State ready to Star on the Knavesmire August 19, 2026 THURSDAY brings us the second of four days of racing from York’s Ebor Festival, with the fillies and mares taking centre stage. Another 19 two-year-old fillies will take to the Knavesmire to test their credentials for next year’s Classics in the Group Two Lowther Stakes (1.50pm) The ground has been a big talking point heading [...]
Expect Sun after the rain at York August 19, 2026 AIDAN O’Brien’s SUN GODDESS is far and away the classiest performer in what is Europe’s richest two-year-old race (2.25pm), having already won the Group One Phoenix Stakes at the Curragh last week. On ratings she looks miles clear of the majority of these and should make straightforward work of this if too much rain doesn’t [...]
Goldman: Junior white-collar workers squeezed hardest by AI hiring slump August 19, 2026 Artificial intelligence is beginning to weigh most heavily on junior white-collar jobs, according to Goldman Sachs, as new research points to a growing divide between workers entering industries such as consulting and advertising, and their more experienced colleagues. The Wall Street bank analysed employment across more than 800 occupations and found that AI-related hiring pressures [...]
Kore.ai Named a Leader by Gartner, Forrester, and Everest Group Across Five Major Enterprise AI Evaluations August 19, 2026 Recognition Spans Agentic AI Products, Conversational AI Platforms for Customer Service and Employee Services, and Enterprise Search Kore.ai Has Been Named a Leader in Every Edition of the Gartner Magic Quadrant Covering Conversational AI Platforms Since the Report Launched in 2022
Mary Kay Accelerates Beauty Innovation and Digital Transformation August 19, 2026 Celebrating Milestone Initiatives Positioning Mary Kay For Consumers Today and Tomorrow
Xceedance Appoints Insurance and Technology Executive Adrian Spieler to Board of Directors August 19, 2026 Xceedance, a global provider of technology-driven business solutions for the insurance industry, today announced the appointment of Adrian Spieler to its Board of Directors, effective immediately. Spieler brings more than 30 years of experience across reinsurance, insurance, and asset management to the Xceedance board. He has served as Chief Operating Officer at Convex Insurance, a [...]
EIG Geothermal Catalyst Partners Completes Inaugural Investment August 19, 2026 Investment in Power Planet supports development of the Star Peak project and a broader portfolio of EGS projects
I drove 3,000 miles and saw the America AI is leaving behind August 19, 2026 Lewis Liu drove for nine days to get to his new home in Silicon Valley. On the journey he saw the America that risks being left behind.
Supermarkets ‘actively shielding’ shoppers as food inflation falls again August 19, 2026 Food inflation fell again in July to its lowest level in nearly five years, as retailers claim they are “actively shielding” consumers from worse price rises. The rate of food price inflation slipped to 1.3 per cent last month, down from 1.7 per cent in June, to reach the lowest point since September 2021. Industry [...]
Ridgeview Partners Announces Recommended Acquisition of Pinewood Technologies Group plc August 19, 2026 Ridgeview Partners LLC (“Ridgeview”), a growth-oriented technology private equity firm, today announced that U.K. Piston Bidco Limited (“Bidco”), a newly-formed company indirectly owned by entities administered by Ridgeview, has reached an agreement with the board of directors of Pinewood Technologies Group plc (“Pinewood.AI” or the “Company”), the leading cloud-based, AI-first, full-service technology provider to automotive [...]