving thousands of recruits abroad. Human-resources teams refused to lose that brainpower. Envoy Global's 2023 Immigration Trends survey reports that '81 percent of U.S. employers transferred foreign employees to offices overseas because visa barriers blocked on-shore options' and '86 percent outsourced roles originally meant for American desks for the same reason.' When one engineer keeps writing clean code from São Paulo, suddenly the whole team asks why relocation ever mattered. Other data confirm the shift. Revelio Labs analyzed millions of LinkedIn profiles and payroll records and found that 'highly remote-suitable roles have grown 42 percent faster outside the United States than inside it since 2019.' Software engineering, data analysis and legal research now migrate through cables rather than airports. Employers tap deeper candidate pools, pay lower salaries, and still gain round-the-clock productivity as teams baton-pass work across hemispheres. Rising immigration costs push the flywheel harder. Envoy's recent survey shows that '58 percent of companies plan to hire, transfer, or relocate foreign talent abroad this year' to dodge climbing filing fees and processing delays. Finance chiefs cheer because employer-of-record subscriptions undercut relocation stipends, while human resources heads welcome a talent pool unbound by ZIP codes. Employees benefit, too — remote veterans keep family roots, skip uprooted spouses, and pocket metropolitan housing savings. Cost arithmetic, cultural continuity and innovation gains reinforce one another. A dispersed marketing squad can test Spanish-language campaigns overnight in Bogotá, roll out Mandarin versions at dawn from Taipei, and ship a polished English release before New York's lunch. What began as a compliance workaround has become a competitive edge. Consulting firm INS-Global already advises multinationals to 'capitalize on sustained interest in remote work in the U.S.,' precisely because the federal sector is heading back into the cubicles. History rhymes: restricting visas without expanding domestic talent supply drives companies to distribute work virtually. Investors grasp the leverage. Each thousand dollars denied to moving costs drops straight to the bottom line. Client win-rates jump because geographically diverse teams localize products faster. Lobbyists still fight for higher visa quotas, yet chief financial officers quietly model scenarios around a fully remote future. The harder Washington squeezes physical entry, the wider corporate America swings open its digital door. Gleb Tsipursky, PhD, serves as the CEO of the hybrid work consultancy Disaster Avoidance Experts and authored the best-seller'Returning to the Office and Leading Hybrid and Remote Teams.'
National Post
5 days ago
- Business
- National Post
Q4 Platform Voted 'Favorite New Product: Financial Services' in 2025 American Business Awards®
Article content Investor relations software leader honored with People's Choice Stevie ® Award as customers praise its AI-powered innovations for improving IR productivity and results Article content TORONTO — Q4 Inc., the leading provider of IR Ops software, has won a People's Choice Stevie ® Award in the 23rd annual American Business Awards ®, the U.S.A.'s premier business awards program. Q4 customers and other members of the public voted the AI-powered Q4 Platform as 'Favorite New Product: Financial Services,' for its ability to drive IR productivity and performance. Article content 'This honor is especially meaningful because it represents the voice of our most valued audience: our customers,' said Q4 CEO Darrell Heaps. 'We're proud of the impact our AI is having — helping IR teams cut through complexity, uncover insights faster, and focus on what matters most: driving stronger investor relationships and long-term company value. The award celebrates our customers' successes and underscores our commitment to continued AI innovation.' Article content More than 11,000 votes were cast in the People's Choice portion of the American Business Awards (ABAs) — honoring new solutions and services delivering real-world results. Article content This recognition also adds to Q4's strong showing at this year's ABAs. Expert judges named the Q4 Platform a winner for 'New Product: Financial Services' and 'New Technology: AI Solution: Financial' — calling it a 'game-changer' and 'impressive AI-driven solution that addresses the complexities of investor relations.' Article content Transforming IR with AI Article content These wins come as Q4 further demonstrates how its AI helps IR teams reimagine their workflows and supercharge results. This week at NIRI2025, the premier event for IR professionals, Q4 previewed its latest agentic AI innovation. Article content To learn more about how Q4's AI, purpose-built for IR, unleashes productivity and strengthens outcomes, please visit the Q4 site. Article content About Q4 Inc. Article content Q4 Inc. is the leading provider of IR Ops software with the world's largest set of proprietary investor data, purpose-built to remove obstacles between