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CEOs Predict ‘Wave Of Permanent Closures’ Unless More Relief Is Given To SMBs
SMBs // August 03, 2020

Howard Schultz, the former CEO of Starbucks Corp., and dozens of other top executives urged Congress to support small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), including providing forgivable federal loans for those hardest-hit by the pandemic. In a letter addressed to House and Senate leaders and signed...

Big Tech CEOs Didn’t Win Over Congress At Hearing
ANTITRUST // July 30, 2020

The big day finally came — the CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google‘s parent, Alphabet, sat in front of lawmakers (at least virtually) and spent four hours getting grilled by a House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law. Lawmakers demanded answers to...

Zuckerberg: Competition Pushes Facebook To Innovate
Facebook // July 28, 2020

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s speech for the antitrust hearing before Congress on Wednesday (July 29) touts his company’s mission as one of connectivity, boosted by selling ads and debuting new services to connect to users, according to a transcript released by the U.S. House of...

Big Tech Execs Get Ready To Rumble As Antitrust Hearing Nears
ANTITRUST // July 23, 2020

The CEOs of four Big Tech companies are planning to go on the attack when they appear before Congress next week, Reuters reported. In answer to charges that the tech giants use their market share to hurt the competition, the CEOs plan to testify that...

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CEOs Predict ‘Wave Of Permanent Closures’ Unless More Relief Is Given To SMBs

August 03, 2020
Howard Schultz, the former CEO of Starbucks Corp., and dozens of other top executives urged Congress to support small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), including providing forgivable federal loans for those hardest-hit by the pandemic. In a letter addressed to House and Senate leaders and signed by nearly 100 executives, including the CEOs of Walt Disney […]

Zuckerberg: Competition Pushes Facebook To Innovate

July 28, 2020
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s speech for the antitrust hearing before Congress on Wednesday (July 29) touts his company’s mission as one of connectivity, boosted by selling ads and debuting new...

Big Tech Execs Get Ready To Rumble As Antitrust Hearing Nears

July 23, 2020
The CEOs of four Big Tech companies are planning to go on the attack when they appear before Congress next week, Reuters reported. In answer to charges that the tech...

Big Tech CEOs Head To Washington July 27 To Testify In Antitrust Probe

July 06, 2020
The CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google parent Alphabet will all appear before Congress this month as part of a governmental probe into their companies, Reuters reported, citing a...