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☆ Top business leaders discuss the future of jobs at the World Economic Forum
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-18 | by ( Cnbc.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

[The stream is slated to start at 3 a.m. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Moderated by CNBC's Geoff Cutmore, top business leaders discuss at Davos, Switzerland, the impact the green transition, technological advances, demographics and reorganized value chains could have on labor markets. Joining CNBC is José María Álvarez-Pallete, chairman and CEO of Telefonica, Gilbert Fossoun Houngbo, director-general of the ILO, Martin J. Walsh, the Secretary of Labor for the U.S., Pamela Coke-Hamilton, executive director at the ITC, and Saadia Zahidi, managing director at the World Economic Forum. Subscribe to CNBC on YouTube.

☆ Top business leaders discuss financial innovation at the World Economic Forum
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-17 | by ( Cnbc.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

[The stream is slated to start at 2:30 a.m. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Moderated by CNBC's Steve Sedgwick, top business leaders discuss at Davos, Switzerland, how financial actors respond to ongoing disruptions while keeping pace with technological advancement. Joining CNBC is Ronald P. O'Hanley, the chairman and chief executive officer at State Street Corporation, Lynn Martin, president of NYSE Group Inc., Dan Schulman, the president and chief executive officer at PayPal, Mark Suzman, the chief executive officer of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Mohammed Al-Jadaan, the minister of finance for Saudi Arabia. Subscribe to CNBC on YouTube.

☆ Final call: Nominate a company for CNBC's 2023 Disruptor 50 list
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-11 | by ( Cnbc.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

CNBC is now accepting nominations for the 2023 Disruptor 50 list — our annual look at the most innovative venture-backed companies using breakthrough technology to meet increasing economic and consumer challenges. The IPO market has collapsed in lockstep: only three Disruptor 50 companies went public in 2022, compared to a record-breaking 20 companies in the year prior. Last month, another Disruptor 50 fintech firm, Checkout.com, slashed its internal valuation to $11 billion, versus a previous investor valuation of $40 billion. Klarna raised financing at a $6.7 billion valuation last year, an 85% discount to its prior valuation of $46 billion. But it's workers who have been hit the hardest by these severe haircuts: at least one-third of companies on the 2022 Disruptor 50 list announced layoffs last year, signaling leaner times ahead.

☆ CNBC Pro Talks: Portfolio manager Trent Masters shares how to beat the market — and his top stock picks
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-11 | by ( Cnbc.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Global stocks were hit hard in 2022, with the MSCI World Index falling almost 20%. Join CNBC's next Pro Talks for insights on how to play the market in 2023. Watch the next Pro Talks here . Join CNBC's next Pro Talks for insights on how to play the market in 2023. Watch the next Pro Talks here.

☆ The 2023 Just 100 rankings
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Cnbc.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Just Capital's annual analysis ranks the largest public companies on issues the American public says in polling are the most important. Paying a fair, living wage (the No. 1 issue); creating jobs in the U.S.; workforce retention and training; ethical leadership; carbon reduction and pollution control, are among the environmental, social and governance factors that helped the nonprofit identify the 100 top-performing companies across all industries for 2023. The Just 100 methodology evaluates Russell 1000 companies across 20 core issues, five stakeholder groups, and 245 underlying data points. According to Just Capital, on average, companies that make the Just 100 list create more jobs, pay higher wages, provide more career development opportunities and workforce benefits, emit less carbon dioxide, and have higher profit margins and return on equity than their Russell 1000 peers.

☆ Forward Air CEO on what's next for global demand after an 'unusually slow' holiday quarter
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( Cnbc.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Forward Air shares are delivering on something few companies have as the year draws to a close. The stock is beating the Dow Jones Transportation Average and the S&P 500 in the fourth quarter. Forward Air CEO Tom Schmitt recently spoke with CNBC's Frank Holland about the holiday shipping season, the volume his customers are expecting for Lunar New Year, and the supply chain, trucking, and pricing outlook for 2023. Schmitt said spot rates are down and that "transactional softness" will remain, but contract will continue to be strong. "But I expect more normal ... closer to pre-pandemic with this year Lunar New Year, but we're not there yet," Schmitt said.

