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AS WORLD ELITE GATHER IN DAVOS, BACKLASH GROWS AGAINST TOP-DOWN SOLUTIONS
As world elite gather in Davos, backlash grows against top-down solutions Don Pittis... READ MORE›
CHINA'S XI INVOKES GETTYSBURG ADDRESS IN DEFENSE OF FREE TRADE
Some people blame economic globalization for what has gone wrong in our world, Xi said... READ MORE›
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM LIVE STREAM: WATCH DAVOS 2017 EVENTS IN SWITZERLAND
This year, attendees will include Vice President Joe Biden, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and J.P... READ MORE›
THE DAVOS WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM IN PICTURES
Photographer Michele Limina Bloomberg 14 The Congress Center, venue for the World Economic Forum, center, on the Promenade at dusk in Davos... READ MORE›
FOR CEOS, GLOBALIZATION'S THRILL FADES
Only 15 percent of CEOs strongly felt globalization has helped avert those risks... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP SKIPS DAVOS MEETING, OXFAM RELEASES NEW REPORT
World Economic Forum 2017 Donald Trump Skips Davos Meeting, Oxfam Releases New Report... READ MORE›
DAVOS ELITE GATHER AMID GLOBALIZATION BACKLASH
The World Economic Forum's annual meeting takes place Jan. 17-20... READ MORE›
INCOME, WEALTH DISPARITY COULD BE BIGGEST GLOBAL DRIVER OVER NEXT DECADE
A report from the World Economic Forum says income and wealth disparity could be a major driver of global events over the next 10 years... READ MORE›
HOW DAVOS BRINGS THE GLOBAL ELITE TOGETHER
In 1987 the organization was renamed the World Economic Forum, and its annual conference was well enough known to be referred to simply as Davos... READ MORE›
HOW DAVOS BRINGS THE GLOBAL ELITE TOGETHER
In 1987 the organization was renamed the World Economic Forum, and its annual conference was well enough known to be referred to simply as Davos... READ MORE›
XI JINPING TO BECOME THE FIRST CHINESE PRESIDENT TO ATTEND WEF IN DAVOS
Xi is attending Davos as part of a three-day state visit to Switzerland, including a speech to the United Nations in Geneva on Wednesday... READ MORE›
PARODY-DEFYING WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM MUST DO BETTER
A profit margin of 18.8 percent doesn't sound too painful but consider Foxtons' recent history... READ MORE›
RISING INEQUALITY THREATENS WORLD ECONOMY, SAYS WEF
Income gap was behind Brexit vote and Donald Trump's victory, says World Economic Forum risk report... READ MORE›
XI JINPING FIRST CHINESE LEADER TO BE AT WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Tuesday confirmed Xi's widely expected attendance at the annual gathering of global political leaders, CEOs and celebrities in the Swiss Alps... READ MORE›
AMERICAN CONSUMERS' ECONOMIC OUTLOOK STRONGEST SINCE EARLY 2015
For the first time since March 2015, the share of those who say the economy is getting better exceeded the percentage who say it's worsening... READ MORE›
CHINA VOWS TO PUNISH LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS FOR FORGING ECONOMIC DATA
China has reported steady economic growth of 6.7 percent for three quarters in a row, bang in the middle of the government's 6.5-7 percent full-year target... READ MORE›
TEN GOOD PIECES OF ECONOMIC DATA FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD
It's been a big week for bullish economic data across the globe, from South Korean exports to European manufacturing figures... READ MORE›
SERVICE SECTOR IS KEY FOR CANADIAN ECONOMY, STEPHEN POLOZ SAYS
Service sector key to Canada's economic growth, Bank of Canada governor says... READ MORE›
CHINA, US STARTS HIGH-LEVEL DIALOGUE FOR MORE ECONOMIC COOPERATION
China and the United States kicked off an annual high-level dialogue to seek more cooperation between the world's two largest economies... READ MORE›
WORLD BANK REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO SUPPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN INDONESIA
During her first official visit to Indonesia, Kwakwa met with Vice President Jusuf Kalla and several key Cabinet ministers... READ MORE›
TURNBULL CALLS FOR ECONOMIC REFORM AND OPEN TRADE AHEAD OF APEC
We risk becoming victims of our own economic success... READ MORE›
ECONOMIC WOES CREATE ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT MOVEMENTS AROUND THE WORLD
Its unemployment rate is low and youth unemployment is the lowest in EU... READ MORE›
TACKLING GENDER INEQUALITY 'COULD ADD ?10TN TO WORLD ECONOMY'
UBS report says governments need to change how companies behave and remove barriers that prevent women rising to top... READ MORE›
NEW STRONG EARTHQUAKE HITS CENTRAL ITALY
