The tech giants in the us are dominating the business agenda today. Jeff bezos is stepping down as amazons Chief Executive. The Online Retail giants founder will move to become the compa ny s executive chairman. He will be replaced as ceo by andy jassy, the current boss of amazons Cloud Computing business. And this comes as the firm reported 386 billion in sales in 2020, thats up 38 on the year before. Their profits almost doubled, rising to 21. 3 billion. So whats been the reaction to the news bezos is stepping to the side, and what do we know about the new boss . Duncan howe is e commerce strategist at cheil uk, which is a Digital Marketing and advertising agency. Duncan, welcome to the programme. Executive chair man still means he will have a lot of control and very much involved in and is on, but it is the day to day responsibility. What do you think about this move . I responsibility. What do you think about this move . I think it is a bit of think about this move . I think it is
Reappearing here. I am a new new jersey girl. There has been a new executive order signed by Governor Phil Murphy about wearing masks. At us check on the markets. On the back of some of those concerning headlines regarding deaths in florida and texas because of the covid crisis. The Dow Jones Industrial coming off by one playboy percent. And some risk aversion in europe. Tensions between the u. S. And china. The u. S. Dollar continues to show some strength. Keep an eye on that market and Pay Attention to the dollar and what happens with the hong kong dollar and the chinese yuan. A lot of risk sentiment is being reflected in those assets and it could be a key on how u. S. Markets trade on friday. Concerns about the supply side. Field in libyan production. Sinking below 40 a barrel. Let us get to that exclusive interview. Take it away, david westin. To our Bloomberg Radio and tv audience, worldwide, im david westin and we are joined by the governor of new jersey. Thank you for being back
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