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Davos, in the Style of Occupy Wall Street
New York Times
By ERIC PFANNER DAVOS, Switzerland — In the lofty atmosphere of Davos during the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, a spontaneous debate about the state of the world can break out anywhere — even in a snow-covered parking lot with ski slopes ...
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Davos and disconnected elites
Washington Post (blog)
DAVOS, Switzerland The organizers of the World Economic Forum were self-critical enough to organize 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 ...
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Incredible Shrinking Bankers at Davos Humbler Amid Austerity
BusinessWeek
By Christine Harper (See DAVOS for more on the World Economic Forum's annual meeting. Updates with comment from Moynihan in 11th paragraph.) Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Leaders of the world's biggest banks touted the virtues of austerity at the World ...
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Davos: BraveNewTalent Allows Job Seekers To Follow Their Future ...
By Mike Butcher
Mike Butcher is a journalist, broadcaster and commentator. He is firstly editor of TechCrunch Europe, but has also co-founded TechHub.com and Coadec.com in Europe as ventures to support the tech startup eco-system. A long time journalist, ...
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Davos Dispatch: Visiting Occupy Davos | Daniel Gross - Yahoo ...
Read 'Davos Dispatch: Visiting Occupy Davos' from our blog Daniel Gross on Yahoo! Finance. This morning, my Daily Ticker colleague Henry Blodget and I, with Nick Paumgarten of the New Yorker in tow, left the warmth and comfort of the ...
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Lagarde in Davos: How to Avoid an Economic Deep Freeze ...
By iMFdirect
Amid the heaviest snowfall in Davos for decades, IMF chief Christine Lagarde has been making her case for urgent action to resolve the eurozone crisis, which is at the center of current global economic concerns. The Fund recently sharply ...
iMFdirect - The IMF Blog
Arab Spring Islamist leaders to Davos: invest in us, don't fear us ...
By Paul Taylor
Leaders of the Arab Spring sought to assure the world's elite in Davos that the rise of political Islam is not a threat to democracy, and pleaded for help creating jobs and satisfying the hunger of their people for a better life.
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Eric Schmidt At Davos Praises Globalization, Dismisses Jobs Crisis
By The Huffington Post News Editors
DAVOS, Switzerland -- Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google, is clearly tired of modern-day Luddites complaining about the job-destroying forces of technology. "I assume that everybody here agrees that globalization is wonderful," ...
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This Year, Davos Doesn't Deliver
Wall Street Journal
By FRANCESCO GUERRERA DAVOS, Switzerland—"Davos is Davos." Delivered with a knowing smirk by a top Wall Street executive, the platitude was meant to encapsulate the spirit of the annual Alpine gathering of the great and the good.
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Geithner: China's System 'Damaging' to Trade Partners
Wall Street Journal
By AARON BACK DAVOS, Switzerland—US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner sharply criticized China's state-led economic system on Friday, the latest salvo in an escalating trade conflict between the two countries. "China does present a really unique...
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Technology and Philanthropy Merge at Davos
New York Times (blog)
By NICK BILTON | January 27, 2012, 6:51 pm Nick Bilton/The New York TimesA panel on e-philanthropy at Davos discussed the intersection of technology and giving. DAVOS, Switzerland — Saying there are a lot of rich people in attendance at the World ...
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ECB Chief Says Bank Helped Avert Disaster
Wall Street Journal
By GEOFFREY T. SMITH DAVOS, Switzerland—European Central Bank President Mario Draghi told the World Economic Forum on Friday that the ECB's actions in December had averted financial disaster, and cited evidence of improvement in euro-zone markets in ...
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World Economic Forum Davos 2012: Euro zone finance officials upbeat on Greece
Economic Times
DAVOS: Euro zone finance officials have voiced optimism that a deal to avert a disorderly Greek default was imminent and that key building blocks to resolve Europe's sovereign debt crisis are gradually fitting into place. Europe's top economic official ...
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Measuring the Hot Air in Davos
Bloomberg
Carbon consciousness is plentiful at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where the world's filthy rich went this week to try to hash out some of the world's most intractable problems. Less plentiful than expected: carbon pollution.
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Deadlock in Davos as pressure on Greece rises
The Independent
Details of the proposal emerged as finance ministers met at the World Economic Forum in Davos where France and Germany publicly disagreed over the size of the "firewall" needed to protect European economies. François Baroin of France said Europe's ...
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Dispatches From Davos
Wall Street Journal
The World Economic Forum logo, seen through a window in front of the snow- covered resort of Davos on Friday. See economic, political and markets news from across Europe as governments and financial institutions deal with the continuing debt crisis.
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Greek debt talks still cloud Davos forum
Sky News Australia
Greek debt talks still cloud Davos forum Updated: 17:12, Saturday January 28, 2012 The global elite had talked itself into an upbeat frame of mind as the Davos forum neared its climax on Saturday, but the Greek debt crisis still hung heavily over ...
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