Means, what healthy competition means, julia, in this era that were in my take thus far is that theres been a difficulty applying kind of legacy, antitrust law to technology will new ground get broken here because congress, as we learned in elementary school, makes the laws absolutely. And theres been a lot of talk about the need for new, different types of laws. But jon and carl, what i think is really interesting here is the question of how much of todays hearing will really focus on the antitrust issues, which are the purported focus here, and how much will we hear other criticisms, other questions about the likes of hate speech, manipulation, voter manipulation and the spread of misinformation on these platforms such as, you know, youtube which is owned by google as well as on facebook so i think there are a lot of Different Things at play here. While antitrust will be at the center, carl, dont you think well see this veer off into other directions as well yeah. Thats sort of my qu
Now. Maria we want to check Global Markets this morning, european indices all over the place this morning following the u. S. Central Bank Stimulus package. London shut down, some of the mass transit lines in an effort to contain virus. Ftse 100 is down 12 points right now. Dax index in germany right now up 21. In asia overnight it was red across the board. Take a look. Korea getting hard hit down better than 8 overnight in korea hitting levels not seen since 2009 even as coronavirus cases are dropping in korea. As you see the other majors are also weaker. Lets check the oil markets now. Seeing a rebound this morning after 18year low. As you see oil prices bouncing 250 a barrel at 22. 87 a barrel. Yield on the 10year treasury hovering above 1 . Yields are bouncing once again 1. 92 on 10year. Investors certainly gearing up for another wild day this morning in terms of volatility. Lets check futures. We are expecting another tripledigit decline. The nasdaq is down 35 and s p 500 weaker b
Being formerly submitted. After the shooting down of a passenger plane by iran, Foreign Ministers from five countries meet in london to demand compensation for victims families. The nhs condemns what it calls shameful tactics by betting companies to fuel gambling addiction. And coming up how one tweet on a quiet day made a hampshire book shop go viral. Its 5pm. Our main story is that the naturalist and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough has told the bbc that the moment of crisis has come on Climate Change. He says governments can no longer put off urgent action to reduce Global Warming life or death decisions, as he calls them. Sir david says the current wildfires in australia are clear evidence of the consequences of rising temperatures. Hes been speaking to our science editor, david shukman. The fires in australia are ferocious, out of control, and far worse than usual. Theyve made headlines around the world, and scientists have warned that Climate Change has made them more severe. N