Forbes hires Everson to write “Checks & Imbalances” newsletter

Zach Everson has been hired by  Forbes to be the writer of a new premium newsletter titled “Checks & Imbalances.” The newsletter offers a look at politicians, their businesses and money moving around Washington, D.C. It launched on Monday. Everson, who formerly authored a highly regarded Substack newsletter called “1100 Pennsylvania,” has spent the last […]

Qwick Takes: The Biden tax hike plan

This week, Talking Biz News Deputy Editor Erica Thompson reached out to Qwoted’s community of experts to inquire about the Biden Administration’s plans to hike corporate taxes to fund its infrastructure and job creation plans. Check out some of the top commentary: Bruce Hyde, Partner, Chief Compliance Officer at Round Table Wealth Management: The recent […]

Supreme Court rules in favor of Google on Oracle dispute

The Supreme Court ruled that Google had not committed copyright infringement against Oracle when it was developing its Android operating system. CNN’s Brian Fung reported: The Supreme Court has handed Google a win in a decade-old case in software development, holding that the technology giant did not commit copyright infringement against Oracle when it copied […]

Biden unveils $2-trillion recovery plan

President Biden announced a massive plan worth $2.3 trillion to set the U.S. economy back on the growth path. The AP’s Jonathan Lemire, Kevin Freking, and Zeke Miller reported: President Joe Biden outlined a huge $2.3 trillion plan Wednesday to reengineer the nation’s infrastructure in what he billed as “a once-in-a-generation investment in America” that […]

CNBC promotes Javers, Tausche and Mui in DC

CNBC senior vice president of business news Dan Colarusso sent out the following announcement on Friday: For more than three decades, CNBC has had a unique place in covering the nation’s political landscape – our audience demands we expose and explain connections between policy, the markets and business. Now we have a dual mandate to drive deep, original reporting on […]

Australia passes paid news content law

Australia passed a law that pitted it against Facebook and Google as they will now have to pay for Australian new content. CNBC’s Saheli Roy Choudhuri reported: Australia has passed a new law that will require digital platforms like Facebook and Google to pay local media outlets and publishers to link their content on news […]

Facebook cuts news access to Australians

Facebook has cut the access of Australians to news content on its platform in retaliation for a government plan to make social media pay for Australian news. NPR’s Bobby Allyn and Claire Miller reported: Facebook said Wednesday that it is preventing people inside Australia from accessing news stories on its platform. In addition, Facebook users […]

WSJ seeks a national security reporter in DC

The Wall Street Journal is looking for a reporter for the national security team who would focus on the threats to the U.S. from China, the Middle East and elsewhere that could encompass technology, military, trade and other issues. You would be expected to break news and strengthen our efforts to dominate this critical area […]

Insider adds five to its DC bureau

Insider Washington bureau chief Darren Samuelsohn sent out the following on Tuesday: Good morning, We have some exciting news to share from the DC bureau. We’re about to nearly double in size. This time a year ago we didn’t exist. Now, with the arrival of these five reporters in the coming weeks we’ll be a team […]

Johnson & Johnson asks FDA for emergency approval for vaccine

Johnson & Johnson has asked the FDA for emergency approval of its Covid-19 vaccine candidate, which is the first single-dose vaccine developed so far. The AP’s Lauran Neergaard reported: Johnson & Johnson asked U.S. regulators Thursday to clear the world’s first single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, an easier-to-use option that could boost scarce supplies. J&J’s vaccine was […]