Tokyo hosts 11th China Japan and ROK economic and trade meeting... READ MORE›
HALLOWEEN CANDY SALES ARE SENDING GOOD ECONOMIC SIGNALS
In fact, the team expects spending on Halloween candy to experience the strongest increase since 2011, rising 5.5 and hitting 3.8 billion... READ MORE›
GENDER PAY GAP COULD TAKE 170 YEARS TO CLOSE, SAYS WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
Last year, the WEF predicted it would take 118 years for economic parity to be achieved... READ MORE›
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PRESIDENT OBAMA WEIGHS HIS ECONOMIC LEGACY
Two months ago, across an assembly-room table in a factory in Jacksonville, Fla., President Barack Obama was talking to me about the problem of political capital... READ MORE›
GERMAN GOVERNMENT BELIEVES TRUMP WOULD RAVAGE U.S. ECONOMY
Last month, economic research firm Oxford Economics projected the U.S. economy could be 1 trillion smaller than otherwise expected in 2021 if Trump becomes president... READ MORE›
THE WORLD ECONOMIC ORDER IS COLLAPSING AND THIS TIME THERE SEEMS NO WAY OUT
The IMF is profoundly concerned, warning at last week's annual meeting in Peru of 3tn ?1.95tn of excess credit globally and weakening global economic growth... READ MORE›
UK ECONOMIC GROWTH PICKS UP TO 0.7% IN SECOND QUARTER
The economy has now seen 10 quarters of sustained economic growth... READ MORE›
CONSUMER ANXIETY IN CHINA UNDERMINES GOVERNMENTS ECONOMIC PLANS
Those who have lost money in the ongoing stock market crash are especially anxious... READ MORE›
WHY ARE WE LOOKING ON HELPLESSLY AS MARKETS CRASH ALL OVER THE WORLD?
A low oil price historically presages economic good times... READ MORE›
ONE PER CENT OF THE GLOBAL POPULATION OWNS NEARLY HALF OF THE WORLD'S WEALTH
Credit Suisse report says that wealth inequality has increased since 2008 Helena Williams Helena Williams is a freelance writer and producer... READ MORE›
THE COUNTRY THAT TRICKED THE WORLD
As Andrew Batson, the research director for economic research firm GaveKal Dragonomics, explained, China's puzzling devotion to growth targets is all about politics, not economics... READ MORE›
CISCO CEO: HACKING ATTACKS ABOUT TO GET A LOT WORSE
24 panel discussion on the last day of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland... READ MORE›
CHINAA??S PEARL RIVER DELTA OVERTAKES TOKYO AS WORLDA??S LARGEST MEGACITY
East Asia's rapid growth often leads to the merging of multiple cities into single urban areas, with spillovers from original boundaries into neighbouring administrations... READ MORE›
A PUSH FOR GENDER EQUALITY AT THE DAVOS WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM AND BEYOND
But this year, more than any other, forum leaders will take the problem of gender inequality head-on, joined by industry groups and the United Nations... READ MORE›
MELBOURNE COUPLE BEHIND FOOD CHARITY SECONDBITE RECEIVES WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM AWARD
The Melbourne couple behind a charity rescuing leftover food from restaurants and supermarkets have been named the World Economic Forum's social entrepreneurs of the year... READ MORE›
IN NEW FISCAL PLAN CHINA BETS IT CAN AVOID HARD CHOICES
Continued economic growth of at least 6.5 percent can be achieved in 2016, and a similar rate is foreseeable until 2020, he said... READ MORE›
5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM IN DAVOS
EST January 19, 2015 The logo of World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland... READ MORE›
FEAR OF SLOWING ECONOMIC GROWTH IN CHINA SPREADS TO PROSPEROUS PEARL RIVER DELTA REGION
A migrant worker rests under a truck loaded with vegetables for sale at a wholesale market in Guangzhou of Guangdong Province, China... READ MORE›
G20 BRISBANE: FINAL COMMUNIQUE LISTS 800 MEASURES FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH
G20 leaders approve a package estimated to increase global growth by at least 2.1 percent after a two-day summit in Australia... READ MORE›
ROBERT MUGABE BOOED IN ZIMBABWE'S PARLIAMENT OVER ECONOMIC CRISIS
Zimbabwea??s economy has been on a downward spiral for more than a decade with slow growth, low liquidity and high unemployment... READ MORE›
'THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME TO LOOK TO CANADA,' TRUDEAU TELLS WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, meets with Ben van Beurden, CEO of Royal Dutch Shell, in Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016... READ MORE›
CARBON PRICE NEEDED TO AVOID ECONOMIC DISRUPTION FROM PARIS CLIMATE GOALS - ANALYSIS
The analysis, for the Climate Institute, recommends implementing a carbon price and regulations to phase out coal-fired generators, and additional subsidies to encourage clean energy investment... READ MORE›
