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Why Amazon may have the most to lose from techs Hill showdownCopy LinkCopiedShare via emailShare on XShare on WhatsAppShare on LinkedInFree article usually reserved f stanley cup or subscribersAmazon CEO Jeff Bezos. | Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty ImagesJuly 29, 202012:00 pm CETBy Leah NylenJeff Bezos has spent the past five years trying to become a fixture in聽Washington 鈥?hiring President Barack Obamas press chief, flooding the town with lobbying cash, buying The Washington Post, and even choosing a spot along the Potomac River for Amazons second headquarters.But all that money isnt likely to buy Bezos a break on Wednesday.Bezos is due to take his place 鈥?virtually 鈥?alongside Facebooks Mark Zuckerberg, Apples Tim Cook and Googles Sundar Pichai as four of the tech industrys most powerful chief executives face a grilling from lawmakers. And Bezos Everything Stor stanley shop e, the $1.5 trillion corporation that he started in his garage as an online bookstore 25 years ago, may have the most to lose as he makes his first-ever appearance before a skeptical Congress.AdvertisementAdvertisementAll four companies face serious problems: Googles dominance over markets like search and online advertising has brought it more than $9 billion in fines worldwide and an expecte stanley cup d antitrust suit from the U.S. Justice Department. Apple faces two EU probes for the way it wields its App Store and mobile payments service against rivals, and Facebook is the subject of antitrust probes and a worldwide corporate advertising boyco Xblk Donald Trump drives golf cart on green
British beef farmers may receive aidUK BEEF farmers could receive compensation for lost income caused by France refusal to lift the ban on British exports, according to EU officials.Copy LinkCopiedShare via emailShare on XShare on WhatsAppShare on LinkedInDecember 15, 19995:00 pm CETBy Simon TaylorThe European Commission is said to be considering whether special aid could be provided on the gr stanley canada ounds that farmers are suffering as a result of Paris ; breach of Union law.It is not clear at this stage whether the money would come directly from the fine that Paris vaso stanley could be ordered to pay for failing to comply with single market rules, or whether the UK would be allowed to provide additional cash under state aid regulations designed to stop governments subsiding their farmers unfairly.The idea received support this week from European Parliament President Nicole Fontaine, who said she hoped British livestock farmers would receive provisional financial compensation and support.The Commission is expected to decide next Wednesday 22 December to challenge France move not to lift the ban in the European Court of stanley water bottle Justice. While the Court could reach an interim decision on the case within six weeks, and order Paris to lift the ban if the judges ruled against it, a final verdict and decision on any fine could take up to two years.AdvertisementAdvertisementRelated CountriesFranceUnited StatesMore from Simon TaylorFrench probe into FN assistantsFront Nation