Davos Conference
Davos Conference
The World Economic Forum (WEF) is a Geneva-based non-profit foundation best known for its annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland which brings together top business leaders, international political leaders, selected intellectuals and journalists to discuss the most pressing issues facing the world including health and the environment. The Forum also organizes the "Annual Meeting of the New Champions" in China and a series of regional meetings throughout the year. In 2008 those regional meetings included meetings on Europe and Central Asia,... read more
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Beware the Hubris of the Brics
From Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Dated 30 January 2012 The world’s largest developing countries who were proclaiming their success at this year’s annual conference in Davos should remember the misfortunes that befell past conferences’ most confidence attendees.
Davos dystopia
From The Nation (Pakistan) Dated 28 January 2012 The organisers of the World Economic Forum were self-critical enough to organise panels this year on such dark topics as “Is Capitalism Failing?” and “Global Risks 2012: The Seeds of Dystopia.” And these were just the latest in a series...
DealBook: Davos, in the Style of Occupy Wall Street
From The New York Times Dated 28 January 2012 The protesters of Occupy W.E.F., short for World Economic Forum, framed the big issues of the day with the same conviction as those in the Davos conference center.
EU and US economic leaders spar at Davos
From Big News Network Dated 27 January 2012 Davos forum on Friday, days ahead of a key European summit. While cloistered in a snow-bound conference centre high in the Swiss Alps, the global political and business elite had one eye on Greece, ...
EU and US economic leaders spar at Davos
From France 24 Dated 27 January 2012 Key policy-makers from Europe and the United States thrashed out ideas for pulling the eurozone out of its debt crisis at the Davos forum on Friday, days ahead of a key European summit.While cloistered in a snow-bound conference centre high...
European Markets EXPLODE Higher And Investors Wonder If The Rally Can Last
From The Business Insider Dated 26 January 2012 European markets shot higher, marking a huge day for equities. DAX: +1 .84% CAC 40: +1.53% FTSE 100: +1.27% Some analysts are waxing more and more optimistic about the prospect of continued bullishness in equities and euro strength, as the rally that...
Davos: Innovation for the 99 percent
From The Washington Post Dated 26 January 2012 In the modern digital age, the value of any “ideas conference” should be measured not only by the quality of its participants, but also by its ability to transmit its ideas to a global audience. As the World Economic Forum...
A Tale of Two Davoses
From Newsweek Dated 26 January 2012 The ‘top of the top one percent’ stereotype doesn’t really apply to this year’s conference, as the worlds of business titans and do-gooders rarely intersect. Joanne Lipman on the Davos divide.
Harper arrives in Davos for World Economic Forum
From CTV Dated 25 January 2012 Prime Minister Harper arrived in Switzerland early today for a major international economic conference in the mountain resort town of Davos.
Merkel to open Davos forum
From Eyewitness News Memphis Dated 18 January 2012 The World Economic Forum says German Chancellor Angela Merkel will headline its annual conference in Switzerland later this month to address the debt crisis that has gripped global markets for over...
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