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Start-Up Africa

Richard Attias | Posted 04.14.2012

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Richard Attias

As Europe and the US struggle to get their finances in order, and the BRIC nations do their best to build on recent successes, another continent has been quietly gaining pace. And lately not so quietly.

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Enough Talk: It's Time for Action on Jobs

Richard Attias | Posted 08.08.2011

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Richard Attias

In recent decades, unemployment in the U.S. has been less of a challenge than it has been in Europe. This is a double edged-sword that has rendered the country less resilient. Jobs must be the number one priority.

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First 'Davos' for Women's International Development Held in NYC

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Luce

The Cecilia Attias Foundation for Women (CAFW) hosted its first "Dialogue for Action" last week in New York City. In short, the event dedicated to he...

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Rob Fishman

New York Forum, Summit of Business Leaders, Opens Amid Economic Crisis

HuffingtonPost.com | Rob Fishman | Posted 05.25.2011

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The New York Forum — billed as a new, more focused Davos by the man who for 13 years produced it — opened last night at the Grand Hyatt with...

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Y2K Plus 10: Time to Reassess and Revitalize Business in a Damaged World Economy

Richard Attias | Posted 05.25.2011

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Richard Attias

What I'm proposing and organizing in the wake of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression -- the New York Forum -- is an attempt to jump-start a new paradigm for growth around the globe.

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New York Forum: The New, More Focused Davos?

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

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Might New York be the new Davos? If Richard Attias — who produced the World Economic Forum for 13 years and launched the Clinton Global Initiat...

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