U. N. Secretary. Thank you. Thank you for having us. Were delighted to have you both. So, let me start with you, if i may, doctor. Could you give us a global snapshot of Energy Poverty, where things stand, what populations are affected and what kind of repercussions are for gender equity and employment in the areas of the world that are most affected. Thanks again for having us. I think to just talk about what the Rockefeller Foundation has done and under the leadership of secretary munoz is looking at how we can end this Global Partnership and Energy Poverty. And as you ask, and rightly so, what is the global landscape. Let me start with my own continent. Africa accounts for only 2. 3 of the 270,000 hours of electricity generated. Asia is only 7. 8 . Its africa but also south and central america, its 4. 9 . When you look at those three, africa, 3. 2 , india, 5. 8 , and south and Central Africa america are just 4. 9 , you see theres still large swaths of the global space that is energy
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Written materials. You are the ema offices that required for all meetings. I expect all members to wear a mask expect when speaking. I recognize myself for an opening statement. More than a year ago, this subcommittee launched an investigation into Digital Markets. The twoives b have been to document problems and since then, weve received millions as well as conducting hundreds of hours of interviews. There were experts here, the subcommittees Ranking Member. We work closely with all members who have taken this work seriously and study the issues. This is the most bipartisan effort ive been involved with. The purpose of todays hearing is to examine the dominance of amaz amazon, apple, facebook and google. Amazon runs the Largest Online marketplace in america, c capturing 70 of all online marketplace sales. It operates across a vast array of businesses from cloud compute i ing. Apple is a provider of smart phones with more than 100 million in the United States alone. Services include fi
Delivering food than transporting passengers for the first time ever. Slightlyes are down after hours. I want to bring it abigail doolittle. I want to start with uber, engagement down 44 . That is the measure of how many passengers they are transporting. What they made in food delivery did not make up for what they lost. Abigail it is an interesting quarter because they beat the estimates but revenues fell for the first time ever. As you were just mentioning, their primary business of ridesharing just not really there. I see get all the time in new york, there are much fewer driven cars out there. They demand simply is not there. Who knows, maybe at least here we will see a little bit of a pickup. But its interesting to see that food did better than ridesharing. It shows you that these companies are trying to adapt to the pandemic. Tmobile put up a big quarter. They beat estimates. They added more than one million subscribers. You were mentioning apple. Nasdaq simplyy keeps climbing. U
Industry. They took questions about the use of thirdparty seller data and allegations of anticonservative bias. The subcommittee will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. Welcome to todays hearing on marketing power. Amazon, apple, facebook, and google. I would like to remind members we have established a distribution list dedicated to circulating specific motions or other written materials members might want as part of our hearing today. If you would like to submit materials, submit them to the email address distributed to your offices. We will circulate materials as quickly as we can. Thatld also remind members face coverings are required for all meetings in an enclosed space such as Committee Hearings. I expect all members on both sides of the aisle to wear a mask except when you are speaking. I recognize myself for an opening bateman Opening Statement. This committee launched an investigation into Digital Markets to document compe