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Bezos, Zuckerberg Tout Pro-America Agenda Ahead of Antitrust Hearing

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Alex Heath
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The CEOs of Amazon and Facebook have the same message to Congress and the public ahead of Wednesday’s blockbuster antitrust hearing: Our companies do a lot for America and we have plenty of competition. In written testimony released by the House antitrust subcommittee, founder and CEO Jeff Bezos touted impressive stats about his company’s investments in the U.S. and described his upbringing as...

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