| Thu 26 Jan 2012 |
Davos Grand Cru 2012
The New York Times | DAVOS, Switzerland — If you gather enough millionaires and billionaires in a single place, the talk during the evening hours inevitably turns to wine. The World Economic Forum used to cater to them by conducting tastings, led by well-known cr... |
Gates injects $750M in troubled Global Fund
The Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) -- Bill Gates rode to the rescue of a beleaguered health fund Thursday by pledging $750 million to fight three of world's killer diseases. | The Microsoft founder says the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's donation to the Gene... |
Davos leaders look to China's investments abroad
STL Today | Chinese investors are trying to follow the rules when spending money abroad, the head of one of China's biggest private equity firms said Thursday, as global leaders increasingly look to China to prop up the world economy. | Worries that Europe's s... |
Cameron urges EU to look beyond Doha
Yahoo Daily News | LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron called the drive to finish the Doha round of world trade talks a failure and said on Thursday the European Union should instead negotiate free trade deals with the United States and Africa. | Cameron'... |
Invest in a Celebrity Style Property
Yahoo Daily News | With celebrities such as Russell Brand, Jennifer Aniston and Avril Lavigne all splashing out on new pads at the moment, Quintessentially Estates has provided a guide to the best international developments to invest in, in 2012! | London, UK (PRWEB)... |
European Stock-Index Futures Rise on Fed’s Rate Outlook; Ericsson May Move
Bloomberg | European stock futures advanced after the U.S. Federal Reserve signaled keeping interest rates low through 2014 and laid the groundwork for a possible third round of asset purchases. U.S. index futures were little changed, while Asian shares rose. ... |
| Wed 25 Jan 2012 |
A Who’s Who of Davos Absentees
The New York Times | Earning the coveted white identification badge that grants a select few access to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, is tough enough. The last year has demonstrated that it is not easy to keep it either. | Just look at Masataka Shimizu... |
India, China brighten otherwise gloomy mood on Swiss Alps
DNA India | In an otherwise gloomy outlook, India and China are seen as the bright spots which can provide traction to the global economy, battling the European debt crisis and unrest among unemployed youth, top economists and business leaders said on the open... |
Fear of deep freeze hangs over Swiss forum
Sydney Morning Herald | The forecasts from the International Monetary Fund captured the air of gloom perfectly as members of the World Economic Forum gathered before the start of their annual meeting in Davos. This is the fifth meeting of the global policy elite since the... |
The rich, worried about inequality?
BBC News The UK is certainly not alone in debating whether the widening gap between the super-haves and the have-littles is an altogether good thing. | It is one of the big talking points here at the World Economic Forum, for an obvious reason. | Widening ine... |
U.S. Stock Futures Fall Ahead of Fed Decision
Wall Street Journal By BARBARA KOLLMEYER | MADRID—Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell on Wednesday ahead of a decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve on interest rates along with data and earnings. Futures for the Nasdaq Composite rose after Apple Inc. ... |
RBS Report, U.K. Hedge Bonuses, EU Data Privacy, Austria Banks: Compliance
Bloomberg | A report on Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc’s near-collapse was changed to remove a section that said Fred Goodwin, the lender’s former chief executive officer, “lacked the experience to run an international bank.” | The findings in the Fi... |
Stocks in Switzerland Slide; Lonza, Novartis, Roche Lead Losses in Zurich
Bloomberg | Swiss stocks dropped the most in five weeks, with health-care stocks dragging the Swiss Market Index lower, as Novartis AG posted quarterly results that missed analysts’ estimates. | Lonza Group AG (LONN) sank 12 percent after 2011 profit fell an... |
Davos: a call to action
Independent online The Occupy movement, which went global after protests against Wall Street last year, is camping in igloos to bring its argument with the super-rich “1 percent” to Davos. | It is a reminder to the leaders of finance and industry at the Wor... |
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