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Algeria at Davos: Refocusing on Energy, Security, Globalization's Impacts

Peter Gardett | Posted 03.24.2013 | Business
Read More: Geopolitics, Energy Security, Energy, Finance, Swiss Re, Davos, World Economic Forum, Business News
Peter Gardett

Issues of national security, of globalization and of the role of business in increasingly transparent societies have been raised at Davos but have attracted less attention since the financial crisis; this year, attendees say, that is likely to change.

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Are Haiti's Cholera Victims Warren Buffett's "Girls in the Convertible?"

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 01.31.2012 | Impact
Read More: Bill Clinton, United Nations, Fonkoze, Swiss Re, Haiti, Barack Obama, Berkshire Hathaway, Clinton Global Initiative, World Health Organization, Insurance, Micro Loans, Health Insurance, Women's Health, Cholera, Epidemic, Centers for Disease Control, Contagion, Regine Barjon, Buffett Rule, Warren Buffett, Ethics, Impact News
Georgianne Nienaber

Are Fonkoze and Mercy Corps unwittingly helping major stockholders in the reinsurance firm Swiss Re turn Haitian women into Buffett's "girl(s) in the convertible?"

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Climate Triage and the "New Normal"

Peter H. Gleick | Posted 07.17.2011 | Green
Read More: Mississippi Floods, Climate Triage, Extreme Events, Climate Change, Swiss Re, Climate Deniers, Green News
Peter H. Gleick

In coming years, we are going to be faced with increasingly difficult decisions in what must now be called climate triage -- choices about who and what is going to be protected and saved, versus abandoned and lost.

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'Special Factors' Blamed For Big Jump In Unemployment Claims

AP | By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 07.05.2011 | Business
Read More: Job Market, Gas Prices, Unemployment, Japan Earthquake, Spring Break, Labor Department, Jobless, Unemployment Benefits, Jobs, Swiss Re, Institute for Supply Management, Business News

WASHINGTON -- The number of people applying for unemployment benefits surged last week to the highest level in eight months, a troubling sign a day ah...

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Study: Climate Change Could Cost Gulf Coast $350 Billion

google.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Climate Change Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Climate Change, Climate Change Gulf Coast, Climate Change Cost, Climate Change Gulf, Andreas Spiegel, Climate Change, Gulf of Mexico Climate Change, Energy Corporation, Swiss Re, Gulf Coast Climate Change, Green News

The US Gulf Coast, battered by hurricanes and a devastating oil spill, faces cumulative losses of 350 billion dollars if it fails to address the effec...

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