Platforms have violated antitrust laws in recent years as theyve risen to dominate the internet now arties Rachel Blevins joins us with the latest rachel what have we heard so far was there as we saw c. E. O. s from the 4 Largest Tech Companies in the country testified before the house judiciary antitrust subcommittee as part of an investigation looking at whether they have achieved such a major monopoly that they are no legally stifling their much smaller competitors because of the crown of virus pandemic these testimonies are being carried out virtually and the wind up includes the c. E. O. s of alphabet and Google Facebook apple and amazon now each of these companies have been accused of manipulating their platforms and search results to promote their own products and interests google users know that any time they search for a product the 1st several results are typically advertisements but today the topic of conversation included how google has benefited from those results. What is
D. T. You know that 77 percent. Are younger than thinks of fox. Thats me and me and you. And you know what its time all voices are. On the 77 percent we talk about the issue. This is where you cut. The 77 percent this weekend on d w. Us shuts the door on new Foreign Workers now some of americas Biggest Companies are complaining that a president ial order to rarely suspending new employment pieces will cost them top talent. Also on the show times were already tough for Small Businesses in argentina the pandemic has made the unbearable. This is your Business Report im Stephen Beers in berlin its good to have you with us apple google and tesla are among american firms criticizing a new order by President Donald Trump which blocks entry of many new Foreign Workers through years and amazon called the decision to suspend employment visas short sided and the threat to American Global competitiveness the c. E. O. s of google and apple both said they were disappointed trump claims the order whi
Worst day in a couple weeks. The nasdaq snapping an eightday winning streak if we close where we are today bob pisani now has more on the markets. Bob . Very tricky moment here, tyler, right near the 200day moving average technology has the leader whats the problem theres a number of issues the coronavirus story is the most important its not going well. We have infection just outbreaks, some threats from Governor Cuomo to close things down, tariff tensions are still out there. That moved the markets prior to the open valuations are still high. Energy stocks up and then down same with the banks here 12 to 16 honeywell, and then all way back down again. See how similar the stocks are, the inverted vs, and now theyre breaking down a bit more mcdorchlds 180 to 200 theres that v we have to figure out a way back to you theres the dow now, the tristate area closing off borders from visitors out of state. With no plans there to halt reopening. Meg tirrell has the latest details for us meg . Hi
States raising questions of frustrations be lifted too soon and iraq League Leaders prepared to discuss the worsening conflict in libya as egypt threatens a military intervention. A group made up of mainly north korean defectors has managed to evade south Korean Police and fly propaganda balloons into the north the balloons carry leaflets money and memory cards which usually contain south korean dramas news over the border the government in seoul who tried to stop them and condemned the move activism like this has been one cause of recent tensions between the neighbors. The north Korean Military has reportedly reinstalled loudspeakers along the border now the south is warning it not to undermine efforts to keep peace on the peninsula we will continue to know our military is monitoring the North Koreans around the clock and maintaining military readiness please understand that we cannot tell you in detail about the situation but i have already said north korea will pay if it commits any
Because the threat posed by covid19 remain serious and widespread, we are proceeding in the best manner we can, remotely in todays case in order to ensure the safety of our witnesses, members, staff and the public. Todays conversation is essential to the oversight of how we should adapt and meet the challenge of increasingly assertive china especially in the backdrop of a Global Pandemic. I had hoped this would be a bipartisan discussion. Unfortunately, without reason or justification, republican colleagues have decided to absent themselves from the committee. I repeat my hope they will reconsider and join us for future unclassified public hearings and unclassified closed roundtables. We will continue to have them as they are being used to frame the oversight issues and requests and inform our members of the various threats facing the country. The American People expect congress will continue doing its job even in a pandemic and that means showing up at a minimum whether we want to or