public companies and their investors. Q4 gives investor relations leaders, C-suite executives, and their teams the tools to attract, manage, and understand investors — all in one place. The AI-enabled Q4 Platform boasts applications for website and event management, engagement analytics, and overall lifecycle management, including AI Earnings Co-Pilot to generate draft scripts based on historical data, and AI earnings call summaries to understand peer sentiment. The Q4 Platform also includes a streamlined investor CRM and shareholder intelligence with enhanced metrics to elevate investor targeting strategies. Q4 delivers the data, insights, and workflows that give IR teams the power to focus on what really matters: strategy, relationships, and driving premium valuations for their companies. Article content Article content Article content Article content Media: Article content Article content Article content
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Q4 Platform Voted ‘Favorite New Product: Financial Services' in 2025 American Business Awards®
Investor relations software leader honored with People's Choice Stevie® Award as customers praise its AI-powered innovations for improving IR productivity and results TORONTO, June 05, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Q4 Inc., the leading provider of IR Ops software, has won a People's Choice Stevie® Award in the 23rd annual American Business Awards®, the U.S.A.'s premier business awards program. Q4 customers and other members of the public voted the AI-powered Q4 Platform as "Favorite New Product: Financial Services," for its ability to drive IR productivity and performance. "This honor is especially meaningful because it represents the voice of our most valued audience: our customers," said Q4 CEO Darrell Heaps. "We're proud of the impact our AI is having — helping IR teams cut through complexity, uncover insights faster, and focus on what matters most: driving stronger investor relationships and long-term company value. The award celebrates our customers' successes and underscores our commitment to continued AI innovation." More than 11,000 votes were cast in the People's Choice portion of the American Business Awards (ABAs) — honoring new solutions and services delivering real-world results. This recognition also adds to Q4's strong showing at this year's ABAs. Expert judges named the Q4 Platform a winner for "New Product: Financial Services" and "New Technology: AI Solution: Financial" — calling it a "game-changer" and "impressive AI-driven solution that addresses the complexities of investor relations." Transforming IR with AI These wins come as Q4 further demonstrates how its AI helps IR teams reimagine their workflows and supercharge results. This week at NIRI2025, the premier event for IR professionals, Q4 previewed its latest agentic AI innovation. To learn more about how Q4's AI, purpose-built for IR, unleashes productivity and strengthens outcomes, please visit the Q4 site. About Q4 Inc. Q4 Inc. is the leading provider of IR Ops software with the world's largest set of proprietary investor data, purpose-built to remove obstacles between public companies and their investors. Q4 gives investor relations leaders, C-suite executives, and their teams the tools to attract, manage, and understand investors — all in one place. The AI-enabled Q4 Platform boasts applications for website and event management, engagement analytics, and overall lifecycle management, including AI Earnings Co-Pilot to generate draft scripts based on historical data, and AI earnings call summaries to understand peer sentiment. The Q4 Platform also includes a streamlined investor CRM and shareholder intelligence with enhanced metrics to elevate investor targeting strategies. Q4 delivers the data, insights, and workflows that give IR teams the power to focus on what really matters: strategy, relationships, and driving premium valuations for their companies. Headquartered in Toronto, with offices in New York and London, Q4 is a trusted partner to more than 2,600 public companies globally, including many of the most respected brands in the world. The company maintains an award-winning culture where team members grow and thrive. Learn more at View source version on Contacts Media: Three Ringsq4@ Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Here's Why Renaissance Large Cap Growth Strategy Exited Its Position in Honeywell International (HON)
