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Twitter / Davos (Free subscription) | yesterday
davos: @vincenthunt the World Economic Forum is twitting and we are following quite a few of our participants
Scobleizer (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
It has rolled over the sands of Israel. Kept my computer dry in the middle of a New York downpour. Been dragged through more than three miles of the snows and mud of Davos, Switzerland. Been to dozens of airports and overhead bins. Its wheels have seen so many miles that they have been noticeably [...]
Twitter / Davos (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
KellySutton: @xparker Winner will be announced on Monday's episode of the podcast.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Tunisia's positive international rankings have just been comforted with the latest ranking by the latest 2007-2008, World Economic Forum "Global Technology Report" which ranks the country 35 th globally with an overall score of 4,33 and the first in Africa insofar as networked readiness in concerned.
BusinessWeek Online (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
I've been sitting on the beach pondering what one senior European banker told me in January in Davos at the World Economic Forum--"you always talk about the benefits of innovation Bruce, but innovation in the financial markets has gotten us...
Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
There had been some speculation about what former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern would do next, after his “pitch for a future international role” before a joint session of the US Congress in April. RTÉ reports that he has been appointed to the World Economic Forum’s Council on Negotiation and Conflict Resolution - one of the Forum’s network of global agenda councils. Other members of the council mentioned...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
GENEVA, Switzerland, July 7 -- PublicisLive today announced it has signed an exclusive seven-year contract with the World Economic Forum to organize the world-renowned Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. The agree...
Sigmund, Carl and Alfred (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
This is a paper presented several weeks ago by Herb Meyer at a Davos, Switzerland meeting which was attended by most of the CEOs from all the major international corporations -- a very good summary of today's key trends and a perspective one seldom sees. Herbert E. Meyer served during the Reagan Administration as Special Assistant to the Director of Central Intelligence and Vice Chairman of the CIA's...
Canadian Dimension Articles (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/1356/1/ 01 July 2008 This January, after little more than 6 months of negotiations, the Canadian Government announced the completion of negotiations of the Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
Poor transport and communications infrastructure, security concerns and inefficient administration are among the main obstacles to international trade in East Africa, according to a report by the World Economic Forum.
CoreEcon (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
There is a very interesting conversation going on between some very noted individuals at this new blog. It started with this Davos speech by Bill Gates. Ed Glaeser has joined in to support it somewhat while economists such as Steve Landsburg, Richard Posner, Gary Becker and others are doing the typical economist thing and wondering [...]
FP Passport (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
Thanks to Michael Kinsley's efforts, you can eavesdrop on a conversation about " creative capitalism " between Bill Gates and Warren Buffet. Buffet is highly skeptical of the concept, a twist on corporate philanthropy that Gates introduced at Davos to great fanfare in January. Here's Buffet: The market system is always going to take care of the medical needs of the rich . . . if a rich guy wants to...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
With reference to the article in newspaper publication on June 6, 2008 in Daily Graphic captioned "Government to extend free and compulsory basic education to senior high school" where it is reported the president said at the World Economic Forum in South Africa that due to the growth of the economy and the discovery of the oil in large quantities his government soon will make senior high school education...
ITREALMS Online (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
Nigeria has been rated the 94th networked readiness nation otherwise known as e-readiness in the 2007-2008 Global Information Technology Report (GITR) sponsored this year by Cisco Systems as a series of joint project between the World Economic Forum and INSEAD. First launched in 2001, GITR has become a valuable and unique benchmarking tool to determine national Information and Communication
Geostrategy (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
South Africa has ranked 59th in the World Economic Forum's first Global Enabling Trade Report. Released last week, the report presents an analysis of the measures facilitating trade in 118 economies worldwide. South Africa's ranking placed the country within the top half of the index and ahead of other emerging market economies such as India (71), Brazil (80) and Russia (103). Regionally, Mauritius...
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myyname | 04/02/2008
A new survey about teen acne treatment conducted by the Derma Foundation in Davos, Switzerland, shows that make-up and ordinary cosmetic products can not help to fight acne symptoms. A total of 7507 secondary school students in Switzerland, Germany and Austria aged between 12 and 18 years participated in the survey. The survey alleges products by the cosmetic industry's big players being useless...
