By the numbers: The S&P 500 rose nearly 27.6% between inauguration day and this past Friday's close, compared to 28.5% during his first term. The gap at 20 months is closer than it was a… [+522...
There have been social media suggestions that Anthropic might want to wait, due to new product liability and regulation questions.Yet the Claude maker might actually view the past 48… [+1681 chars]
What they're saying: "The cycle from dream, to manufacturing at rate, to having it out in the world can be very long," Bezos tells Axios. "For example, if you go to a current jet engine manu… [+251...
The big picture: Airline mergers must be approved by both the Justice Department and Transportation Department. Many of DOJ's top antitrust officials and prosecutors have been forced out and… [+142...
Sazerac, the maker of Buffalo Trace bourbon and cinnamon-flavored Fireball, reportedly has made a takeover approach to Brown-Forman, the Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey maker that's been in talks to �...
The big picture: U.S. firms secured just $66.1 billion for new funds in 2025, down from $101.3 billion in 2024 and well below the 2022 peak of nearly $223 billion, per preliminary data from PitchBook�...
It's also a direct shot at Blackstone, whose CEO Steve Schwarzman is a longtime Trump supporter.State of play: Trump is expected to lay out details of his plan later this month duri… [+1769 chars]
Shareholders in Groq, a hot AI chipmaking startup, will receive handsome payouts from the company's $20 billion deal with Nvidia, even though no equity is changing hands, Axios has learned from sourc�...
By the numbers: Dragoneer now has over $30 billion in assets under management, including a $12 billion evergreen fund that can back both private and public companies. The San Francisco-based… [+334...
Zoom in: Under normal procedures, Trump is required to give approval or block a deal within 15 days of receiving a CFIUS recommendation. That's today. But as we reported last month, CFIUS di… [+752...