puppy. the wall street journal and others reporting that u.s. and chinese officials are considering rolling back some tariffs to seal a partial trade deal. all three major averages closed monday. the dow up 115 points. that s the first record high since july 15th. in part, because of trade concerns have been really holding back stocks. the s&p 500 and the nasdaq rose slightly, adding to friday s gains. a new look for facebook, following its promises of transparency. its logo alternates between the colors that represents its other brands. the change highlights the effort to be more clear with consumers as it faces growing antitrust scrutiny. facebook plans to use the new logo in the weeks ahead. microsoft is testing a four-day workweek. it was only in japan over the summer. but the work-life choice
kremlin. the president says he knows nothing about reports suggesting he mishandled classified information. every stated is investigating google over antitrust and scrutiny of the tech giant. a bipartisan group of attorneys general representing 48 states, washington, d.c. and puerto rico. only california and alabama have not signed on to the probe. while many consumers believe that the internet is free, certainly, we know from google s profits of $117 billion that the internet is not free. this investigation is not a lawsuit. it s an investigation to determine the facts. right now, we re looking at advertising. but the facts will lead where the facts lead. the probe will initially look into google s advertising but it may expand from there. the technology has faced antitrust scrutiny from
google being looked for a technology. 48 states launched this investigation. only alabama and california have not signed on to the probe. while many consumers believe that the internet is free, certainly, we know from google s profits of $117 billion that the internet is not free. this investigation is not a lawsuit. it s an investigation to determine the facts. right now, we re looking at advertising. but the facts will lead where the facts lead. silicon valley has face d conversations that it s too big. the probe will initially look into google s advertising but it may expand from there. the technology has faced antitrust scrutiny from lawmakers and the justice department. regulators around the world have been critical of google. the e.u. fined google for antitrust violations over the
the power of big tech could soon be put to the test with an unprecedented antitrust review. u.s. regulators reportedly splitting the task of overseeing google and amazon. meaning big changes and even bigger fines could be in store. msnbc technology contributor tony rahm writes about it in the washington post where he is the tech policy reporter. we should note here for the purposes of this conversation, jeff bezos, founder and executive of amazon also owns the washington post. tony, you write the ftc would take the lead in reviewing amazon. the justice department gets google. what would that mean for guys like me and you potentially? yeah. what it means is a lot more antitrust scrutiny coming for amazon and major ecommerce player and for google, a sprawling company that does everything from search and advertising to self-driving cars. now, there s been a lot of
us. good to see you, christine. good to see you, tony. united and continental airlines will be called united, but the logo will be continental. the deal together worth about $3.2 billion. because this is the world s largest airline, if this goes through, that means, of course, it would have to undergo some antitrust scrutiny to make sure that it, you know, it s not anti-competitive. the potential impact for you and me, what does it mean. well, already trying to figure out what it means, this big g gargantuan airline. maybe they could get rid of duplication, that could mean higher prices in places where they re already competitive against each other. there will be better destinations and connection options. i wanted to get the view from the executive suite in terms of how we ll feel differently about it. especially about higher fares. so i asked the ceos of these two companies what will feel differently. this is what they said.