A supporter holds a flag next to Biden’s campaign train during a campaign stop in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US. Tech is strengthening relationships in case of a Biden victory to ensure they have a voice in an onslaught of US federal and state investigations into their business practices, according to campaign finance records and interviews. — Reuters
WASHINGTON: With a framed Joe Biden poster in the background, Amazon.com Inc’s Jay Carney made no secret of his long history with the presidential candidate while speaking at a virtual policy roundtable during August’s Democratic party convention.
Carney, who is Amazon’s public policy and communications chief, touted the hundreds of thousands of jobs his company has created and joined Microsoft Corp’s president Brad Smith as one of two senior tech executives to have a public role at the convention – hinting at Amazon’s potential influence on a Biden administration if the democrat wins the White House.
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