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Amazon and the new trust busters

Post Reports

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Daily News, Politics, News

4.45.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2021

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Summary

The Biden nominee who wants to shake up Amazon. And a volcanic eruption meets a pandemic.

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Lina Khan’s nomination hearing signals a new era of tough antitrust enforcement for the tech industry. If confirmed, she would be the youngest-ever commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission. 

Anthony Faiola reports on a volcanic eruption in St. Vincent that displaced thousands. Now, the island is grappling with how to keep evacuees safe as the pandemic rages on.

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This is Post Reports.

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Hi, Martin Powers.

0:35.5

It's Thursday, April 22nd.

0:40.8

Today, the Biden nominee who wants to shake up Amazon and a volcanic eruption meets a pandemic.

0:48.0

Good morning, the Commerce Science and Technology Transportation Committee will come to order.

1:01.4

I want to.

1:02.3

This week in the Senate, there was a nomination hearing held for Lena Conn.

1:07.3

Maggie Penman is the executive producer at Post Reports.

1:10.3

And recently, she's been reporting on Biden's nominee for the Federal Trade Commission, Lena Conn.

1:16.7

I am deeply honored to have been nominated by President Biden to serve as a Commissioner

1:21.1

of the Federal Trade Commission.

1:23.0

And I am so grateful to my family, friends, colleagues, mentors, and students for their

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encouragement and support.

1:30.0

Our tech reporter Kat Socrowski said this nomination was kind of surprising.

1:34.2

Lena Conn is someone who's been very aligned with progressive Democrats.

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