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Be Thankful For Fresh Thinking

Julia Moulden | Posted 12.30.2008 | Living

I'm giving a speech on Monday about authentic leadership - with references to President-elect Obama sprinkled liberally throughout - to an association...

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Rebooting the Global Agenda: Deep thinkers convene in Dubai to seek solutions to world crises

J. Carl Ganter | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Global Agenda Summit, Dubai, Davos, G-20 Summit, Milton Tan, Klaus Schwab, Brian Collins, State of the World, Environment, Sustainability, Financial Crisis, United Arab Emirates, World Economic Forum, Economy, Politics News

BBC presenter Nik Gowing moderates the closing session of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Summit in Dubai November 9. Photo by Dana Smilli...

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Report from Last Week's World Economic Forum

Peter A. Ubel | Posted 12.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Environment, Climate Change, Al Gore, Barack Obama, World Economic Forum, Economic Crisis, Politics News

The economic crisis has provided further evidence of just how small our planet is, how interconnected we all are.

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Earth 2.0: Yes We Can

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 12.12.2008 | Living

Read More: Global Economy, Values, Economy, Neurocognitive, Global Agenda Councils, Earth, Human Capital, Innovation, Planet Earth, Global Agenda, World Economic Forum, Dubai, Living News

The financial crisis has made obvious the obvious: that we live in a truly new and global world.

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How to Win the Nobel Prize in Literature

Bradley W. Bloch | Posted 11.08.2008 | Media

Read More: Council on Foreign Relations, Clinton Global Initiative, Nobel Prize, Social Networks, Social Networking, World Economic Forum, Nobel Prize Literature, Media News

The Nobel Prize in Literature is just one example of a larger and more interesting phenomenon: how elite gate-keeping institutions are influenced by personal connections.

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World Economic Forum's New Champions Talk Markets, Growth as World Faces "a Crisis of Confidence"

J. Carl Ganter | Posted 11.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Web 2.0, China Milk Scandal, Sustainability, China, Economy, Milk, World Economic Forum, Bill Rhodes, Clinton Global Initiative, Klaus Schwab, Josh Spear, Wall Street Crisis, Citigroup, Business News

The World Economic Forum was more college than commitment. But this meeting, to my ears, was surprisingly candid and left its participants with plenty of homework.

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Behind Wall Street's Collapse

Walden Bello | Posted 11.02.2008 | Business

Read More: Merrill Lynch, Bailout, Wall Street, Rosa Luxemberg, Cdos, Wall Street Bailout, International Monetary Fund, Argentina, Reaganism, Collatorized Debt Obligations, International Financing Review, Klaus Schwab, Internet Bubble, Imf, Stock Market, Dean Baker, Great Depression, World Economic Forum, Financialization, Technology-Stock Bubble, Economic Bubble, Bankruptcy, Golden Age of Contemporary Capitalism, Brazil, Fannie Mae, U.S. Treasury Department, Recession, Financial Collapse, Freddie Mac, Subprime Mortgages, Ben Bernanke, Neoliberal Restructuring, China, Business News

In a nutshell, the Wall Street meltdown is not only due to greed and to the lack of government regulation of a hyperactive sector.

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Guess The World's Top Ranked Tech Country

Wall Street Journal | Ben Worthen | Posted 04.17.2008 | Business

Read More: Nordic Countries, Highest Broadband-Internet Speed, Most Networked Nations, New Technology, BRIC Countries, Denmark, Fastest Home Internet Connection, World Economic Forum, Bric, Business News

Want to work for a business that not only uses the most advanced technology, but is part of a culture that promotes the adoption of new technologies? ...

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Voices From Davos

Nick Henderson | Posted 03.31.2008 | Living

Read More: Davos 6, Gay Rights Davos, The Giving Life, Video, The Road to Davos, World Economic Forum, Living News

"Every generation has its own worries - the things that really get us." -- Emma Thompson, award-winning actress and campaigner against human trafficki...

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Working With Children On The Streets And In The Slums

Rhadeena de Alwis | Posted 03.30.2008 | Living

Read More: Davos 6, The Giving Life, Video, The Road to Davos, World Economic Forum, Living News

"Every generation has its own worries - the things that really get us." -- Emma Thompson, award-winning actress and campaigner against human trafficki...

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Face-off: Is Gates Right On Creative Capitalism?

CNET News | Posted 08.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Davos 2008, Bill Gates, Davos, Creative Capitalism, World Economic Forum, Billionaires, Business News

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

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Dish From Davos: Digitally Yours

Susan Sawyers | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Davos 2008, Davos, World Economic Forum, Business News

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

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A Live Report From Davos

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Davos 2008, Softbank, Davos, World Economic Forum, Eric Hippeau, Business News

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

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Davos Does YouTube

AP | MATT MOORE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Davos 2008, Youtube, Davos, World Economic Forum, Business News

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

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Gates Calls For "Creative Capitalism" At Davos

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

Read More: Kinder Capitalism, Davos 2008, Davos, Bill Gates, Creative Capitalism, World Economic Forum, Business News

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...

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Dish from Davos, Day 1

Susan Sawyers | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Florian Henckel Con Donnersmarck, Davos, Brian McLaren, Chris Abani, Naomi Campbell, Davos 2008, David Bodanis, Paulo Coelho, Elie Weisel, World Economic Forum, Business News

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.

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Message From Davos: The Recession Is Coming

Times | Gary Duncan | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Fed Cut, Recession Fears, U.S. Economy, Recession, Davos, Global Economy, World Economic Forum, Business News

A full-blown, prolonged recession in America is now inescapable, with the rest of the world set to be dragged into a severe global slowdown despite ye...

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Recession Fears Dominate Davos

Reuters | Adam Plowright | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Oil Prices, Davos, Slowing Growth, Global Economy, Stock Markets, Subprime Loans, Subprime Loan Crisis, Davos Conference, World Economic Forum, Business News

The annual Davos gathering of the world's political and business elite opened Wednesday, dominated by the deep cut in US interest rates aimed at preve...

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Make The World A Better Place: The Davos Question

Susan Sawyers | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Youtube, Davos 2008, Davos, YouTube Davos, World Economic Forum, Business News

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.

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