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All aboard the Orient Express
Another Saturday, another weekend of good weather—and yet another charter train passing through Gloucestershire. This time, however, it was the crème de la crème of all British trains: none other than the Belmond British Pullman Venice Simplon-Orient-Express (V.S.O.E.). This ranks as the number one train in the country and operates day tours from London, usually Victoria or Waterloo, to various destinations around England and Wales.
Ian Thomas Forges His Own Path in Texas Football
houstonchronicle.comupdated 36m agofirst covered Sep 26, 10:15 AM ET Read the original ↗ Ian Thomas is carving out his own legacy in Texas football, stepping out of the shadow of his legendary father Rodney Thomas. The younger Thomas brings his own talent and determination to the field, earning recognition for his individual accomplishments. His journey reflects the pressure and opportunity that comes from following a football icon.
FCA Wealth Management Survey 2026: Key Insights And FCA Expectations For Wealth Managers
Marina Reason’s articles from Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP are most popular: in United Kingdom with readers working within the Media & Information and Oil & Gas industries Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP are most popular: within Insolvency/Bankruptcy/Re-Structuring topic(s) The FCA has published its wealth management survey report 2026, providing firms with data and sector insights to help them understand the market, compare their approach and raise standards.
Companies are doing more with less in AI era. Workers can take advantage
Ian Thomas As AI tools reshape the workforce, reskilling and retraining workers to take on must-need tasks will be a crucial component of boosting productivity and output. Bijal Shah, CEO of education benefits company Guild, said companies need to focus on offering workers opportunities to evolve alongside the business. Those workers are also more likely to stick with their companies, as well as take on increasing responsibilities. The AI era is massively reshaping the workforce .
Companies are doing more with less in AI era. Workers can take advantage
Now To the Editor: Re “America Cannot Withstand the Coming Economic Shock,” by Gina Raimondo (Opinion guest essay, March 9), and “Your Job Could Be in Jeopardy Already,” by Michael Steinberger (Opinion guest essay, March 8): Both of these writers discuss the shocks coming for workers and the economy from …
Crypto's 'age of speculation' may be over, says Galaxy CEO Mike Novogratz
Ian Thomas Bitcoin is down more than 21% so far this year, and nearly 50% from its peak in October. Galaxy CEO Mike Novogratz said crypto's "age of speculation," where investors expected outsized returns, may be ending as more risk-adverse players enter the sector. "It's going to be real world assets with much lower returns," he told CNBC's MacKenzie Sigalos at the CNBC Digital Finance Forum on Tuesday.
What does it really mean to 'rewire how work gets done'? A Wrike epiphany
Main content We'll send you our top articles (and no marketing spam), no more than once a week. Tom Scott, CEO of Wrike, opened the company’s online Collaborate event last week by stating that the company wants to help its customers “rewire the way work gets done.” Which is fine in principle but I immediately wondered what this means in practice — and how the company’s approach would differ from those of other vendors using much the same language across a broad range of product categories.
Workato doubles down on agents - but will its customers be able to keep pace?
We'll send you our top articles (and no marketing spam), no more than once a week. At its recent user conference earlier this month in Las Vegas, enterprise workflow and integration vendor Workato doubled down on its vision of the agentic enterprise — unveiling a range of new capabilities covering topics from platform scaling and ecosystem enablement to agent distribution and governance.
AI agents are being drafted into the cyber defense forces of corporations
By Ian Thomas • Aug 11, 2025 The rise of generative AI and large language models has drastically shifted the cybersecurity landscape, empowering attackers with easy-to-use tools that can create realistic video and voice deepfakes, personalized phishing campaigns, and malware and malicious code. That has opened the door for AI on the defense as well.
AI agents are being drafted into the cyber defense forces of corporations
Google’s Gmail Warning—Change Every Password That’s On This List Republished on August 9 with further advice on keeping your Google account secure. Google has confirmed that attacks on Gmail users to steal security credentials are now surging and are behind “37% of successful intrusions.” Put more simply, password theft is allowing hackers to gain access to …
Why context engineering - not prompting - is the key to building reliable AI agents
Main content We'll send you our top articles (and no marketing spam), no more than once a week. In Christopher Nolan’s film Memento from the early 00s, the protagonist has lost his short-term memory and must try to solve a mystery by leaving himself notes — because each time he sleeps, his memory is wiped. But the more notes he accumulates, the harder it becomes to tell which are important, which are misleading, and what they all mean. He doesn’t lack information — he lacks context.
Chipotle's AI hiring tool is helping it find new workers 75% faster
Chipotle has integrated a conversational AI chat platform into its hiring process it calls "Ava Cado." The AI is able to help potential workers fill out their applications, answer questions about working at Chipotle and schedule interviews. It's boosting the hiring pipeline for Chipotle, with more applicants, faster application times and hastening the applying-to-hired process, critical for a company onboarding as many as 10,000 new workers annually.
