Good morning from the Financial Times.

Today is Wednesday, July 29th,

and this is your FT news briefing.

There's a troubling rise in coronavirus cases in Europe, and we might have a price tag from

Moderna's planned vaccine. But first it's Jeff Bezos's first time testifying

before Congress. He'll be next to Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook, and Sundar Pachai in a virtual hearing.

I'm Mark Filipino, and here's the news you need to start your day.

The chief executives of four of America's biggest tech companies will appear

together before the US Congress. It's the culmination of 13 months of

antitrust investigation.

Lawmakers will question the heads of Apple, Amazon,

Facebook, and Google about their sheer size.

Given how much of their markets these companies dominate, members of Congress want to know.

Can smaller rivals even compete?

The F.T.'s Washington correspondent Lauren Feedor explains that these kind of hearings don't happen very often.

It's not every day that you see chief executives

from companies like this appearing before Congress.

There is the caveat that because of coronavirus these hearings

will not be taking place in person so you won't get that image of these four

chief execs all sitting in a courtroom like setting at a table together.

They'll be participating virtually.

Part of this probe, there were hearings held last summer,

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