Coexist

Making profits and doing right by shareholders and working on ways to protect the environment and mitigate climate change are not mutually exclusive, Adam Selipsky, CEO of cloud leader Amazon Web Services (AWS), told CNBC on Monday.In an interview for "Mad Money" with Jim Cramer, Selipsky said the entire company of Amazon is aiming to be net-zero carbon by 2040, a decade earlier than set out in the Paris climate agreement. Sustainability and profits "don't have to be at odds," Selipsky said, pointing to examples at Amazon…

David Pierce / The Verge: Amazon announces changes to Alexa, including developer created and recommended Routines, shopping via skills, ability to coexist with other assistants, and more — A helper that increasingly doesn't need your help — Amazon is making a bunch of changes to the Alexa user experience … David Pierce / The Verge: Amazon announces changes to Alexa, including developer created and recommended Routines, shopping via skills, ability to coexist with other…

WASHINGTON—A U.S. central bank digital currency could one day provide consumers with a level of safety amid a proliferation of privately-issued digital assets such as stablecoins, Federal Reserve Vice Chairwoman Lael Brainard told House lawmakers Thursday.Ms. Brainard told the House Financial Services Committee that in the future a central bank digital currency could coexist with and be complementary to stablecoins by providing a widely available, government-backed means of payment. “It…

WASHINGTON—A U.S. central bank digital currency could one day coexist with and even complement so-called stablecoins, Federal Reserve Vice Chairwoman Lael Brainard plans to tell House lawmakers Thursday.“In some future circumstances, CBDC could coexist with and be complementary to stablecoins and commercial bank money by providing a safe central bank liability in the digital financial ecosystem, much like cash currently coexists with commercial bank money,” Ms. Brainard is expected to tell…