Big mistrust of big tech the u. S. Congress questions that heads of apple Amazon Google and facebook on anti competitive behavior how the internet giants become too powerful and is that a need if the new laws to regulate them this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program on amazon apple google and facebook for companies that have changed the way we live work shop and stay in touch with our friends and family but the american tech giants have long been accused of abusing their power to drive out competition and mishandling user data the u. S. Congress has been investigating their Business Practices for years old wednesday politicians question the firms chief executives as they consider changes to antitrust laws will bring in our guests in a moment but 1st this report in washington d. C. You know as the Ranking Member of fittingly the tech giants appeared virtually to face questions the subcommittee chairman making clear he sees a problem their dominance is killing Small Businesses
Government has shifted focus from saving lives to save the economy counting the cost on aljazeera. Hi im Steve Clemons and i have a question well the coronavirus pandemic be the Tipping Point that takes us in to years of joblessness and poverty lets get to the bottom line. When we look around we see a lot of people who cant find work and a lot of businesses that have gone bust but there are some winners out there it seems like the Financial Markets are always winning at least from my Vantage Point economists usually say that they saw what was coming after the fact there are always rationalizations for the ups and downs of markets or of jobless rates of consumer and Business Confidence but lets take a look at the big picture my guest today is not afraid to go where many economists wont and to look at the key factors out there that predict a really serious financial and to some degree even social and environmental meltdown affecting each and every one of us all over the world hes not kno
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Brown in hong kong outlines the possible reasons behind the recent spike in cases. Up until a few weeks ago hong kong was recording a 0 infection rate but now in the past 2 weeks weve had more than 500 new infections now as to why that has happened well there are different interpretations certainly some commentators are suggesting that its complacency hong kong that its guard down after social distancing rules were relaxed several weeks ago that meant that people returned enthusiastically to bars restaurants and of course to the beaches medical experts offer a different view they point to hong kongs existing quarantine arrangements which exempt from quarantine people like pilots and crew mariners sailors as well as the drivers of lorries bring essential Food Supplies into hong kong now the Hong Kong Government argues that if they were to place that category of workers into the current quarantine restrictions it would effectively put hong kongs food supply of risk and theyre not prepare