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This hearing is 2 1 2 hours. Good morning. Today we welcome four nominees to testify before the committee as we consider their nominations to serve as commissioners of the federal trade commission. Nominated to serve as a commissioner and ftc chairman and his credentials are impressive. Mr. Simon served as the ftcs chief antitrust enforcer, among other positions the the commission. Most recently, he served and was partner and cochair of the entrust group at a law firm. Christine wilson is an ant...

Report it is 11 13 pretty good for senate time. I would like to call on senator markey. Thank you youre just as good [inaudible conversations] Grammar School you got that whole break in perfectly. Net neutrality, in december federal trade Commission Commission or mcsweenny wrote, quote, scrapping the fc cnet neutrality rules will harm consumers and content creators and federal trade commission is not going to be able to sop it. The federal trade commission does not have specialized expertise in ...

And Transportation Committee heard from the four nominees on issues including antitrust laws, Prescription Drug pricing, Credit Rating agencies and the influence of Big Tech Companies like google and facebook. This hearing is 2 1 2 hours. Good morning. Today we welcome four nominees to testify before the committee as we consider their nominations to serve as commissioners of the federal trade commission. Nominated to serve as a commissioner and ftc chairman and his credentials are impressive. Mr...

Im stephen sackur. This hardtalk programme, like so many others in the churn of 24 7 news tends to focus on people and places facing problems and challenges. More often than not we hold the powerful to account for things that went wrong, not right. Are we missing the Bigger Picture about the world we live in . My about the world we live in . My guest psychologist and writer Steven Pinker thinks so. His new book, enlightenment now, isa his new book, enlightenment now, is a paean to Human Progress...

Im stephen sackur. This programme, like so many others in the churn of 24 7 news, tends to focus on people and places facing problems and challenges. More often than not we hold the powerful to account for things that went wrong, not right. Are we missing the Bigger Picture about the world we live in . My guest today, the psychologist and writer, steven pinker, certainly thinks so. His new book, enlightenment now, is a paean to Human Progress driven just how convincing are his reasons to be chee...

Midnight in london and 8am in the coastal city of hualien in taiwan where an earthquake has struck. It registered 6. 4 but because the quake was so shallow its done major damage. At least two people have been killed and many others have been injured, rescue teams worked throughout the night to free those trapped in collapsed buildings. The quake struck 1a miles northeast of hualien shortly before midnight. One eyewitness was on air with the bbc when an aftershock hit. Heres laura westbrook. Resp...

He will be talking to you about his book and about some of the that il in his book think you find most interesting and compelling. This tells the story of the elf waited uss pueblo. Few people know any greater detail than an outline. Significanta achievement for a number of reasons. First, it goes right to the heart of the events and their aftermath from the point of view of those who have experienced it. Second, it casts thegovernment pursues some of its goals during the cold war. That is not a...

Unicredit reports its highest Fourth Quarter profit in a decade and rolls out its first Cash Dividend in half a decade. Shares in swiss re spike nearly 6 at the open addres ja softbank looks to invest in the insurer. Insurance is finally a very interesting industry its in a transformation its in a radical revolution the parameters that run the industry and constrained the industry for years no longer exist. And chinese imports surge in january and contributes to the yu yuans worst day in 2 1 2 y...

Decade. However, what it doesnt say is that title is that overall, immigration went up and so we are actually acquiring more people but a lot of them are from outside the eu because restrictions are not going to change necessarily to them, are they . Lets look at the Financial Timesjust quickly. Here they . Lets look at the Financial Times just quickly. Here on the top, a photograph of one of the Many University lecturers who decided to ta ke University Lecturers who decided to take strike actio...

Care act. Is that a fair criticism . I think in part it is and in part it isnt. Im not sure that it is the dissents right to say that the court had to strain to create ambiguity here anymore than it does in a range of cases that get far less attention. Is it more of a strain to find ambiguity than it did in yates . That im skeptical. Other than the intensity of the spotlight im not sure the court had to work harder to find ambiguity than in any number of cases where it resolves hard questions. I...