Mindfulness, robots and Will.I.Am: Eight things you need to know about Davos 2015 January 20, 2015 Caloo, calay: it's that time of year again, when leaders flock from the four corners of the globe to a smallish mountain town in the Swiss Alps, so they might wear ridiculous snow boots, slide over ice-covered streets in an undigified manner and generally discuss matters of grave world importance. For today, 2015's World Economic [...]
Davos 2015 World Economic Forum: In search of a safe haven – CNBC Comment January 19, 2015 The annual World Economic Forum (WEF) kicks off in Davos this week and, if you’re actually making your way to the mountain resort, it’s time to put on your snow boots and weather the freezing Alpine conditions. But even if you’re staying put like most of us, you still won’t be able to escape the [...]
Davos 2015: World Economic Forum to get back to basics January 18, 2015 Over the last 44 years the world’s political and business elite has migrated to the serene Swiss Alpine town of Davos to discuss the key challenges facing global development in the ensuing year. The 2015 meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) will be much of the same: 40 heads of state will make up [...]
2015 World Economic Forum: As the global elite prepare to gather in Davos, is the annual meeting a waste of time? January 18, 2015 Philip Booth, professor at Cass Business School and editorial and programme director at the Institute of Economic Affairs, says Yes. The world’s great and good will meet in Davos this week. The meeting is dangerous and perpetuates a fallacy. It’s dangerous because it provides a forum for rent seekers (big business and regulators) to meet [...]
Currency chaos: Swiss franc soars as Switzerland’s central bank abandons euro exchange rate cap January 15, 2015 The Swiss central bank rocked global markets yesterday, adding to an already turbulent 2015 with a shock decision to abandon its euro exchange rate cap. The franc rocketed by 39 per cent against the euro after the Swiss National Bank (SNB) said it would no longer intervene in currency markets to keep the franc weak [...]
World Economic Forum: Digging deeper with the Davos delegates 2015 January 15, 2015 As the value of the Swiss franc shot straight through the snow capped roofs yesterday, many people were holding their heads in their hands – namely, those Davos delegates yet to exchange their pounds ahead of next week’s conference. The think-by-day-party-by-night extravaganza has never been known for its value for money but the huge spike [...]
Conflict is the single biggest threat to global stability, business and the world economy say the World Economic Forum January 15, 2015 International conflicts are the biggest threat facing the world over the next decade, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF) – and the issue be at the top of the agenda at its annual meeting in Davos next week. Geopolitics and its risks to world stability and the global economy have returned to the agenda [...]
Bring your business back home, PM urges at Davos January 23, 2014 THE PRIME Minister will today promise a pro-business regulatory environment and cheap sources of energy, in a bid to tempt British companies to bring their operations backto the UK. In a speech in Davos this morning, David Cameron will make the case for re-shoring the nation by bringing manufacturing, call centres and head offices back [...]