介绍： The world this week

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The bosses of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google faced sharp questions (remotely) from a committee in America’s Congress about their companies’ market dominance and whether they should be broken up. It was the first time that Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s chief execut...

介绍： The world this week

世界国际要闻
Business
经济
The bosses of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google faced sharp questions (remotely) from a committee in America’s Congress about their companies’ market dominance and whether they should be broken up. It was the first time that Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s chief executive, had appeared before lawmakers. He insisted that his platform accounts for only a small portion of overall retail sales, and that it has supported a spurt in growth at small and medium-sized businesses.
亚马逊、苹果、Facebook和谷歌的老板们面临着来自美国国会委员会的尖锐问题——关于他们公司的市场主导地位以及他们是否应该被拆分。这是亚马逊首席执行官杰夫·贝佐斯(Jeff Bezos)第一次在立法者面前露面。他坚称，他的平台只占零售总额的一小部分，而且支撑了中小企业的井喷式增长。
Google extended the period during which it expects employees to be working remotely because of covid-19. It will allow most staff to work from home until at least July next year.
由于新冠疫情的原因，谷歌延长了员工远程办公的期限。该公司将允许大多数员工居家邦，至少到明年7月份。

After terse negotiations within the party, the Republicans in Congress presented their plan for a new stimulus package, amounting to $1trn in spending.

经过党内的简短谈判，国会的共和党人提出了一项新的经济刺激计划，总额达1万亿美元。