The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will inject $750 million into the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates announced Thursday at the World Economic Forum.
Ask a small farmer in Indonesia about the impact of the global financial crisis on his daily life and he will answer, "Crisis? What crisis?" As farmers, we know what a big crisis is. In 1997, we saw the collapse of the whole economy, driving thousands of unemployed construction and industry workers back to the villages, where their families already had difficulties making ends meet.
Historian Niall Ferguson asks why Western cultures are so good at creating wealth for themselves and less for the rest.
It says it all when Europe turns to China for a bailout. That was what happened last week when the man in charge of the European Financial Stability Fund flew to Beijing to see if he could interest Chinese investors in propping up the finances of the eurozone.
To decrease deaths from noninfectious diseases, countries should pass excise taxes on tobacco and alcohol, encourage smoke-free public places, reduce salt and trans fat in foods, and increase awareness of diet and physical activity, according to a World Health Organization report.
How narrow is the gender gap in the United States compared to some other countries?
CNN's Robyn Curnow moderates a panel discussing the G-20's role, turning Africa's potential into results.
Figures released by the World Economic Forum reveal that Africa's recovery from the global economic crisis has been faster than in many other parts of the world. But questions remain as to how sustainable this growth will be in the long term and what Africa's next move will be.
The big issues in the air at this year's World Economic Forum in Davos were privacy and "big data" -- the vast amounts of revealing information we generate when using computers and mobile phones. Pundits have framed the discussion in simplistic terms, as an epic struggle between individual rights and corporate profits.
Opera singer Jose Carreras says celebrities have a duty to use their popularity to give something back to society.
It was high drama for a couple of hours on the second day of the World Economic Forum in Davos.
A small explosion occurred at the Post Hotel Morosani in Davos, Switzerland. CNN's John Defterios reports.
There was a "little explosion" Thursday at the Post Hotel Morosani in Davos, Switzerland, which is hosting the high-powered annual World Economic Forum this week, police there said.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told business and political leaders from around the world Wednesday that his nation is trying to modernize and recognizes it has work to do.
iReporter Trevor Dougherty on his first day at Davos as the youngest American at the WEF 2011.
MME talks with the former British ambassador to the United Nations about how to tackle unemployment and economic inequality.
Many Brits are facing a new reality when it comes to retirement. CNN's Jim Boulden reports.
The global economic crisis exposed fault lines in our capitalist system with such ferocity that even the most optimistic of analysts struggled to predict when -- or even whether -- a full recovery was possible.
With many countries emerging slowly from the global financial crisis, the theme at this year's annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) at Davos is "Shared Norms for the New Reality."
It is hard to believe the 30th anniversary of the World Economic Forum at Davos is upon us.
In 2010, CNN's Richard Quest finds it's all work and no play for him on the slopes during the World Economic Forum.
The United States continues to lose its edge in international competitiveness, according to a report released Thursday by the World Economic Forum.
South African President Jacob Zuma was forced to defend his right to have three wives Thursday, after he was put on the spot during an interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
CNN's Richard Quest analyzes French President Nicolas Sarkozy's opening remarks at the World Economic Forum.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy walked into the lion's den of capitalism in Davos Wednesday and rammed his message of reform down the throats of the world's bankers and chief executives.
At the World Economic Forum, French Pres. Nicolas Sarkozy calls for tighter financial regulations, including pay limits.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy threw his weight behind Barack Obama's bank reform plan as he delivered his keynote speech at the 40th World Economic Forum at Davos Wednesday.
On the eve of the 40th World Economic Forum at the Swiss resort of Davos, the economist behind it all says he's optimistic about life after recession.
CNN's Richard Quest puts these themes to the humble snowman, but will the Snowman be better after his 'makeover'?
A year ago business leaders and politicians from around the world gathered in a picturesque alpine resort in Switzerland to discuss how best to navigate the stormy waters of a global recession.
For Peer Schatz's inspiration as a business leader, he looks to nature.
At the World Economic Forum earlier this year, a group of corporate executives engaged in a thought-provoking discussion on a variety of health care topics, including workplace wellness programs.
