Movers & Shakers: July 18, 2019
Stories moving the markets and shaking up the world.
Facebook's Libra is really a 'Zuck buck' says lawmaker
Still in its infancy, Libra is getting lambasted.
Netflix CEO to host Pete Buttigieg fundraiser in California: report
Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg will reportedly be attending a fundraiser hosted by Netflix CEO and co-founder Reed Hastings.
Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency ‘may do more to endanger America’ than 9/11, Rep. Brad Sherman says
California Rep. Brad Sherman thinks Facebook’s new cryptocurrency could be dangerous to Americans — even more so than Osama Bin Laden carrying out the 9/11 terror attacks.
Rep. Sherman: They're not going to call it Libra, they're going to call it ZuckBuck
Rep. Sherman on Facebook's Libra
Outlook for Facebook's Libra goes from bad to worse
It's a real possibility that Congress could seek to halt the offering.
Mounting headwinds facing bitcoin?
The outlook for bitcoin
Facebook customers are becoming the product they are selling: Token CEO
Facebook under fire
Movers & Shakers: July 17, 2019
Stories moving the markets and shaking up the world.
Lawmakers criticize Facebook over cryptocurrency plan
Lawmakers grill Facebook on Libra
Facebook FTC fine should’ve been $50B, Republican lawmaker says
Lawmakers warned that it's not just Facebook that is under scrutiny.
Big tech companies need to be broken up: Steve Hilton
"The Next Revolution" host Steve Hilton says big tech companies don't have much competition.
Big tech companies getting away with 'murdering capitalism:' Vivek Wadhwa
Author and Harvard Law Distinguished Fellow on breaking up big tech
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon knocks Facebook's Libra, 'I wouldn't spend too much time on it'
JPMorgan is working on its own digital currency.
Facebook's Libra finds new allies as criticism remains rampant
President Trump and Fed Chairman Jerome Powell are among those officials that have concerns over the digital currency.
Steve Hilton on breaking up big tech: Competition is the lifeblood of market
Steve Hilton on breaking up big tech
Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple execs head to Capitol Hill for antitrust hearing
The hearing will include testimony from four sprawling tech companies, including Amazon, Facebook, Google and Apple.
The challenges regulating cryptocurrency
Facebook's plans to launch a cryptocurrency
Movers & Shakers: July 16, 2019
Stories moving the markets and shaking up the world.
Gen. Keane on Thiel's calls to probe Google: I’m confident the FBI is already there
Peter Thiel calls for FBI, CIA to investigate Google