Davos 2008

Watching And Participating In Davos

GlobalVoices | Juliana RincÃn Parra | Posted 02.27.2009 | World


The World Economic Forum's annual meeting of political and business leaders is taking place between January 23rd and January 27th in Davos, Switzerlan...

Champagne On Ice As Sober Mood Engulfs Davos

The Guardian | Posted 02.27.2009 | Business


They normally come by private jet, for a few days of high-octane dealmaking and maybe a little aprés-ski on the side. Every January, the Swiss resor...

Davos Travel Guide: Where To Stay, Sleep and Eat

Portfolio | Anna Sussman | Posted 02.27.2009 | Business


Since its heyday in the early 1900s as a refuge for the wealthy and tuberculosis-stricken, Davos (pronounced Dah-vos by outsiders and Dah-vos by resid...

Dish After Davos: Magic and The Mountains

Susan Sawyers | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Susan Sawyers

Much like Thomas Mann's main character in The Magic Mountain, written in Davos, I was an "ordinary [wo]man," amongst a sea of world leaders and power brokers. This convergence of knowledge and influence in one place made for some heady observations and encounters.

Face-off: Is Gates Right On Creative Capitalism?

CNET News | Posted 08.14.2008 | Business


At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates told the corporate and governmental bigwigs in attenda...

Dish From Davos: Digitally Yours

Susan Sawyers | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Susan Sawyers

What one thing do you think that countries, companies or individuals must do to make the world a better place in 2008?

A Live Report From Davos

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Eric Hippeau, a Managing Partner of venture capital investor SoftBank capital, was recently interviewed at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerl...

Bono Confesses Sins To 'Father' Al Gore

AFP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Having climate campaigner Al Gore round to your house is to open yourself to a self-flagellating guilt trip, Irish rock star Bono confessed Thursday.....

Davos Does YouTube

AP | MATT MOORE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


DAVOS, Switzerland — The idea was simple: Job training centers should be as ubiquitous as gas stations, a man called freesouljah said in a video...

Gates Calls For "Creative Capitalism" At Davos

Wall Street Journal | Robert A. Guth | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Free enterprise has been good to Bill Gates. But later today, the Microsoft Corp. chairman will call for a revision of capitalism. In a speech at the...

Dish from Davos, Day 1

Susan Sawyers | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Susan Sawyers

The people here, from Al Gore to Bono to H.R.H. the Duke of York, are grand, as are the world's challenges. There's so much going on, so much information to synthesize.

Make The World A Better Place: The Davos Question

Susan Sawyers | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Susan Sawyers

I am acutely aware of the poverty, human rights violations and violence that fills our world and I look for ways I might make a difference.