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Richard K. Davis, former CEO of Make-A-Wish America and U.S. Bancorp, elected to lead Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Richard K. Davis, former president and CEO of Make-A-Wish America and former executive chair and CEO of U.S. Bancorp, has been elected chair of the Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees. He will serve a four-year term beginning Feb. 21. Davis succeeds Michael Powell, who joined the Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees in 2011 and was elected […]

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India’s IT sector should overhaul business, create own language models, HCLTech CEO says

By Haripriya Suresh and Akash Sriram MUMBAI (Reuters) – Indian IT firms need to rethink how they operate and the country needs to create its own language models as artificial intelligence technologies disrupt the sector, according to HCLTech CEO C Vijayakumar. The generative AI boom has threatened to disrupt business models for Indian IT companies […]

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AI is creating ‘drive-through of the future,’ Presto CEO says

Wendy’s (WEN) says it will expand artificial intelligence (AI) ordering at 500 restaurants in 2025. Gee Lefevre, CEO of Presto, a company that powers drive-through ordering with AI for Carl’s Jr., Hardee’s, and other fast-food chains, joins Asking for a Trend with Julie Hyman to discuss the company’s work, reactions from restaurants and customers, how […]

Sports

Amad’s Manchester United hat trick eased Amorim’s CEO chat

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentJan 16, 2025, 07:46 PM ET Ruben Amorim said he was thankful that Amad‘s late hat trick against Southampton ‘helped’ a post-match conversation with Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe go smoothly. United were facing defeat to the Premier League’s bottom club before Amad scored three times in 12 minutes to earn a […]

Technology

Sonos CEO Patrick Spence is leaving following app update disaster

Speaker manufacturer Sonos is seeing some significant changes. Patrick Spence, the company’s chief executive officer (pictured above), is leaving the company after eight years in the job. Tom Conrad, the co-founder of Pandora and a Sonos board member, is stepping in as interim CEO starting today. Last year was complicated for the speaker manufacturer. The […]