The latest wave of new Fortune 500 CEOs points to a clear boardroom priority: executives who can execute immediately. Dow, Apple, Best Buy, and Lululemon all announced succession moves over the last few weeks, offering a compressed view of how…
This is a huge week for tech stocks. We’ll get Q1 earnings calls from Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta, Amazon, and Apple through Thursday. Chart via TradingEconomics.com. ONE BIG THING A manifesto, a train ride, and a security gap that allowed a…
Chinese public statements do not spell out military goals in the domain as bluntly as the US’s — Beijing’s 2022 white paper on its space programme emphasises the country’s peaceful approach. But the papers by PLA-affiliated scientists reveal a research and…
In a treehouse nestled in redwoods north of San Francisco, California Governor Gavin Newsom stood cold and hungry as Sergey Brin, the world’s fourth-richest man, and his wellness-influencer girlfriend told him they were leaving the state. It was late in…
An attempted attack at Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner is spurring fresh questions about the security around President Donald Trump and other top officials. The armed assailant, who investigators believe was staying at the Washington Hilton where the dinner was…
The Iran conflict has confirmed a transformation in the economics of warfare toward cheap, mass-produced weapons, forcing a wholesale rethinking of military procurement, according to a recent report. While the U.S. and Israel have decimated Iran’s military, the Islamic republic…
President Donald Trump’s Justice Department is using the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday to try to pressure preservationists to drop their lawsuit over his planned $400 million ballroom on the site of the former East Wing of the…
Chevron Corp. Chief Executive Officer Mike Wirth said changes to Venezuela’s oil policy are a sign of progress in trying to attract foreign investment, though further measures are needed. “It moves things in a positive direction,” Wirth said on CBS’ Face the Nation.…
John Ternus, Apple’s senior vice president of hardware engineering, takes over as CEO on Sept. 1, ending Tim Cook’s 15-year tenure at the top of the world’s most valuable consumer technology company. Apple’s presence with China is perhaps the defining…
The alleged gunman who attempted to storm the White House correspondents’ dinner on Saturday traveled to Washington, D.C., from California by train, according to acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. Police said the suspect, Cole Tomas Allen, had a shotgun, pistol,…