Ray Dalio: The Next War Isn’t Trade—It’s a Capital WarAxios2026-09-22 | Ray Dalio: The Next War Isn’t Trade—It’s a Capital WarSimplifying the Tax CodeAxios2024-03-22 | Axios hosts an event exploring potential paths forward for tax policy reform.Axios Whats Next SummitAxios2024-03-19 | Axios hosts our third annual What's Next Summit featuring conversations with trailblazing newsmakers on the topics defining our future.Boeing Whistleblowers Death Sparks Conspiracy TalksAxios2024-03-14 | John Barnett, a whistleblower who revealed internal documents and botched parts at Boeing, was found dead in his South Carolina home. Some say that's poor timing given the latest controversies swirling around the airplane manufacturer.Congresswoman Backs Trump Against Rape AllegationAxios2024-03-13 | On ABC's "This Week," Rep. Nancy Mace, a Republican representative from South Carolina, got into a heated exchange with George Stephanopoulos about his question.The fruit #inflation forgot: Bananas remain affordable as food prices spike #foodpricesAxios2024-03-12 | For the second straight month, the Consumer Price Index flashed signals that the 2023 disinflation trend may have stalled out at the start of 2024. Soaring food prices have taken a serious bite out of consumer spending, but there's at least one item that's consistently bucked the trend: bananas.
Why it matters: The U.S. imports more bananas by volume than any other country, according to the Food and Drug Administration. Despite their popularity, bananas are significantly cheaper than their peers in the fruit world.
Between the lines: Favorable growing conditions, low labor costs, efficient shipping and distribution, free trade agreements and massive plantations have insulated this particular fruit from the ravages of soaring prices.
Video Credit: Alexander Labut, TawaMedia, Josep Gutierrez and JarnoVerdonk via Getty ImagesGoogles Woke AI Chatbot Makes Bizarre Hitler ClaimAxios2024-03-08 | Google a.k.a ALPHABET has met backlash and criticism from AI product experts who say its chatbot is "woke" and can't make simple human judgments like condemning pedophilia and Hitler.Watch The View Hosts React to Katie Britts State of the Union RebuttalAxios2024-03-08 | Alabama Senator Katie Britt had the women of "The View" ready to offer comments on her unique performance.Biden goes toe-to-toe with the GOP during the SOTU addressAxios2024-03-08 | During the final State of the Union address of his first term, President Biden flaunted his many accomplishments including on the economy and job market.
He joked with Republicans about opposing his policies but enjoying the money they bring in to their local economies.
Read more: axios.com/2024/03/08/biden-state-of-the-union-2024-sotuBiden addresses his age during fiery SOTU addressAxios2024-03-08 | President Biden delivered an impassioned State of the Union address, seeming to relish a chance to spar with Republicans and confront Americans’ concerns about his age as he ramps up his re-election campaign.
Why it matters: Biden’s final State of the Union before the November election offered a high-profile opportunity to highlight his accomplishments — and his capacity and energy — to a highly skeptical electorate.Axios News ShapersAxios2024-03-08 | Axios hosts a News Shapers event looking at what's driving the news on Capitol HillI have no regrets: Nikki Haley suspends presidential campaignAxios2024-03-06 | During the speech to end her presidential campaign, former UN ambassador Nikki Haley congratulated Trump as the likely GOP nominee, but did not endorse the former president.
"It is now up to Donald Trump to earn the votes of those in our party and beyond it who did not support him, and I hope he does that," she said.
Video: CNNThe Trump Takeover of the Republican Party Is CompleteAxios2024-03-06 | CNN's John King describes how Trump remade the Republican Party. And there's no going back.State of Play: Clean Energys Investment BoomAxios2024-03-06 | Axios hosts an event looking at the clean energy industry's growthThe rise of Black heritage tourismAxios2024-03-04 | 🧳 Cultural heritage tourism is one of the fastest-growing segments in travel. It involves “traveling to experience the places, artifacts, and activities that authentically represent the stories and people of the past and present,” according to the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Details: For years, many sites linked to crucial moments in Black history sat forgotten, abandoned or visited by just a few diehard history buffs.
