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The U.S. Census Bureau has recently reported that the United States has reached a historic tipping point -- with Latino,
Asian, mixed race and African American births constituting a majority of
births for the first time. Minorities made up about 2 million, or 50.4%, of the births in the
12-month period ending July 2011. The
latest figure was up from 49.5% reported in the 2010 census.
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80386 CPU Design Team Standing L to R: Riaz Haq, Jan Prak, Gene Hill, Pat Gelsinger, John Crawford Sitting in Front: Dave Vannier |
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According to the 2010 U.S. Census, California has the highest number of South Asians in U.S. These include people from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. The largest among the SOUTH ASIAN ETHNICITIES is INDIAN and it is also the most affluent and educated.
California Population Demographics
Indian.................528,176
Bangladeshi............9,268
Bhutanese..............694
Nepalese...............5,618
Pakistani.............46,780
Sri Lankan............10,240
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From Forbes 4/14/14 issue:
"Put flags in a world map and you will see Sequoia (Silicon Valley's Top Venture Capital Firm that funded Oracle, Cisco, Yahoo, Google and LinkedIn) connecting with entrepreneurs born in Ukraine, Ireland, Finland, Greece, India, Pakistan, Venezuela and a dozen other countries. (By contrast, Kauffman Foundation data (compiled by Vivek Wadhawa)show that barely a quarter of all U.S. startups have at least one immigrant cofounder.)"
http://www.forbes.com/sites/georgeanders/2014/03/26/inside-sequoia-...
Foreign-born founders, incl. #Pakistani-Americans, built 59% of startups in @Sequoia_Capital's Midas List portfolio http://onforb.es/1ePbi2j
I know at least 2 Sequoia funded #SiliconValley startups founded by #Pakistanis: Ashar Aziz's #Fireeye, Naveed Sherwani's #OpenSilicon
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The United Nations World Food Program has ranked Pakistan fourth among donor countries and sixth overall in 2024. Among the largest 15 donors worldwide, the United States topped the list with $4.45 billion, followed by Germany ($995 million), the United Kingdom ($610 million), European Union ($593 million), private donors ($335 million), Pakistan ($228 million), South Korea ($203 million), France ($196 million), Sweden ($183 million), Canada ($166 million), Norway ($158 million),…
ContinuePosted by Riaz Haq on August 2, 2025 at 10:00am
Most countries in the world today borrow money from various sources to finance their budget deficits. So do India and Pakistan. So why is it that only Pakistan's borrowing money gets labeled "begging"? Is it not begging when India borrows a lot more money than does Pakistan? Or is it that only borrowing money from the IMF qualifies as "begging"? Let's look into this double standard. Currently, India's public debt to GDP ratio is 80% while Pakistan's is about 74%. India's private debt to GDP…
ContinuePosted by Riaz Haq on July 22, 2025 at 6:30pm — 4 Comments
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