Saturday, 22 July 2017

Google, Apple, Amazon hit record lobbying highs

The last three months brought record-high lobbying spending from four major tech companies:

Google spent $5.93 million 
Apple spent $2.2 million 
Amazon spent $3.21 million 
Uber spent $430,000 
More : Facebook spent $2.38 million this quarter, up from the same period last year but far from a record. Microsoft's bill for the quarter was just over $2 million.

Key context: Tech has been pushing back on some of the Trump administration's high-profile actions. But there's also issues like taxes and trade where major companies could score wins from the Republican Congress and White House.

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