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Zuckerberg Appears in Congress as Facebook Faces Scrutiny

October 23, 2019

WASHINGTON — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg endured hours of prickly questioning from lawmakers Wednesday as he defended the company’s new globally ambitious project to create a digital currency while also dealing with widening scrutiny from U.S. regulators. Wh...

Facebook’s Libra Currency May Flourish in Analog World

AP News

June 28, 2019

NEW YORK — Europeans and Americans have their Visa and Mastercards. For everyone else, here comes ... Libra? Facebook's new Libra digital currency is aimed at a huge potential market for financial services —...

Photo of Calibra digital wallet app prototype

Facebook’s Libra Currency Faces Financial, Privacy Pushback

AP News

June 20, 2019

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook is getting a taste of the regulatory pushback it will face as it creates a new digital currency with corporate partners. Just hours after the social media giant unveiled early plans ...

With Cryptocurrency, Facebook Working to Become an Independent Nation

The Conversation

June 19, 2019

Facebook has announced a plan to launch a new cryptocurrency named the Libra, adding another layer to its efforts to dominate global communications and business. Backed by huge finance and technology companies including Visa, Spotify, eBay, PayPal and Uber – p...

Photo of a sign for Facebook Way in Menlo Park, Ca.

Facebook Plans Its Own Currency for 2 Billion-Plus Users

AP News

June 18, 2019

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook already rules daily communication for more than two billion people around the world. Now it wants its own currency, too. The social network unveiled an ambitious plan Tuesday to crea...

Iran Spins More Centrifuges on US Embassy Crisis Anniversary

Schwarzenegger, Brown Talk Solar and Robots in Clovis

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Win for Boris Johnson’s Conservatives and Brexit, Poll Shows

Measure C Transportation Tax Renewal Goes to Voters in 2022

Farmworker Reform Bill Passes House. What’s Next?

Nunes’ Reliably Red District Remains So, But Is Slipping

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How To Reduce Food Waste

If Fresno State Can’t Sign DeBoer, Bulldogs Should Go Young

Push to Accelerate Mustang Captures Draws Fire in Congress

Rejecting Federal Proposal, California Lays out Vision for Protecting Endangered Species and Meeting Water Needs

Schwarzenegger, Brown Talk Solar and Robots in Clovis

Visalia Catholics Think Big, and It’s a Wonderful Thing

Walters: One Tax Measure Goes Away

Political Activist Sarsour Will Speak at Local CAIR Banquet

Many Specialists Will Be on Hand at Free Health Clinic in Fresno

US Growth of Islam Creates Need for Religious Scholars

Islamic Center Dinner To Feature Texas TV Reporter Who Wears a Hijab

How Eight Presidential Wannabes Pitched Themselves to California Dems

Revenge of the Arambulas? Big Donation to Defeat Dyer.

Bloomberg at UN: US President Must End Fossil Fuel Subsidies

Many Fresno Incumbents Fail to Draw Opponents

Zuckerberg Appears in Congress as Facebook Faces Scrutiny

Facebook’s Libra Currency May Flourish in Analog World

With Cryptocurrency, Facebook Working to Become an Independent Nation

Facebook Plans Its Own Currency for 2 Billion-Plus Users

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