Employees globally over the next five years, and why the company is setting such an ambitious target in the middle of a media firestorm. But first to our top story. Facebooks plans to create its own cryptocurrency, libra, is not getting love from lawmakers. And you can add fed chair Jerome Powell to the list. Take a listen to what he told the House Financial Services committee on wednesday. While the project sponsors Public Benefits including improved Financial Access for consumers, libra raises many serious concerns regarding privacy, money laundering, Consumer Protection and financial stability. These are concerns that should be thoroughly and publicly addressed before proceeding. Facebook has a couple billion plus users so you have for the first time the possibility of a very broad adoption. If there were problems there associated with money laundering, terrorist financing, any of the things that we are all focused on, including the company, they would rise to systemically important
Plus you will hear from the social Networks Global chief diversity officer. She tells us how facebook plans to double the number of female employees globally over the next five years, and why the company is setting such an ambitious target in the middle of a media firestorm. But first to our top story. Facebooks plans to create its own cryptocurrency, libra, is not getting love from lawmakers. And you can add fed chair Jerome Powell to the list. Take a listen to what he told the House Financial Services committee on wednesday. While the project sponsors Public Benefits including improved Financial Access for consumers, libra raises many serious concerns regarding privacy, money laundering, Consumer Protection and financial stability. These are concerns that should be thoroughly and publicly addressed before proceeding. Facebook has a couple billion plus users so you have for the first time the possibility of a very broad adoption. If there were problems there associated with money laun
Employees globally over the next five years, and why the company is setting such an ambitious target in the middle of a media firestorm. But first to our top story. Facebooks plans to create its own cryptocurrency, libra, is not getting love from lawmakers. And you can add fed chair Jerome Powell to the list. Take a listen to what he told the House Financial Services committee on wednesday. While the project sponsors Public Benefits including improved Financial Access for consumers, libra raises many serious concerns regarding privacy, money laundering, Consumer Protection and financial stability. These are concerns that should be thoroughly and publicly addressed before proceeding. Facebook has a couple billion plus users so you have for the first time the possibility of a very broad adoption. If there were problems there associated with money laundering, terrorist financing, any of the things that we are all focused on, including the company, they would rise to systemically important
To borisjohnson. Independent looks at the opposition to boris johnson. It does. And the tory party, the ruling party here in the uk is in the middle of this leadership parcel. Boris johnson the uk is in the middle of this leadership parcel. Borisjohnson is quite florid and jeremy hunt is less florid. This is come back, mr johnson s campaign will be happy it is back to politics and not his personal life. This is basically back to brexit, as you said. It is difficult to avoid at the moment. It is the dominant factor in this leadership race. Unfortunately it is dominating and squeezing out any other policy discussion and i think thatis other policy discussion and i think that is a bad thing. However, there are only two constituencies that matter for mrjohnson are only two constituencies that matterfor mrjohnson are are only two constituencies that matter for mrjohnson are his Parliamentary Party backing and his local association within the uk. Those local associations are very committed t
Bloodbath, the media jumped on it suggesting the blood will flow if biden wins, they got it wrong we will play the tape trump is referring to disruption in the current industry if he wins. The present is reportedly upset in his low polls and is been yelling at his staff he cannot be happy with this either. An oped in the Washington Post asking Vice President harris to step aside for the good of the country, lets get to the markets, a big rally at the opening bell for tech stocks on the nasdaq the dow is up 73 s p of 38, look at the nasdaq 221 points to the upside at the opening bell, that is a rally despite interestrate holding at higher levels the tenure is well above four and a quarter percent, for 33 in the twoyear above four to half percent, 473 this morning, bitcoin as job lot 70000 no big selloff, 685 at the moment. Oil above 80 a barrel 81. 47, gasketing close to 3. 50 a gallon, 3. 46 as of now in diesel 4. 02. Politics the president leaves the white house tomorrow for campaign