Clear CEO Caryn Seidman Becker on future of identity verification technology in daily life
• With more than 30 million members, Clear is perhaps best known for helping move people through security lines at airports faster and easier. • But CEO Caryn Seidman Becker sees a future where the company's identification verification technology will be used across industries in an era increasingly impacted by AI deepfakes and cyber criminals posing as other people.
Clear CEO Caryn Seidman Becker on future of identity verification technology in daily life
Now For years, wealth managers have built their business on personal relationships, referrals, and tailored financial advice. But now, artificial intelligence, especially generative AI, is shaking up the traditional marketing playbook, transforming how firms attract, engage, and keep the high-net-worth …
Where do employees go to work in the agentic enterprise? Workato thinks it has the answer
We'll send you our top articles (and no marketing spam), no more than once a week. Workato — long known for its low-code integration and workflow automation platform — today launches a new agentic interaction layer for enterprise employees called Workato GO. The aim is to offer an AI-powered employee assistant that connects across the enterprise, providing a single access point for everything from enterprise search to multi-step agentic automations.
Oura, Maven Clinic team up to bring biometric data into clinical care
• Maven Clinic, the world's largest virtual clinic for women's and family health, is partnering with Oura to integrate the biometric data collected by the Oura Ring into clinical care. • The partnership, which will roll out over the course of this year, will allow Maven Clinic members to have sleep, stress, activity and other metrics tracked by Oura Ring synced to their care teams.
Gecko Robotics raises $125 million in deal valuing critical infrastructure startup over $1 billion
• Gecko Robotics, which uses robots and AI to help organizations including the U.S. military inspect and monitor critical infrastructure, has raised a $125 million Series D, bringing its valuation to $1.25 billion. • The company's technology has been increasingly utilized in the defense, energy and manufacturing sectors, industries where insights on the health of costly aircraft, ships, pipelines and plants are invaluable. • Gecko Robotics ranked No. 30 on the 2025 CNBC Disruptor 50 list.
What's next for Oura Ring in personal health and fitness monitoring, according to CEO Tom Hale
Courtesy: Oura As Oura has continued to disrupt the multi-billion dollar wearables industry, the company has leaned further into providing a deeper picture of the health and wellness of wearers of its rings. That goes well just beyond metrics like heart rates and sleep scores, and into things like AI-powered health coaching and a deep focus on women's health.
AI agents in the enterprise (part 2) - a simple taxonomy
Main content We'll send you our top articles (and no marketing spam), no more than once a week. In part one, I outlined the need for a map of the agentic AI landscape in the midst of all the extraordinary hype being generated around AI agents. I proposed a simple quadrant based on the two axes that really matter when trying to make sense of the hot mess that is AI agents: • Agency — how much initiative can the agent take? • Co-ordination — is the agent acting alone or in tandem?
Cardiac arrests on the job are rising and often fatal. Workers and employers are not prepared for the risk
Seven in 10 Americans say they feel powerless to act during a cardiac emergency, according to data from the American Heart Association, and 90% of nearly 350,000 instances of cardiac arrests each year outside of a hospital are fatal. Workplaces are a prime example of this risk: each year more than 10,000 people suffer from cardiac arrests at on the job, and a new deal between AHA and payroll giant ADP aims to better prepare companies for live-saving emergency medical interventions.
What CEOs from auto, housing, travel and ad markets are saying about tariffs, consumer spending and the economy
Consumer sentiment recently sank near an all-time low, but actual spending on cars, homes and travel remains solid, according to CEOs appearing at the CNBC CEO Council Summit. Pinterest CEO Bill Ready said searches for "budget" items have surged by 200%. Carvana CEO Ernie Garcia said while the rush to buy cars ahead of tariffs is ending, and auto prices are trending down, consumer credit remains stable. The outlook on consumer spending continues to get cloudier.
Does vibe coding have a place in the enterprise? Yes and no
Main content We'll send you our top articles (and no marketing spam), no more than once a week. There’s a long history of tools in the enterprise that shine in isolation but collapse under scale.
This is Montana: John Long Mountains are a hidden gem in SW Montana
PHILIPSBURG — Possibly the least known mountain range in southwest Montana, the John Long Mountains are special area for those seeking peace and isolation from the noise of modern life. Many people mistakenly believe it is part of the Sapphire Range when the John Longs are in fact, its own distinct mountain grouping. Extensive roadless areas, low elevation, forest covered mountains, and lack of any nearby population center are their defining features. kAm#@4< rC66<[ C6?@H?65 7@C :ED 3=F6\C:33@?