☆ CNBC Pro Talks: Fund manager Jeremy Gleeson on how to trade tech right now
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Cnbc.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

After a tough year for tech, the sector's stocks are "down but by no means out," according to CNBC Pro Talks ' next guest. Gleeson has more than 20 years of investing experience, with a focus on the tech sector. Watch the next Pro Talks on Wednesday, Dec. 21 at 12 p.m. GMT/ 8 p.m. Singapore Time / 7 a.m. EST. Gleeson has more than 20 years of investing experience, with a focus on the tech sector. Watch the next Pro Talks on Wednesday, Dec. 21 at 12 p.m. GMT/ 8 p.m. Singapore Time / 7 a.m. EST.

☆ How Silicon Valley and Madison Avenue are remaking the world of advertising
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Cnbc.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The Covid years led many organizations to finally understand just how important digital transformation was to their business future. But now, there's a rebalancing taking place in the advertising business, with firms merging the best of digital with the physical world of customer relationships that remains critical. But use of technology and greater emphasis on digital marketing has led firms like ServiceNow to find new and better ways to reach customers through a journey, so to speak. AI in advertisingAs digital immerses the world of marketing, it can be applied to physical events and that's something ServiceNow learned firsthand through a series of conferences it hosts. Look outside ad industryPark advises companies to look beyond his experience, or any advertising-specific case study, for new ideas.

☆ Charlie Munger discusses investing at the Daily Journal annual meeting
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( Cnbc.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Famed investor Charlie Munger, a shareholder and board member for the Daily Journal Corp., will speak at the organization's annual meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 15. The event is slated to begin streaming exclusively on CNBC at 1 p.m.

☆ Watch live: ECB President Christine Lagarde speaks after rate decision
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Cnbc.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

[The stream is slated to start at 8:45 EST. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde is due to give a press conference following the bank's latest monetary policy decision. The ECB, the central bank of the 19 nations that share the euro currency, opted for a smaller rate hike this time around, taking its key rate from 1.5% to 2%. It also said that from the beginning of March 2023 it would begin to reduce its balance sheet by 15 billion euros ($16 billion) per month on average until the end of the second quarter of 2023.

☆ Bank card fraud exploded during the pandemic. Then came the bot hiring boom
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Cnbc.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

But it was the pandemic as much as the deal itself which led to one important change in how the company looked at the combination of human workforce and technology. The use of digital banking boomed during the pandemic lockdowns and that led to an exponential growth in fraud. Fraud was costing the bank a significant amount of money, but previous to the pandemic, employing a human workforce for every charge was not an efficient or economic way to solve the problem. The costs of the fraud were being refunded to consumers, but the bank was not claiming the costs back from payment processors. But once the two banks combined, "it became really valuable," Hawkins said, just as the pandemic was leading to more fraud at low transaction values.

☆ CNBC Pro Talks: Asset manager Patrick Armstrong on Big Tech, market outlook and stocks to short
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Cnbc.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

As investors continue to navigate a slew of market risks, join CNBC's next Pro Talks for insights on how to come out on top. Armstrong manages funds including the Plurimi AI Global Equity Strategy. Watch the Pro Talks on Wednesday, Nov. 23 at 8 p.m. Singapore time/12 p.m. London time/7 a.m. Learn more from our previous Pro Talks: Fund manager names 3 recession-proof stocks and reveals how to rescue your portfolio if underwater Tech stocks are tumbling but one fund manager still loves Microsoft. Watch the Pro Talks on Wednesday, Nov. 23 at 8 p.m. Singapore time/12 p.m. London time/7 a.m.

☆ These are the top 25 enterprise technology startups powering the economy
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Cnbc.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

CNBC's first-ever Top Startups for the Enterprise list highlights startups powering digital transformation, attracting strategic investments and potentially drawing acquisition interest. These are up-and-coming companies built by ambitious, creative, and innovative entrepreneurs who specifically set out to develop the latest technology in business intelligence, IT, cloud, big data, and cybersecurity as companies in all sectors of the economy allocate increasing levels of spending to technology. The 25 startups selected using a proprietary methodology have raised over $14 billion in venture capital, according to PitchBook, at an implied collective valuation of more than $147 billion. Most of the companies on the unranked list use a combination of AI, machine learning, and cloud computing as critical drivers of their business models, and more than a third of the companies provide cybersecurity solutions. Well-funded firms like these are in a particularly good position to meet the needs of large enterprises that are doubling down on emerging opportunities, despite the uncertain economic climate.

