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The Knot has a new CFO who is doubling down on AI thumbnail
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The Knot has a new CFO who is doubling down on AI

Good morning. Michael Pickrum has stepped into the CFO role at the wedding platform The Knot Worldwide as AI reshapes the company’s strategy....

Crypto is facing an identity crisis—but it’s hardly the first time thumbnail
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Crypto is facing an identity crisis—but it’s hardly the first time

Last night’s snoozer of a Super Bowl featured an embarrassing performance, and I’m not talking about the Patriots’ no-show offense. It came during...

The next 18 months of the agentic era will feel like a slow-motion stress test for CEOs. Most will make the same critical mistake thumbnail
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The next 18 months of the agentic era will feel like a slow-motion stress test for CEOs. Most will make the same critical mistake

The next 18 months will feel like a stress test in slow motion. AI will reshape workflows, roles will compress, budgets will stay...

OpenAI vs. Anthropic Super Bowl ad clash signals we’ve entered AI’s trash talk era—and the race to own AI agents is only getting hotter thumbnail
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OpenAI vs. Anthropic Super Bowl ad clash signals we’ve entered AI’s trash talk era—and the race to own AI agents is only getting hotter

Yesterday’s Super Bowl offered more than a Seattle Seahawks win, a halftime performance from Bad Bunny, and beer ads. This year’s annual football...

China might be beginning to back away from U.S. debt as investors get nervy about over-exposure to American assets thumbnail
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China might be beginning to back away from U.S. debt as investors get nervy about over-exposure to American assets

If there’s one thing that catches the attention of the second Trump administration, it’s how foreign investors behave toward U.S. assets. Perhaps most...

Bitcoin falls below $70,000, wiping out post-election gains thumbnail
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Bitcoin falls below $70,000, wiping out post-election gains

Bitcoin has slipped below the $70,000 mark, erasing the gains made after Donald Trump’s return to the White House, as weakening investor demand...

Bank of England Governor ‘shocked’ by Mandelson leaks to Epstein thumbnail
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Bank of England Governor ‘shocked’ by Mandelson leaks to Epstein

The Governor of the Bank of England has said he was “shocked” by revelations that Lord Mandelson leaked sensitive government information to Jeffrey...

Vauxhall owner takes €22bn hit after electric car u-turn thumbnail
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Vauxhall owner takes €22bn hit after electric car u-turn

Stellantis, the European carmaker behind Vauxhall, Citroën and Fiat, has taken a €22bn hit after admitting it overestimated the pace of electric vehicle...

US offers $225m backing for Cornwall tin mine in bid to secure supply thumbnail
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US offers $225m backing for Cornwall tin mine in bid to secure supply

Britain’s only tin mine could end up exporting much of its future production to the United States after the American government signalled it...

New guidance aims to help small business owners cope with mental strain of late payments thumbnail
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New guidance aims to help small business owners cope with mental strain of late payments

Small business owners struggling with the stress caused by late or unpaid invoices have been offered new support, as fresh guidance is launched...