Japanese baseball fans are crazy for Shohei Ohtani and the Dodgers. MLB has a plan to get them to root for every team
Shohei Ohtani is arguably the most popular athlete on the planet, and that superstardom has helped rapidly accelerate MLB's business in Japan. MLB has long invested in Japan, where baseball is the top sport and has produced several MLB stars, building it into the league's top market outside of the U.S. and Canada. But none of those stars have transcended the game like Ohtani, and MLB sees a opportunity to take that to another level.
With Trump all-in on crypto, bitcoin bulls bet the trillions in cash on America's corporate balance sheets are next
Last week, White House crypto czar David Sacks held his first press conference to discuss the future of crypto policy coming out of the Trump administration.
With Trump all-in on crypto, bitcoin bulls bet the trillions in cash on America's corporate balance sheets are next
Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Even as bitcoin and cryptocurrency become increasingly prevalent, corporate America has largely stayed away from adding digital assets to balance sheets that collectively hold between $3 trillion to $4 trillion in cash and cash equivalents. Approximately 79 public companies hold bitcoin, but other than Tesla, almost all are crypto-focused businesses.
Fanatics is opening first trading card store, in London, to give the sports collectibles a boost in Europe
Fanatics Collectibles is opening its first trading card-focused store in London. The store will center on Topps' offerings across baseball, soccer, F1, WWE and Disney, among others. While trading card collecting has continued to grow since its pandemic-era boom, most of that growth has been in the U.S., where card collecting is far more endemic than in Europe.
EV tax credit is 'catastrophically stupid,' says incoming Ohio Senator and 'car czar' Bernie Moreno
Bernie Moreno, the former car dealer who is now the Senator-elect in Ohio, is looking to establish himself as the "car czar" in the Senate under the second Trump administration. Moreno said at the CNBC CFO Council Summit in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday that he does not support the $7,500 EV tax credit created by the Biden administration, instead saying he would rather let consumers and automakers instead decide what cars to buy or build.
EV tax credit is 'catastrophically stupid,' says incoming Ohio Senator and 'car czar' Bernie Moreno
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Consumers should prepare for Trump tariffs to usher in new round of price increases, says Richmond Fed president Tom Barkin
Consumers have entered a new phase of pushing back on rising prices brought forth by inflation, supply chain issues and the pandemic, Richmond Fed President Tom Barkin said at the CNBC CFO Council Summit in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday. That has led many companies to lower prices or increase discounts in an effort to keep consumers wallets' open and gain market share.
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Synchrony added a therapist to the office. The number of employees taking advantage of the free mental health therapy is growing
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Synchrony added a therapist to the office. The number of employees taking advantage of the free mental health therapy is growing
Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Images In the last three years, 94% of large employers said they have strengthened their coverage for mental health care, increased support, or put in place new programs or systems. Synchrony looked to take that a step further, offering free, onsite mental health therapy for employees during working hours with a trained psychologist at its headquarters.
After success in Paris, Los Angeles looks to elevate Olympic Games in 2028
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After success in Paris, Los Angeles looks to elevate Olympic Games in 2028
Sept. 11, 2024, 5:30 PM UTC / Source: CNBC After a successful 2024 Olympics and Paralympics in Paris, the bar has been set high for the next summer Games in Los Angeles in 2028, something that key stakeholders in that event say the city will be ready for. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass told CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin at CNBC x Boardroom’s Game Plan sports business event on Tuesday that what is making her anxious is “all that we need to do in our city to prepare” for the 2028 Games.
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Chase signs on as jersey patch sponsor of Golden State Valkyries, the Bay Area's WNBA expansion team
Kirby Lee | Getty Images Chase has signed a multi-year deal to be the first jersey patch sponsor of the Golden State Valkyries, the WNBA's next expansion team. The Valkyries, also owned by Golden State Warriors owners Joe Lacob and Peter Guber, will begin playing in the WNBA in 2025 in San Francisco. The deal, which will be one of the largest jersey patch deals in the WNBA, is another milestone for the league and women's sports.
Shohei Ohtani signs trading card deal with Fanatics-backed Topps
Shohei Ohtani, the two-time MLB MVP, signed an exclusive global trading card deal with Topps, which will feature autographed and game-used memorabilia cards. It's the latest effort from Topps, acquired by Fanatics for $500 million in 2022, to lean into the growing market for trading cards. The Ohtani partnership also aims to grow the trading card hobby beyond the U.S., where Topps sees more than 90% of its business.
Shohei Ohtani signs trading card deal with Fanatics-backed Topps
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Inside evolving FIFA 2026 World Cup plan to cash in on the rise of high-end sports tourism
For consumers who are continuing to spend on high-end experiences — whether that’s travelling to Europe to see Taylor Swift or splurging on premium airfare — what promises to be the biggest sporting event to ever take place in North America will provide plenty of options.
Inside evolving FIFA 2026 World Cup plan to cash in on the rise of high-end sports tourism
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