Recently, once-overlooked places like the community of Africatown in Mobile, Ala., have become a must-visit for Black heritage tourists.
Learn more here: axios.com/2024/02/26/black-heritage-tourismModeling Innovation: Governments Role in Leading Responsible AI GrowthAxios2024-02-29 | Axios hosts an event in Washington, D.C. looking at government's role in responsible AI growthDoctors are increasingly charging for administrative feesAxios2024-02-28 | 🥼 From signing patient documents to emailing responses to patient questions, doctors are increasingly charging fees for administrative tasks.
Fees ranging from a few bucks to a few hundred dollars for paperwork requests risk annoying patients who are used to getting such services for free. But experts say it’s a natural response to growing demands on physicians’ time and shrinking reimbursement.
⬇️ Have you gotten administrative bills from your doctor? Let us know in the comments.
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Full story: axios.com/2024/02/26/doctor-appointment-fees-costsTaylor Swift has a merch problemAxios2024-02-27 | Taylor Swift has had a stratospheric year, propelled by a billion-dollar tour credited with boosting the U.S. economy. But for many die-hard fans, getting official swag has proven difficult — and disappointing.
Fans’ dissatisfaction with the merchandise is a chink in Swift’s armor — proving that even one of the world’s most powerful pop stars isn’t immune to logistics hurdles that can spur social media outrage.
Some Swifties have even said they will stop shopping at her online store.
Video Credit: New Vision; Marina Diksaitis via Getty ImagesWest Monroe Kevin McCarty in a sponsored View From the Top conversation with Nicholas JohnstonAxios2024-02-14 | Chairman & CEO of West Monroe Kevin McCarty speaks to Nicholas Johnston in a sponsored VFTT segment at Axios BFD: MiamiLatham & Watkins Ian Schuman in a sponsored View From the Top conversation with Fabricio DrumondAxios2024-02-14 | Partner and Global Chair of Capital Markets Practice for Latham & Watkins Ian Schuman speaks to Fabricio Drumond in a sponsored VFTT conversation at Axios BFD: Miami.Chef & restaurateur Michelle Bernstein in conversation with Hope King at Axios BFD: MiamiAxios2024-02-14 | ...Managing Director of Khosla Ventures, Keith Rabois in conversation w/ Dan Primack- Axios BFD: MiamiAxios2024-02-14 | ...Tyler Epp and Jeff Moorad in conversation with Hope King at Axios BFD: MiamiAxios2024-02-14 | President of F1 Miami Grand Prix Tyler Epp and CEO, Founder & Partner of MSP Sports Capital talk to Hope King at Axios BFD: Miami.Jared Kushner tells Axios he will not join Trumps administration in 2024 at BFD Miami.Axios2024-02-14 | ...President of Carnival Cruise Line Christine Duffy in conversation w/ Dan Primack at Axios BFD: MiamiAxios2024-02-14 | ...Axios BFD: MiamiAxios2024-02-14 | Axios hosts the first Miami edition of our dealmaking summit Axios BFDReview: Metas RayBan glasses add AI smartsAxios2024-02-09 | Axios Chief Technology Correspondent Ina Fried shares her thoughts on Meta's RayBan glasses and their new AI features.Behind the Curtain: A new, powerful political movementAxios2024-01-30 | A new, powerful, well-funded political movement is rising fast in America: the techno-optimists.Why it matters: This group — mostly rich, white, middle-aged men with tech jobs, companies or investment funds — is building impressive, if unorganized, political muscle through social media, podcasts, new journalism projects, and political donations and activism.
Images/Video: Chris Delmas/AFP, Scott Olson, Alex Wong all via Getty ImagesFawn Sharp: The world needs Indigenous leaders #podcastAxios2024-01-25 | Fawn Sharp, Vice President of the Quinault Indian Nation, spoke with @nialab at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week about how Indigenous leaders are helming efforts to tackle the world’s problems.
Why it matters: If the trends hold — and that is a big “if” — housing market activity hit bottom in 2023, and more homes will be bought and sold in the coming months.
The big picture: This is all about mortgage rates, which nearly touched 8% last year, putting the housing market into a deep freeze.
