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Twitter / Davos (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
davos: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will attend the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting in Davos 2009: http://www.weforum.org
Geostrategy (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
Wednesday, 10 September 2008 South Africa's financial system has been ranked 25th in the World Economic Forum's first Financial Development Index. Released in New York on Tuesday, the report is a comprehensive analysis of financial systems and capital markets in 52 countries that looks at key drivers of financial system development and economic growth in developing and developed nations. Nouriel Roubini,...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
GENEVA (Kyodo) The World Economic Forum has downgraded Japan to ninth from eighth in its competitiveness ranking for 2008, replacing it with the Netherlands. Other than that, there were few changes in the top 10, with the United States staying in first place as the most competitive country, and Switzerland and Denmark retaining second and third, according to the WEF's annual global competitiveness...
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Canada has the world's soundest banking system, closely followed by Sweden, Luxembourg and Australia, a survey by the World Economic Forum has found as financial crisis shake world markets.
The Phantom Observer (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
It’s a cheery bit of news, this, and as such it’s important that we look at its source. An interactive version of the Global Competitive Index can be found here. Interesting bit about this site. Click on the tab marked “Best Performing Country,” and there you’ll see Canada listed as best in “soundness of banks.” We’re [...]
All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
The World Economic Forum's 2008-2009 Global Competitiveness Report ranks Tunisia 36th in the world and 1st country in Africa and the Maghreb region.
People Daily (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
The Global Competitiveness Report 2008-2009 released by World Economic Forum (WEF) on Oct 8 shows that China (HKSAR, Macau SAR and Taiwan excluded) is now among the world’s top 30 economy, up by 4 positions from the previous, continuing to lead the growing economies of Brazil, Russia, India as well China, collectively known as BRIC. The Report was released by the Geneva-based WEF on Oct. 8. The Institute...
Twitter / Davos (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
davos: The USA remains on top of the Forum's competitiveness rankings. The UK drops out of the top 10 - http://tinyurl.com/gcr2008
People Daily (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
The United States remains the most competitive economy in the world despite its ongoing financial crisis, according to a report released by the World Economic Forum(WEF) on Wednesday. The U.S. economy is endowed with many structural features that make its economy extremely productive and place it on a strong footing to ride out business cycle shifts and economic shocks, said the annual Global Competitiveness...
Poverty News Blog (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
from the Standard Kenya By David Ohito and PMPS Prime Minister Raila Odinga has said the Africa is ready for investment to bring it at par with the developed nations. Raila was speaking in Evian France, where he is attending the World Economic Forum inauguration. The PM said Africa suffered from brain drain, spiralling food prices, poverty, poor sanitation and global warming. "What Africa needs now...
Midas Oracle .ORG (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
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John Hope Bryant (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Los Angeles - October 5, 2008 - John Hope Bryant, Operation HOPE founder, served as a lead panelist on CNBC's "What Wins Now," at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Tianjin, China on September 26th....
Zaadz: Albert 's Blog (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Thanks to Cherie Beck I found this longer email of Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz. Very interesting, thoug a bit unsharp at moment. However even established entities like World Economic Forum,IBM and -yes they too -British Secret Intelligence Service MI6 - are using FB like virtual nets in order to catalyze orgs. Go to FB and you will find already an MI6 group in order to recruit from a larger...
s o s (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
That, in a nutshell, was the collective cry of a swarm of American (and European) bankers, auditors, consultants and industrialists that thronged the cavernous halls of the colossal convention centre in Tianjin at the weekend. While the western delegates at the World Economic Forum's summer conference in the coastal port city that serves as the maritime entry to Beijing were confused, bemused and hyperanxious...
China Digital Times (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
A new global balance of economic power and prestige may be emerging from the international credit crisis precipitated by Wall Street’s September crash. David Gow at the Guardian speculates: While the western delegates at the World Economic Forum’s summer conference in [Tianjin] were confused, bemused and hyperanxious about the financial crisis ...
