TOPLINE CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google will testify together before the House of Representatives antitrust subcommittee, intensifying scrutiny by lawmakers as tech giants also face antitrust investigations from federal and state officials. As Chairman of the Subcommittee on Antimonopoly, Commercial and Administrative Law, the representative David Cicilline … …
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