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Biden inauguration, Yellen urges Congress to ‘act big’ on stimulus, top EU official on tech regulation goals
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Biden inauguration, Yellen urges Congress to ‘act big’ on stimulus, top EU official on tech regulation goals
FromFT News Briefing
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11 minutes
Released:
Jan 20, 2021
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Joe Biden faces a long list of challenges after he is sworn in as the 46th US president today, Mr Biden’s nominee to serve as Treasury secretary, Janet Yellen, told Congress to “go big” on stimulus during her Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday, and a US court has struck down the pro-coal power sector rules set by the outgoing president, Donald Trump. Plus, the FT’s Javier Espinoza speaks with Margrethe Vestager, the EU’s executive vice-president in charge of digital policy, about the future of tech regulation. Joe Biden’s challenge: big, early victories in a toxic political climate https://www.ft.com/content/fa01bc64-a80c-4c32-abad-f8eb778c4fe6US court strikes down Trump’s pro-coal power sector ruleshttps://www.ft.com/content/fed06dac-7c84-47be-a137-0480518a9e98Vestager warns Big Tech to cooperate or face patchwork of laws across EUhttps://www.ft.com/content/2bd619a2-dee0-492a-b397-73a0ba00e369Netflix signals stock buybacks to come as subscribers hit 200mhttps://www.ft.com/content/ae6f0ad5-a685-4eab-86f5-a65e8c7021ef See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Jan 20, 2021
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