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In this Sunday edition of BI Today, we're bringing you highlights from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
With public coffers depleted and an ageing population putting pressure on social safety nets, how can Europe mobilise the financial resources necessary to meet its triple goals of a decarbonised ...
Davos Devotees Deindustrialize Europe In the name of green utopia, political leaders are quietly killing vital energy-intensive industries. By Peter Huntsman Share ...
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said the 27-nation bloc will stick to the landmark Paris climate accord, despite President Trump's decision to withdraw from the agreement.
Europe’s generous welfare states are coming under increasing strain as weak economic growth collides with rising demands on government budgets, particularly from aging populations.
Covering the World Economic Forum in that smallish village of Davos, Switzerland, is an odd affair. Big news should come out of the conference given its list of attendees — CEOs, lawmakers ...
President Donald Trump repeated false claims about the US trade relationship with Canada and Europe in virtual Thursday remarks to the World Economic Forum in Davos. He also delivered a smattering ...
John Kerry, the United States climate envoy, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday. Fabrice Coffrini/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images ...
The World Economic Forum, colloquially called "Davos" after the location at which it's hosted in the Swiss mountains, is a yearly meeting of elites.
Europe is trying to reduce short-haul flights, but a Greenpeace analysis of private jet flights near Davos last year found they nearly doubled in the week of the conference.
Chinese Premier Li Qiang told the world's political and business elites in Davos on Tuesday that "discriminatory" trade barriers were a threat to the global economy, but the United States defended ...
The Democratic governor will travel to Norway first before heading to Switzerland to speak at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos next week to speak on a panel to discuss "The ...