Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia beheads 37 citizens for terrorism linksAxios - Rashaan Ayesh In the largest mass execution since 2016, Saudi Arabia publicly beheaded 37 citizens for alleged links to terrorism, reports CBS News. Why this …
BRI Belt and Road Forum a chance for Xi to address initiative's criticsAxios - Jonathan Hillman On Thursday President Xi Jinping will welcome leaders from 37 countries and delegates from over 150 countries at the second Belt and Road Forum in …
Microsoft Podcast: Microsoft's teflon techlashAxios Dan and Axios' Kim Hart discuss how Microsoft is largely avoiding the PR and regulatory headaches that have bedeviled fellow tech giants like …
Netflix Academy votes to allow streamers to be eligible for Oscar nominationsAxios - Sara Fischer The Academy of Motion Picture and Arts and Sciences announced Tuesday that it voted to allow streaming services like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime …
Congressional Committees Justice Department rejects House Oversight subpoena on census citizenship questionAxios - Zachary Basu Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General John Gore will not comply with a subpoena from the House Oversight Committee compelling him to testify …
Tyson Foods Tyson Foods sells stake in alternative protein company Beyond MeatAxios - Dan Primack Tyson Foods has quietly sold its stake in alternative protein company Beyond Meat, which is expected to go public next week at a valuation north of …
Business Behind-the-scenes turmoil at Big Tech watchdog site The MarkupAxios - Ina Fried The Markup, a well-funded journalism nonprofit launched last year to produce exposés of Big Tech's power, fired its editor-in-chief yesterday before …
Pete Buttigieg Pete Buttigieg says Bernie Sanders may lack the "novelty" to win in 2020Axios - Orion Rummler Mayor Pete Buttigieg said in an interview with the New York Times that "people were refreshed by the novelty" of the progressive proposals that Sen. …
Energy Temperatures will exceed Paris goals even if the largest emitters aggressively cut emissionsAxios - Ben Geman A second study out Tuesday shows global temperatures will still far exceed the Paris goals even if the largest emitters like China, the U.S. and …
Equinor Norwegian oil-and-gas behemoth Equinor strikes climate deal with investorsAxios - Ben Geman Equinor, the Norwegian oil-and-gas behemoth, on Wednesday became the latest major company to reach a deal with activist investors that bolsters its …
Energy How China, the EU and the U.S. could contribute to temperature extremes in specific regionsAxios - Ben Geman New peer-reviewed studies examine how the world's largest carbon emitters could add to temperature extremes in specific regions, and how the same …
Boeing 737 MAX Boeing's profits slide after 737 MAX groundingAxios - Courtenay Brown In its first earnings report since the second deadly 737 MAX crash in March, Boeing said Wednesday that its profits fell 13% from the same period a …
Chevron Occidental battles Chevron for Anadarko prizeAxios - Ben Geman Occidental Petroleum Corp. on Wednesday offered to pay $57 billion to buy Anadarko Petroleum Corp., topping an existing agreement with Chevron that …
Business A reliable recession indicator is reversing courseAxios - Dion Rabouin Following a yield curve inversion in March that sent tremors through financial markets, the spread between 10-year Treasury notes and 3-month T-bills …
Business How depreciating money could save the global economyAxios - Dion Rabouin Central banks have unloaded trillions of dollars of stimulus in efforts to push inflation above 2% in countries from the U.S. to Japan and across the …
JPMorgan Chase JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs led the way on deal value among M&A advisers in Q1 2019Axios - Courtenay Brown Half of the top investment banks advised on fewer deals in the first quarter than the prior year period, but the deals were bigger. The big picture: …
China Why China's stimulus isn't all goodAxios - Dion Rabouin China's fiscal and monetary stimulus measures have been credited with turning around the country's economy and perhaps underpinning a rebound in …
Walgreens Walgreens to raise its minimum age to buy tobacco to 21Axios - Caitlin Owens Walgreens announced yesterday that it won't sell tobacco products to anyone younger than 21, beginning in September — a response to the FDA's …
U.S. Politics Trump Fed Board pick: Critics are "pulling a Kavanaugh against me"Axios - Rebecca Falconer Trump's Fed board nominee Stephen Moore told North Dakota conservative radio station WZFG Tuesday his enemies are "pulling a Kavanaugh against me" …
Kim Jong-un In photos: Kim Jong-un in Russia for summit with Vladimir PutinAxios - Rebecca Falconer North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un arrived by train Wednesday in the far east Russian city of Vladivostok ahead of talks with Russia's President …
U.S. Politics Trump's "run out the clock" legal strategy channels what he learned in the business worldAxios - Mike Allen Facing a multi-front war in the post-Mueller world, President Trump is turning to litigation strategies that he long used in business — resist, delay …
Energy Insurers are easing adoption of large-scale energy storageAxios - Maggie Teliska German insurance company Munich Re will now offer long-term insurance on battery performance in energy storage systems, a move that could reduce …
Microsoft Microsoft has mostly dodged the backlash against Big TechAxios - Kim Hart The tech industry is feeling the pain of an unprecedented backlash over its business practices and broad impact on society, but original tech giant …
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka suicide bombers were "well educated," 1 studied in U.K., Australia, officials sayAxios - Rebecca Falconer The leader of a group behind Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday attacks was believed to be among 8 men and 1 woman who were the suicide bombers, the junior …
Jared Kushner Most on Capitol Hill are still in the dark about Jared Kushner's "neutral" immigration planAxios - Jonathan Swan, In his private briefings on his yet-to-be-released immigration plan, Jared Kushner has told people his plan will be "neutral" on immigration numbers, …
Business Jobs of the future slow with economic coolingAxios - Steve LeVine Job growth was flat for the third straight quarter in what have seemed to be some of the economy's least automatable occupations, such as AI, …
Business The questionable financial ties between pharmacy benefit managers and specialty pharmaciesAxios - Bob Herman Expensive prescription drugs that treat complex conditions often are dispensed through specialty pharmacies, and that "specialty" label is lucrative …
Business E-cigarette study finds bacterial and fungal toxins in popular productsAxios - Rebecca Falconer Some e-cigarette products popular in the U.S. are contaminated with bacterial and fungal toxins, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health …
Herman Cain Cain: Sexual harassment claims not part of decision to withdraw from Fed Board considerationAxios - Rebecca Falconer Herman Cain told Fox News' "Hannity" Tuesday sexual harassment allegations leveled against him formed no part of his decision to withdraw from the …
Herman Cain Cain: Sexual harassment claims not part of decision to withdraw from Fed Board considerationAxios - Rebecca Falconer Herman Cain told Fox News' "Hannity" Tuesday sexual harassment allegations leveled against him formed no part of his decision to withdraw from the …