☆ Databricks: 2022 Top Startups for the Enterprise
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Cnbc.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Companies across the economy are storing massive amounts of data and across more categories. Databricks removes the hassle of configuring and updating third-party software to perform data analytics, and doesn't require clients to copy data into its software in order to work with it. Instead, data can stay where it already is, such as in Amazon Web Services' widely used S3 object-storage system, and Databricks can still crunch the numbers. The 2022 Top Startups for the Enterprise list is powered and inspired by the members of CNBC's Technology Executive Council (TEC). Learn more about CNBC Councils.

☆ AnChain.AI: 2022 Top Startups for the Enterprise
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Cnbc.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Founded by cybersecurity veterans from FireEye and Mandiant in 2018, AnChain.AI's Web3 risk prevention and security platform aims to establish trust around blockchains and cryptocurrencies and is used as a backstop by exchanges, hedge funds and regulators. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission awarded AnChain.AI a multi-year contract in September 2021 to provide a platform for analysis and tracing to support the SEC's efforts to monitor risk, improve compliance and inform policy on digital assets and cryptocurrencies. The company closed a $10 million funding round in September 2021 led by SIG Asia Investments. The 2022 Top Startups for the Enterprise list is powered and inspired by the members of CNBC's Technology Executive Council (TEC). Learn more about CNBC Councils.

☆ Cognite: 2022 Top Startups for the Enterprise
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Cnbc.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Cognite is an industrial software company focused on the oil and gas, power and utilities, renewable energy, and manufacturing sectors, helping with the digital transformation of heavy-asset industries and increasing the safety, sustainability and efficiency of their operations. In May 2021, Cognite closed a $150 million investment round led by TCV that valued the company at $1.6 billion. Saudi Aramco acquired a 7.4% stake in the company in February, and Cognite launched a joint venture with the energy company in June to support industrial digitalization in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the wider Middle East and North Africa region. The 2022 Top Startups for the Enterprise list is powered and inspired by the members of CNBC's Technology Executive Council (TEC). Learn more about CNBC Councils.

☆ Abnormal Security: 2022 Top Startups for the Enterprise
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Cnbc.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Compromised business email remains one of the top cybersecurity threats with an estimated $43 billion in losses exposed since June 2016, according to the FBI. Abnormal Security, founded in 2018, uses an AI-based cloud-native email security platform that leans on behavioral data science to stop socially engineered and other unique email attacks that can evade traditional secure email gateways. The company, which closed a $210 million Series C round of financing in May led by Insight Partners and included Greylock Partners and Menlo Ventures, says it protects more than 5% of the Fortune 1000 including Xerox , Urban Outfitters , Groupon and Royal Caribbean . The 2022 Top Startups for the Enterprise list is powered and inspired by the members of CNBC's Technology Executive Council (TEC). Learn more about CNBC Councils.

☆ Verbit: 2022 Top Startups for the Enterprise
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Cnbc.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Company founder Tom Livne learned firsthand as a lawyer that the $30 billion transcription services industry was not keeping up with the technology or market opportunity. He founded Verbit to combine the latest in AI-based voice capture technology with the world's largest professional transcription workforce. Now in use by over 3,000 organizations including Google, CNN, Fox, and the Library of Congress, as well as widespread adoption in the education sector from Stanford University to online learning company Udacity, Verbit has attracted top investors from the corporate world and Wall Street, including Samsung's VC arm Samsung Next and Dan Loeb's Third Point Ventures. The 2022 Top Startups for the Enterprise list is powered and inspired by the members of CNBC's Technology Executive Council (TEC). Learn more about CNBC Councils.

☆ UJET: 2022 Top Startups for the Enterprise
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Cnbc.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Former Motorola and Jawbone executive Anand Janefalker founded UJET to transform the customer experience, applying AI and data analytics to a world in which brands are increasingly relying on technology to make omnichannel service faster and more efficient. Instacart, PayPal's Zettle, Wag!, Money Lion, Turo and Atom Tickets are among clients using UJET across voice, digital and in-app platforms. Investors include some of Silicon Valley's elite, such as Kleiner Perkins and GV (formerly Google Ventures). The 2022 Top Startups for the Enterprise list is powered and inspired by the members of CNBC's Technology Executive Council (TEC). Learn more about CNBC Councils.

