FOR Europeans at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week, the 2012 theme – “the great transformation” – had a thoroughly gloomy ring to it.
The phrase harks back to Karl Polanyi’s account of the transformational and traumatic rise of...
Davos News
Monday 30th January 2012, 4:16am
AT A discreet farewell dinner in Davos for Swiss National Bank chief Philipp Hildebrand, a handful of guests including central bankers past and present were handed blank sheets of paper.
Before they began eating they were asked to write...
Monday 30th January 2012, 4:15am
ON THE closing day of the World Economic Forum in Davos yesterday, chief executive Vikram Pandit told delegates that “jobs should be our number one priority” for this year.
“Ultimately it is about growth. Nothing creates jobs better than...
Monday 30th January 2012, 4:13am
DESPITE the widespread support for the European Central Bank’s decision to flood banks with cash in December, some bankers in Davos expressed anxiety over the long-term effects of the move.
One bank chief expressed anxiety that the loans...
Monday 30th January 2012, 4:11am
Q&A: THE VIEW FROM DAVOS
Q. WHAT HAS THE MOOD BEEN LIKE AT DAVOS THIS YEAR?
A. The World Economic Forum has inevitably had a somewhat sombre feel but it has also been business-like and focused. What struck me was the universal...
Monday 30th January 2012, 4:08am
@SydWalker 12.38pm
Davos is a good news, bad news story. Bad news: the world is rooted & headed for depression. Good news? Davos stocks of caviar remain high
@ErikaBlok 1.12am
maybe Davos isn't the future? @dbdj1007: Davos...
Monday 30th January 2012, 4:07am
A NEW team of US trade enforcers will make countries think twice about putting up unfair barriers to American exports, President Barack Obama’s top trade official said.
US Trade Representative Ron Kirk said that the team, announced by...
Monday 30th January 2012, 4:06am
KREMLIN clan in-fighting spilled into the open last week when government officials sympathetic with Russia’s fragmented opposition warned the country’s ultimate leader Vladimir Putin he may soon lose power if he doesn’t undertake sweeping reforms...
Friday 27th January 2012, 1:49am
JP MORGAN chief executive Jamie Dimon believes that Mitt Romney is on course for a victory in this year's primaries, he said in Davos yesterday.
He also appeared to come close to endorsing the Massachusetts governor, who has been mired in...
Friday 27th January 2012, 1:48am
GROUP CHIEF EXECUTIVE, AVIVA
IN DAVOS last year, the World Economic Forum stirred debate by insisting its strategic partners include at least one woman in their delegations. A month later, Lord Davies released his report Women on Boards,...
Editor's Letter
Allister Heath
Government’s job is to shield UK taxpayers from Euro chaos
WHEN a country’s president warns that its banks are in danger, and reveals that depositors are pulling...
