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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›
FRENCH STUDENTS MOST AFFECTED BY SOCIAL INEQUALITY, OECD FINDS
C PISA OECD Moreover, nearly 40 percent of students from disadvantaged backgrounds in France are considered to be struggling, compared with only 34 percent for the OECD average... READ MORE›
MATH A CONCERN FOR US TEENS; SCIENCE, READING FLAT ON TEST
Massachusetts, North Carolina, and Puerto Rico participated as international benchmarking systems and received separate scores from the United States... READ MORE›
IRISH SECONDARY SCHOOL PUPILS RANKED FIFTH AT READING IN GLOBAL STUDY
Irish secondary school pupils ranked fifth at reading in..... 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›
EGYPT NEARS $800 MILLION EUROPEAN AID DEAL TO EXPAND SOCIAL SAFETY NET
A second 500 million tranche of a similar 1.5 billion loan from the African Development Bank was also expected before the end of the year, Nasr said... 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›
'A STUDIO IN CENTRAL WARSAW BEATS AN EAST LONDON FLATSHARE'
A studio in the very centre of Warsaw wins over a flatshare in east London - one of many things in favour of Poland, she says... 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›
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›
BATTLE TO FEED THE WORLD PITS SMALL FARMERS AGAINST BIG AGRICULTURE
The question of access is probably the most fundamental of the four dimensions of food security... READ MORE›
WORLD LAGGING BEHIND ON GLOBAL HEALTH TARGETS, RESEARCHERS WARN
The US also ranked poorly among high-income countries on maternal, child and neonatal mortality... 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›
GLOBAL GOALS SUMMIT: DIGNITARIES CONVENE FOR A DAY TO DEFINE THE WORLD | LIZ FORD
Three years in the making, 17 goals, 169 targets, 193 countries the moment has arrived for the world to stride towards a better future. Will vision become reality?... READ MORE›
BILLIONS HAVE NO ACCESS TO TOILETS, SAYS WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION REPORT
Past efforts to improve water and sanitation have seen some success, with 2.1 billion people gaining access to better sanitation facilities since 1990, according to the report... READ MORE›
WORLD BANK ISSUES WARNING ON STUNTING IN CHILDREN, BUT POINTS TO PERU'S SUCCESS
Peru succeeds at tackling stunting while World Bank chief threatens to expose countries that fail to, and why the world is falling behind on health goals... 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›
WORLD BRIEFING UNITED NATIONS MEMBERS ESTABLISH 15-YEAR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT AGENDA
It will be formally adopted at a United Nations summit meeting next month... 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›
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›
CHINA MUST LEARN LESSONS FROM STOCK MARKET ROUT
China must learn lessons from stock market rout vice finance minister... 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›
LONG WORK HOURS INCREASE YOUR RISK OF STROKE AND HEART DISEASE
One cause of stroke and heart diseases is the increased amounts of stress from extended work hours... 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›
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›
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Mr. Trump campaigned on opposition to the existing global trade system and has denounced China for competing unfairly against the United States... READ MORE›
'EU NEEDS COOPERATION WITH RUSSIA, WE ARE NOT AN AMERICAN COLONY'
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BRITAIN'S FINANCE SECTOR AT ODDS OVER BREXIT LOBBYING
Large banks in Britain have clashed with other parts of the financial sector about who should be leading efforts to lobby the government over Brexit... READ MORE›
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EU OFFICIALS 'BELIEVE BRITAIN WILL GIVE UP ON BREXIT IF THEY MAKE NEGOTIATIONS TOUGH ENOUGH'
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THE WEEK AHEAD CENSUS BUREAU TO REPORT INCOME DATA AS TECH RULES TAKE EFFECT IN EUROPE
Mr. Juncker could also call for greater European Union cooperation on defense now that Britain, long skeptical about such an initiative, plans to leave the bloc... READ MORE›
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CAN WASHINGTON PREVENT WAR IN SOUTHEAST ASIA?
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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›
'NO ARTICLE 50 FOR NOW': BRITAIN IN NO RUSH TOWARDS BREXIT DOOR
The European Union's six founding members duly met on Saturday in Berlin... 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›