☆ BigID: 2022 Top Startups for the Enterprise
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Cnbc.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

All companies are now digital enterprises, regardless of sector, but for many years, data wasn't being managed in the best way possible for the privacy era. BigID's data intelligence platform is used by clients to proactively discover, manage and protect regulated, sensitive and personal data across their data landscape. Using machine learning and data, BigID can address data privacy, security and governance challenges across all different types of data for clients ranging from financial services to healthcare. The company, which raised $100 million in its Series D funding round that valued it at $1.25 billion, has investors that include ServiceNow , Hewlett Packard Enterprise , Salesforce , SAP and Splunk . The 2022 Top Startups for the Enterprise list is powered and inspired by the members of CNBC's Technology Executive Council (TEC).

☆ Snyk: 2022 Top Startups for the Enterprise
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Cnbc.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

As more companies write their own code to power digital operations, they need to bolster and modernize their online security. It's a "cloud-native" technology, engineered by Snyk to speed up production and help enterprises prevent future security issues. Developers at AWS, Google , Atlassian , Comcast , Twilio , CVS , Overstock, Manulife and Revolut are among the millions in DevOps across sectors of the economy that are using Snyk. Investors include venture arms of Atlassian and Salesforce, Tiger Global, Baillie Gifford, T. Rowe Price, Accel, BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, Geodesic Capital and Temasek. The 2022 Top Startups for the Enterprise list is powered and inspired by the members of CNBC's Technology Executive Council (TEC).

☆ Aera Technology: 2022 Top Startups for the Enterprise
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Cnbc.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Founded in 2017, Aera Technology aims to aide companies in their digital acceleration, integrating its cloud platform into existing systems to help make and execute business decisions in real time. Focusing on what it calls the self-driving ecosystem, its platform uses AI, machine learning and data crawling to provide recommendations around business objectives, as well as the ability to be executed on the user's behalf. Among the decision intelligence areas where its technology is proving critical: the supply chain, from inventory optimization to order management and consumer goods retail trade promotion. The company has raised more than $174 million from investors including DJF Growth and Georgian, and works with partners including EY, Kearney, Microsoft and AWS. The 2022 Top Startups for the Enterprise list is powered and inspired by the members of CNBC's Technology Executive Council (TEC).

☆ Aviatrix: 2022 Top Startups for the Enterprise
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Cnbc.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

In 2014, Sherry Wei, Aviatrix's CTO and founder, left Cisco to create Aviatrix on the premise that cloud networking is far different than data center networking from the perspective of an enterprise customer. Steve Mullaney, who had been CEO of software-defined networking pioneer Nicira, came out of retirement in 2019 to join Wei in her mission after he too saw the massive growth in cloud demand from enterprise companies. The Santa Clara, California-based Aviatrix provides a networking platform that companies use to manage the flow of data traffic in their cloud environment. In September 2021, the company raised $200 million in funding with growth equity firm TCV leading the round. The 2022 Top Startups for the Enterprise list is powered and inspired by the members of CNBC's Technology Executive Council (TEC).

☆ Papaya Global: 2022 Top Startups for the Enterprise
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Cnbc.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Israel is a well-known hub for some of the world's most advanced cybersecurity startups, but Papaya Global is aiming to make the nation known for leading in payroll technology as well. Combining onboarding, payroll and compliance on a global basis for both staff and contract workforces of companies with operations in over 140 countries, investors accelerated funding in 2021 and Papaya reached unicorn status, still a rare feat for a female-led startup. The company now handles over $3 billion in payroll for 700-plus customers including Cyberark, Shopify , Vimeo, Payoneer , Microsoft , Panasonic and fellow Top Startups company Canva. Investors include Workday's VC arm, Sir Ronald Cohen's family investment firm Dynamic Loop Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, New Era Capital and Tiger Global. The 2022 Top Startups for the Enterprise list is powered and inspired by the members of CNBC's Technology Executive Council (TEC).

☆ Medable: 2022 Top Startups for the Enterprise
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Cnbc.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Less than 4% of Americans participate in clinical studies; 30% drop out before study completion; and 80% of studies do not meet enrollment deadlines. Medable uses a cloud-based approach to making participation more consumer-friendly and more equitable. Over the course of the pandemic, Medable decentralized more than 150 clinical trials to over one million participants across 41 countries and in over 60 languages, including Covid-19 vaccine and therapeutic treatment. In February, it announced a partnership with CVS Health's new clinical trials arm to expand access to trials through CVS MinuteClinic select sites using Medable software. The 2022 Top Startups for the Enterprise list is powered and inspired by the members of CNBC's Technology Executive Council (TEC).

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