Amazon, Google Confronted by House Committee on Small Business
- Panel chairwoman slams Apple, Facebook for declining to appear
- Tech firms say their companies help small firms grow
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Big technology companies faced another congressional inquiry on Thursday, as the House Small Business Committee questioned executives from Amazon.com Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google about whether their market dominance unfairly hinders upstart companies.
The hearing was the latest salvo against tech giants, which are facing a litany of investigations by Congress, the Federal Trade Commission, the Justice Department and state attorneys general.