WEAK CHINA AUG FACTORY, SERVICES POINT TO FURTHER ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN
Even more worrying China's services sector which has been one of the lone bright spots in the sputtering economy also showed signs of cooling... READ MORE›
ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY HAS BEEN TUMBLING AHEAD OF THE U.S. ELECTION
Goldman Economic Uncertainty Has Been Tumbling Ahead of the U.S. Election... READ MORE›
CEOS AT DAVOS LESS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT GLOBAL ECONOMY
Official figures released Tuesday show China's growth slowed in 2014 to 7... READ MORE›
INSIDE THE MURKY WORLD OF CHINA'S OFFICIAL ECONOMIC NUMBERS
Questions over China's actual rate of growth have been thrown into sharp relief after a summer of turmoil in financial markets... READ MORE›
HARPER'S GST LEGACY LEAVES THE FISCAL SHIP AT THE MERCY OF THE WORLD ECONOMY
The main consequence of preserving Harper's GST legacy is to essentially leave the federal fiscal ship at the mercy of the vagaries of the world economy... READ MORE›
IMF REPORT URGES G20 TO PREPARE GLOBAL ECONOMIC STIMULUS PLAN
The IMF staff also called on advanced economies to rely less on monetary policy and more on fiscal policy to support economic growth... READ MORE›
FROM BOOM TO DOOM - THE IMF PAINTS A VASTLY DIFFERENT PICTURE FROM 2006
The global economy is having its fastest burst of prolonged growth since the early 1970s... READ MORE›
DAVOS SPECIAL REPORT GLOBAL TENSIONS THREATEN TO UPSTAGE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM IN DAVOS
Britain may vote this year on whether to leave the European Union altogether... READ MORE›
FED TO HIKE RATES THREE TIMES IN 2016 ECONOMIC OUTLOOK SUBDUED POLL
Core PCE inflation, the key inflation indicator monitored by the Federal Open Market Committee, is likely to be just 1.6 percent in 2016... READ MORE›
CHAOS IN CHINESE STOCK MARKET SENDS ECONOMIC WAVES AROUND THE WORLD
A Chinese newspaper known for its strident nationalism equated the decision with a coronation ceremony for China as it ascends in the new world order... READ MORE›
HERE'S HOPING THE MOVIE THAT IS THE CANADIAN ECONOMY DOESN'T END IN HORROR
It's not a picture, said Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz, describing the bank's process of figuring out the direction of the Canadian economy... READ MORE›
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But an influential Chinese state-run tabloid warned on Friday that blocking Chinese access to South China Sea islands would require the United States to wage war... READ MORE›
THE WEIRD WORLD OF THE WESTERN WORKPLACE
When Shanshan Zhu moved from Kunming, China to the Netherlands five years ago, she was looking to experience Western culture... READ MORE›
MORGAN STANLEY, CITI VYING TO CLEAR YUAN TRADES IN U.S.
The United States was China's largest bilateral trade partner last year, with 558 billion worth of goods and services exchanged between the two countries, Chinese data showed... READ MORE›
CHINA THIRD QUARTER GDP GROWS 6.7 PERCENT AS EXPECTED AS CONSTRUCTION BOOMS, DEBT RISES
China's economy expanded 6.9 percent in 2015, the slowest pace in a quarter of a century... READ MORE›
AMERICAN PSYCHO SYSTEM A 'CO-WORKER OF GOD'
US President Barack Obama made his eighth - and final - address to the United Nations General Assembly this week... READ MORE›
CHINA TO PROMOTE DEVELOPMENT BY OPENING ECONOMY 'EVEN WIDER'
China to promote development by opening economy 'even wider' Li... READ MORE›
GERMANY SPLIT ON EU'S FUTURE AS SOME CALL FOR A EUROPEAN GOVERNMENT
It should be recognised that Jean-Claude Juncker has given the European commission a new face, Krichbaum said... READ MORE›
CAN WASHINGTON PREVENT WAR IN SOUTHEAST ASIA?
The key to handling North Korea, however, has always been China... READ MORE›
WHO WILL INHERIT BREXIT? CANDIDATES TO REPLACE CAMERON AS PARTY LEADER ARE SET TO BREAK COVER
Contenders to replace David Cameron as the Conservative Party leader and British prime minister were poised to declare their hands on Wednesday, with atten... READ MORE›
BREXIT: NIGEL FARAGE BOOED AND HECKLED AT THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
The United Kingdom will not be the last member state to leave the European Union... READ MORE›
BREXIT: DAVID CAMERON TO FACE EU LEADERS IN BRUSSELS
Prime Minister David Cameron is heading to Brussels to meet with EU leaders for the first time since Britain voted to leave the bloc... READ MORE›
EUROPEAN UNION OFFICIALS MEET AS U.K. VOTE SENDS BLOC INTO UNCHARTED WATERS
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker speaks during a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday... READ MORE›