David Cameron, the leader of the UK's opposition Conservative Party, is discussing whether economic growth should be pursued at the expense of the environment.
Here's a simple idea to prevent Wall Street meltdowns from happening again in the future, brought to you courtesy of the World Economic Forum in Davos: Start paying regulators much, much better.
Dear Davosupdated: Fri Jan 30 2009 09:41:00
From January 28 to February 1 CNN is broadcasting live and reporting online from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, as the world's leading power brokers and moneymakers gather to discuss the state of the world in 2009.
Oil takes a hit
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Royal Dutch Shell CEO Jeroen van der Veer joins CNN to discuss the impact of the global economic crisis
Royal Ascot it ain't. But here in Davos, a hat is more than something to put on your head; it is a statement -- as much of preparedness as of status.
Klaus Schwab sits down with CNN's Richard Quest and talks about the upcoming World Economic Forum.
The head of the World Economic Forum has urged delegates to respond to the global economic crisis by shaping a "new world" as they braved snowstorms, icy roads and subzero temperatures Tuesday to gather for the five-day annual brainstorm in the Swiss Alps.
The worldwide economic recession has exposed a "crisis of global governance" that can only be addressed by the radical reform of the United Nations, former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Wednesday as the World Economic Forum got under way in Switzerland.
The worldwide economic recession has exposed a "crisis of global governance" that can only be addressed by the radical reform of the United Nations, former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Wednesday as the World Economic Forum got under way in Switzerland.
Heads of state, influential politicians, business leaders and global power brokers will gather in the Swiss Alps next week for the World Economic Forum -- with the perilous state of the planet's financial system set to top this year's agenda.
Dear Davos 2009updated: Wed Jan 28 2009 03:34:00
CNN's Charles Hodson tells you how to have your say at Davos 2009.
In Focus -- Gulf football interests
The glare of the global spotlight on the Middle East this week almost outshone the shimmering sun reflecting off the Red Sea.
For any onlookers it must have appeared a strange spectacle.
Part 1 of orchestra conductor Benjamin Zander's view of the Spirit of Innovation.
By the final day of this year's World Economic Forum, people were joking that the world had gone through a full economic cycle in the four days the conference had been underway. After a Monday on which global markets seemed in freefall, by Friday the Dow average amazingly showed a tiny gain for the week. Klaus Schwab, the paternalistic overseer of each year's Forum, was proudly talking of a "Davos effect" on world markets.
At the World Economic Forum, CNN's Becky Anderson and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda discuss the world economy.
CNN's Recession-o-meter -- our unscientific poll of financial experts at the World Economic Forum at Davos -- has spoken. And it's decided that the world economy is in slowdown, not recession.
Maurice Flanagan, Vice Chairman of the Emirates Group, talks about the aviation industry and the global economy.
CNN's Richard Quest has been pressing his A-list guests for a vote for 'recession' or 'slowdown'.
A significant number of the bankers, regulators, credit agencies and other key players whose errors, omissions and greed contributed to the current financial crisis are at the World Economic Forum in Davos - and they all seem to be singing from the same hymn sheet.
This week, Bill Gates made his annual pilgrimage to Swiss skiing resort of Davos for the World Economic Forum.
Economic worries were the main topic of conversation among CEOs and politicians at the start of the World Economic Forum in the Swiss resort of Davos, and it seems to be one of the top issues on your minds, too.
YouTube users share their thoughts on the questions that should be tackled at Davos 2008.
"I am not just a noise polluter, I am a noise-polluting, diesel-soaking, gulfstream-flying rock star."
They may have ridden to the rescue of Citigroup and Merrill Lynch in the past couple of months, but the rise of so-called sovereign wealth funds - huge state investment vehicles from places like Russia, Kuwait and Singapore with billions of dollars to invest - has sparked a nervous reaction in the U.S. and prompted official calls for the funds to be subject to an international code of conduct.
"In many crucial areas, the world is getting better...but it's not getting better fast enough, and it's not getting better for everyone," Bill Gates said in Davos on Thursday as he called for a more concerted global drive toward what he calls "Creative Capitalism." He said that companies, especially the biggest ones, can improve the lot of the world's least privileged by better aligning their self-interest with the good of society.
Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
If there's a sweet smell at this year's Global Economic Forum, it's unlikely to be success.
Bleak forecasts for the global economy dominated Wednesday's opening of the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, but business and government leaders were divided over the possibility of a global recession.
World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab talks to CNN's Charles Hodson about his hopes for the 2008 Davos meeting.
Avalanching global markets were expected to come crashing onto the agenda in the Swiss ski resort of Davos this week as world leaders and big business names gathered for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum.
While many blogs are seldom read outside the bedroom they're written in, Frenchman Loïc Le Meur's are hard to miss.
From January 23 to 27 the sleepy Swiss town of Davos will be overrun with some of the biggest names in business and politics for five days of talking, networking, schmoozing and skiing.
Tony Blair will lead a prestigious panel in a unique CNN and World Economic Forum joint debate, to be televised on CNN from this year's event in Davos.
With over 200 public figures attending this year's World Economic Forum in Davos, the Swiss town is set to be a real-life who's who of international statesmen and politicians. Below we've profile a few of this year's big hitters.
In the battle for jobs and investment, the playing field isn't level. How "hot" countries tilt the game in their favor
Victor Chu is chairman and CEO of Chinese investment firm, First Eastern Investment Group. He is also the chairman of FE Securities and First Eastern Investment Bank, the first Chinese bank to be licensed by the Dubai International Financial Centre.
A complete archive of all CNN's video reports from the 2007 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
I'll reiterate what I said in a feature story I wrote for the current issue of Fortune - Second Life is important not because it resembles a game, or because of how many people are signing up, or the big companies starting to do business inside it. What convinces me it is one of the most significant technology breakthroughs in history is that it is a platform on top of which users can create their own software and content, realize their ideas, and even make money.
About 2,400 businessmen and politicians are expected to attend the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, including 900 company chief executives and board chairs and 24 heads of state -- among them British Prime Minister Tony Blair and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
"It is just amazing how parochial Americans are," I heard a voice just in front of me say. "Amazing," agreed another.
Eric Pooley reports: If a session at Davos isn't absolutely great I start to wish I was up on the mountain instead of down in the Congress Center. Right now all thoughts of skiing have been banished: Bill Gates, Eric Schmidt, John Chambers and Niklas Zennstrom are talking about the next phase in the tech revolution, and how they're making it pay.
Justin Fox reports: For members of the Old Media, Davos remains stuck in a blissful time warp where they still matter and there's no Matt Drudge or Instapundit or Daily Kos around to cause trouble. Genius that he is, World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab long ago swept the people who run the world's newspapers, magazines and TV networks into a tight embrace, and he's not letting go, at least not yet.
Google is not evil. You'd think it was the end of the world as we know it, to read many accounts of the company's decision this week to create a new version of Google inside China that will censor certain search terms at the request of the government.
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has rejected concerns over stadium safety at this year's World Cup finals in Germany and vowed that everything will be ready for kick-off on June 9.
More than 2,300 people are attending the 2006 World Economic Forum in Davos this week.
Saving the world was on the agenda, but for many of the business leaders, academics and activists who attended the "Big Debate" at the World Economic Forum, the theme may very well have been: Saving the West from China and India.
More than 2,300 business and and political leaders are heading for the annual World Economic Forum, which opens in the Swiss alpine resort of Davos on Wednesday and concludes on Sunday.
Business 2.0: A Blueprint for Successupdated: Fri Apr 01 2005 00:01:00
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CNN chief news executive Eason Jordan resigned Friday, saying the controversy over his remarks about the deaths of journalists in Iraq threatened to tarnish the network he helped build.
French President Jacques Chirac has warned that "silent tsunamis" of despair, such as unemployment, are plaguing the world, and called on those attending the World Economic Forum help others.
I feel I have to return to the issue of Poland and the World Economic Forum.
Iran's Vice President Mohammad Ali Abtahi says a number of ministers have tendered their resignations in an ongoing dispute over the disqualification of hundreds of pro-reform candidates.
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