Google has hired Mark Isakowitz, Republican Sen. Rob Portman’s chief of staff, to be its chief lobbyist in Washington, D.C., a person familiar with the matter said.
The high-profile hire comes at a time when Google is under immense pressure in Washington, with an antitrust probe at the Department of Justice, a congressional inquiry into competition in the digital sector and a sweeping look into its advertising practices by state attorneys general.
If Thursday was party time for tech companies, most of which reported better-than-expected earnings, Friday was the hangover. Most big tech stocks tumbled, as the Nasdaq led the market down by losing nearly 2.5%. Yes, there is a disconnect there, although major tech stocks have rallied strongly in recent months, so maybe they’re getting hit harder by growing anxieties about Covid-19 and ...
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