JD Vance and the Labor Department suspended Microsoft, Adobe and six IT outsourcers from PERM, the labor certification most employer green cards require. Employees already in those queues pay first, and the officials' fraud charges put past filings under legal scrutiny.
Perspective Coverage
19 publishers
- Builder
- Builder 16%
- Operator
- Operator 43%
- Investor
- Investor 41%
Reality
- Evidence45
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+50
- Incentives70
- Confidence68
buildOne report1 publisher IT-services firms account for a third of the 8.1% fall in H-1B labor filings
Twenty IT-services firms filed 31.9% fewer H-1B labor applications so far in FY2026, a third of an 8.1% drop, a dev.to analysis of federal data found. Because the forms also record each employer's offered wage by title, teams that sponsor engineers can price roles against named rivals.
Reality
- Evidence58
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+12
- Incentives
- Not scored
- Confidence55
Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling said the government will stop taking or processing PERM filings for Microsoft, Adobe and six outsourcing firms. Attorneys told Business Insider the exposure sits with H-1B staff near the six-year cap.
Perspective Coverage
25 publishers
- Builder
- Builder 31%
- Operator
- Operator 43%
- Investor
- Investor 26%
Reality
- Evidence72
- Adoption40
- Hype gap+30
- Incentives60
- Confidence65
Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling's department will neither accept nor process PERM green-card filings for eight firms, Microsoft among them. Immigration lawyers say H-1B holders near the six-year visa limit, who need green-card progress to stay, are most exposed.
Perspective Coverage
3 publishers
- Builder
- Builder 15%
- Operator
- Operator 40%
- Investor
- Investor 45%
Reality
- Evidence62
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+15
- Incentives65
- Confidence60
US green-card freeze singles out Microsoft, Adobe and six IT services firms
US officials are suspending Microsoft, Cognizant, Capgemini and five other named firms from the PERM green-card program, citing alleged fraud. Meta, Amazon and Google keep access, leaving the named firms to recruit against rivals that can still sponsor.
Reality
- Evidence55
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+35
- Incentives65
- Confidence60
US freezes green-card sponsorship at Infosys, TCS and six other employers
US officials have suspended Infosys, TCS, Wipro, HCL, Cognizant, Capgemini, Microsoft and Adobe from PERM green-card sponsorship. For the five that Al Jazeera counts as Indian IT firms, the order as reported covers the green card that often follows an H-1B visa, not the visa itself.
Reality
- Evidence55
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+35
- Incentives60
- Confidence55
A seller using the name TheHatman is offering employee directory exports from nine named enterprises. Hudson Rock ties the theft to infostealer credentials, not a compromise of the provider.
Perspective Coverage
5 publishers
- Builder
- Builder 25%
- Operator
- Operator 61%
- Investor
- Investor 14%
Reality
- Evidence55
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+30
- Incentives50
- Confidence60
buildOne report1 publisher UnearthInsight traces 60% of Indian IT's revenue-per-employee gain to headcount
Revenue per employee rises when the denominator falls. Last quarter India's five IT majors moved that denominator in both directions at once. The analyst firm behind the sector's seven-year series says the ratio leaves automation and layoffs indistinguishable.
Reality
- Evidence52
- Adoption55
- Hype gap+25
- Incentives62
- Confidence45
buildOne report1 publisher The discount IT clients are demanding exceeds TCS's disclosed AI saving by 10 to 20 points
Sandeep Kalra of Persistent Systems told Reuters that clients want the same work for 25 to 30 percent less, and TCS now prices about 80 percent of its finance, HR and business-services contracts on outcomes.
Reality
- Evidence50
- Adoption58
- Hype gap+28
- Incentives72
- Confidence52
RBI blocks the deregistration that would have spared Tata Sons an IPO
The September 11 letter leaves Tata Sons holding standalone assets of Rs 2.01 lakh crore against a Rs 1 lakh crore threshold, and the only escape left is becoming a company half that size. Tata Trusts, with about 66%, oppose the float.
Reality
- Evidence32
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+34
- Incentives72
- Confidence38
Google Cloud will train up to 1,000 Accenture engineers to work inside client offices on Gemini Enterprise, which tells a rollout owner what the platform costs in calendar time before it costs anything in licences.
Reality
- Evidence52
- Adoption28
- Hype gap+34
- Incentives80
- Confidence66
Porsche sold MHP for about a quarter of what it promised to spend with the buyer
The €320 million enterprise value only surfaced in a TCS exchange filing. The €1.25 billion of work Porsche committed alongside it is nearly four times larger, and it is what the deal was priced against.
Reality
- Evidence72
- Adoption34
- Hype gap+34
- Incentives76
- Confidence62
Porsche sells its digital bench for €320m and rents it back for €1.25bn
TCS gets 4,500 consultants and a marquee logo. Porsche gets balance sheet relief now and a five-year bill worth nearly four times the proceeds.
Reality
- Evidence52
- Adoption28
- Hype gap+22
- Incentives72
- Confidence55
Hydrogen through a whole flight cycle: Rolls-Royce moves on to the integration problem
The company says a modified aero gas turbine ran on 100% hydrogen from take-off to landing. Storage, fuel delivery, airframe integration and infrastructure remain unsolved.
Reality
- Evidence34
- Adoption11
- Hype gap+22
- Incentives74
- Confidence42