🎥: Hal Bergman, Ariel SkelleyChatty cars, swappable bodies: Future of transportation on display at CESAxios2024-01-22 | This year's overarching theme was how AI is being integrated into just about everything we use — including our cars, where the experience is increasingly being defined by software.
Read more: axios.com/2024/01/12/ces-2024-cars-ai-honda-kiaPalantir CEO Alex Karp: U.S. eating everyones lunch on AI #wef24 #davosAxios2024-01-19 | During an Axios event at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Palantir CEO and co-founder Alex Karp told Mike Allen that within 10 years, around 95% of the world’s top tech companies will be American thanks to the U.S. lead in AI.
Karp predicted that in time AI will deliver very large GDP growth — but that will benefit only a handful of countries and companies, leading to political and social “dislocation.”Axios House at Davos #WEF24: A big picture conversation with Niala Boodhoo and Ina FriedAxios2024-01-18 | ...Axios House at Davos #WEF24: The Democratization of AIAxios2024-01-18 | ...Axios House at Davos #WEF24: Driving Business Growth through Sustainable Business PracticesAxios2024-01-18 | ...Axios House at Davos #WEF24: AI and the Digital TransformationAxios2024-01-18 | ...Axios House at Davos #WEF24: Building Trust in Innovative Health TechnologyAxios2024-01-18 | ...Axios House at Davos #WEF24: AI & Predictive TechnologiesAxios2024-01-18 | ...Exclusive: Altman says ChatGPT will have to evolve in “uncomfortable” waysAxios2024-01-17 | 🤖 OpenAI’s next big model “will be able to do a lot, lot more” than the existing models can, CEO @sama told Axios’ @inafried in an exclusive interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Why it matters: Altman said that AI is evolving much more rapidly than previous technologies that took Silicon Valley by storm. But he also conceded that the evolution and proliferation of OpenAI’s technology will require “uncomfortable” decisions.
🔗 Learn more here: axios.com/2024/01/17/sam-altman-davos-ai-future-interviewAxios House at Davos #WEF24: A big picture conversation with Nicholas Johnston and Angela BakerAxios2024-01-17 | ...Axios House at Davos #WEF24: Axios Ina Fried in conversation with Open AIs Sam AltmanAxios2024-01-17 | ...Axios House at Davos #WEF24: Finding a Voice: DEIs Corporate RoleAxios2024-01-17 | ...Axios House Davos #WEF24: Cybersecurity for the Other 90%Axios2024-01-17 | ...Axios House at Davos #WEF24: A big picture conversations with Niala Boodhoo & Alison SnyderAxios2024-01-16 | ...Axios House at Davos #WEF24: Turning Corporate Sustainability Claims Into RealityAxios2024-01-16 | ...Axios House at Davos #WEF24: AI’s Impact on the Workforce, Now and in the FutureAxios2024-01-16 | ...Axios House at Davos #WEF24: A big picture conversation with Niala Boodhoo & Neil Irwin.Axios2024-01-15 | ...Axios House at Davos #WEF24: Building Better AI with Better DataAxios2024-01-15 | ...How the Iowa caucuses workAxios2024-01-15 | 🗳️ The Iowa caucuses are today (Monday, Jan. 15). The in-person gatherings are different from primaries, and are meant to encourage conversations between neighbors, rather than just casting ballots.
📍Axios reporters Linh Ta, Jason Clayworth and @sophiacai99 are all on the ground covering the caucus. Check back here and axios.com for their reporting.
🎥: Alex Wong, Scott Olson, Chip Somodevilla, Nexstar - WGN, Chicago, ITN all via Getty ImagesAxios x Female Quotients Women of the World: Connecting WEF 2024 LeadersAxios2024-01-15 | ...2024 will be a breakout year for delivery dronesAxios2024-01-08 | 📦 After more than a decade of development, delivery drones are finally going mainstream this year.
What’s happening: With some (but not all) regulatory hurdles cleared, retailers, medical centers and logistics platforms will start offering drone delivery in many more suburban neighborhoods in 2024. That means receiving meals, prescriptions and household items at your doorstep in less than 30 minutes.