Renaissance Investment Management, an investment management company, released its Q1 2025 'Large Cap Growth Strategy' investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The S&P 500 experienced a 4.3% loss in Q1 due to uncertainty in technology stock valuations and US economic policies. However, seven sectors showed positive returns, with Energy, Health Care, and Utilities sectors showing the strongest performance. The S&P 500 has not experienced a significant correction since 2023, which can be expected to occur every couple of years. However, there are still good investment opportunities in high-quality, reasonably priced stocks that have not matched concentrated market indices. The S&P 500 (-4.3%) and Russell 1000 Growth Index (-10%) declined in Q1, with large-cap stocks outperforming smaller-cap stocks and Value outperforming Growth. For the quarter, the strategy exceeded the Russell 1000 Growth benchmark and lagged the S&P 500. For more information on the fund's best picks in 2025, please check its top five holdings. In its first-quarter 2025 investor letter, Renaissance Large Cap Growth Strategy highlighted stocks such as Honeywell International Inc. (NASDAQ:HON). Honeywell International Inc. (NASDAQ:HON) is an innovation and technology company that provides aerospace technologies, industrial automation, building automation, and energy and sustainable solutions. The one-month return of Honeywell International Inc. (NASDAQ:HON) was 11.40%, and its shares gained 12.16% of their value over the last 52 weeks. On May 22, 2025, Honeywell International Inc. (NASDAQ:HON) stock closed at $223.63 per share with a market capitalization of $143.72 billion. Renaissance Large Cap Growth Strategy stated the following regarding Honeywell International Inc. (NASDAQ:HON) in its Q1 2025 investor letter: "We also sold our position in Honeywell International Inc. (NASDAQ:HON) following a deterioration in fundamental factors and following several quarters of disappointing operating results. Honey well faces subdued demand from its industrial segment as customers continue to digest post COVID spending, leading to a shortfall in our short-cycle product growth expectations. We believe it is prudent to move to the sidelines as these external forces will likely remain challenges for the foreseeable future." A shot of a commercial plane with a blur of color in the background, representing the production of auxiliary power units in the Safety and Productivity Solutions segment. Honeywell International Inc. (NASDAQ:HON) is not on our list of 30 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. As per our database, 67 hedge fund portfolios held Honeywell International Inc. (NASDAQ:HON) at the end of the fourth quarter, compared to 55 in the third quarter. While we acknowledge the potential of Honeywell International Inc. (NASDAQ:HON) as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns, and doing so within a shorter timeframe. If you are looking for an AI stock that is as promising as NVIDIA but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the undervalued AI stock set for massive gains. In addition, please check out our hedge fund investor letters Q1 2025 page for more investor letters from hedge funds and other leading investors. READ NEXT: Michael Burry Is Selling These Stocks and A New Dawn Is Coming to US Stocks. Disclosure: None. This article is originally published at Insider Monkey. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Associated Press
15-05-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
New Book Empowers Business Leaders to Take Control of Apple Technology in the Workplace
Dallas, TX May 15, 2025 --( )-- In a time where cybersecurity threats, remote teams, and tech sprawl challenge even the best-run companies, one Dallas-based Apple IT expert is helping business leaders take back control. David Sewell, founder of Sewelltech and a trusted voice in Apple-based business infrastructure, has released a powerful new resource: 'The Business Leader's Guide to Managed Apple I.T.: A Modern Blueprint for Security, Productivity, and Growth.' Now an Amazon Best Seller, the book is available for Kindle pre-order and releases in hardcover on May 20, 2025. It offers a clear, jargon-free guide for business owners, COOs, office managers, and decision-makers who want to understand the business side of Apple IT — not just the technical side. Amazon link: 'This isn't a book for IT people — it's for business leaders who need their Apple systems to work, scale, and stay secure without becoming a distraction,' says Sewell. 'It's about making technology a growth driver, not a stressor.' The book covers: Why Apple is gaining ground as the business platform of choice. How Managed Apple I.T. can reduce costs and eliminate downtime. Common I.T. blind spots that put businesses at risk. Tools and strategies to build secure, scalable tech environments. What business leaders should expect from their I.T. providers. David Sewell brings more than three decades of experience running Sewelltech, an Apple Authorized Service Provider and Managed Service Provider (MSP) specializing in business-focused Apple environments. His company serves clients across Texas and beyond with proactive I.T. support, security, and strategic technology planning. For editors, journalists, or podcast hosts interested in interviewing the author, requesting a review copy, or featuring the book in a business or tech spotlight, please contact: Media Contact: David Sewell [email protected] Contact Information: Sewelltech David Sewell 214-769-7695 Contact via Email Read the full story here: New Book Empowers Business Leaders to Take Control of Apple Technology in the Workplace Press Release Distributed by
