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The tech giants in the us are dominating the business agenda today. Jeff bezos is stepping down as amazons Chief Executive. The Online Retail giants founder will move to become the compa ny� s executive chairman. He will be replaced as ceo by andy jassy, the current boss of amazons Cloud Computing business. And this comes as the firm reported 386 billion in sales in 2020, thats up 38 on the year before. Their profits almost doubled, rising to 21. 3 billion. So whats been the reaction to the ne...

we start in the us, where the british tech tycoon mike lynch has been cleared of fraud charges in a san francisco court. once hailed as a uk bill gates, mr lynch was facing fraud charges over the $11 billion sale of his software firm, autonomy, to hewlett—packard back in 2011. mr lynch had been accused of inflating the value of his firm ahead of the sale — a jury has found him not guilty on all counts. our north america business correspondent erin delmore has the details. when auto...

by our president as we join with him in promising that help is on the way. >> this is one of the most consequential pieces of legislation we have passed in decades. and you know what we can show america that we can get things done to make their lives better. >> this is what it looks like. three democrats basically run the levers of government in washington now, the congressional leaders as you heard there and president biden. and on this theyre united on the import of landmark legislat...

Mr modi set to form a government with the help of a coalition of smaller parties that may make it harderfor him to push through economic reforms. today the central bank has is due to make its latest call on the cost of borrowing which currently sits at 6.5%. 0ur correspondnet archana shukla has been there for all the drama and joins me now from mumbai. just take us through what happened this week and where market sentiment sits right now. ~ . . . market sentiment sits right now. ~ ., , , ., now....

Right now behind me. but on that stage you have the six candidates all with the common theme of black women are essential to the democratic party. mayor pete buttigieg was the last candidate to speak on that stage. listen to a little bit of what he had to say. >> i stand here aware that black women are not just the backbone of the democratic party, but the bone that is making our democracy whole. women of color account for nearly half of all women-owned businesses. $386 billion of annual revenue...

Education spending is insane. most states the property taxes fund public schooling. in new york i pay a high property tax. also, education is not about money. it is about discipline. as you know, if you read bold fresh there were 60 kids, six zero, in my school class. one nun. somehow all of the kids learned the basics, even me. and the school didnt have money at all. the feds have an obligation to help schools in poor district. there is no obligation to spend $77 billion a year to supplement lo...

Most have property taxes. here in new york i pay exor bit tently high property tax. education is not about money. its about discipline. as you know, if you read bold fresh, there were 60 kids, 6-0. in my saint bridges school class. one nun. somehow all the kids learned the basics, even me. and the school didnt have any money at all. the feds have an obligation to help schools in poor districts and to impose academic standards on any school receiving federal dollars. there is no obligation to spe...

Most have property taxes. here in new york i pay exor bit tently high property tax. education is not about money. its about discipline. as you know, if you read bold fresh, there were 60 kids, 6-0. in my saint bridges school class. one nun. somehow all the kids learned the basics, even me. and the school didnt have any money at all. the feds have an obligation to help schools in poor districts and to impose academic standards on any school receiving federal dollars. there is no obligation to spe...

Here in new york i pay exor bit tently high property tax. education is not about money. its about discipline. as you know, if you read bold fresh, there were 60 kids, 6-0. in my saint bridges school class. one nun. somehow all the kids learned the basics, even me. and the school didnt have any money at all. the feds have an obligation to help schools in poor districts and to impose academic standards on any school receiving federal dollars. there is no obligation to spend $77 billion a year to s...