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Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) takes place from 20-24 January in Davos, Switzerland. Here's a look at what ...

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INGOLSTADT, Germany—Christian Scharpf, the mayor of this city of 140,000, Germany’s second richest, is looking for ways to save close to €100 million. Carmaker Audi, headquartered here ...

With the curtain drawn on yet another World Economic Forum in Davos, the picturesque Swiss town will once again slink back out of the limelight. But this year's event — which coincided with ...

In a devastating critique of the higher education sector, University of Melbourne senior academic Marcia Langton has accused university bosses of failing to call police when criminal activity occu ...

DAVOS, Switzerland - As Donald Trump appeared on giant screens at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the world’s rich and powerful rapturously applauded and snapped photos of the US leader.

The comments by Christine Lagarde alluding to a U.S.-European Union rift offered a fitting final note at the World Economic Forum’s weeklong meeting. Trump’s return to the White House on ...

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Speaking by video from the White House to the World Economic Forum (WEF) summit in Davos, Switzerland, Trump ran through his flurry of executive actions since his swearing-in and claimed he had a ...

The 55 th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum opened this week with a powerful message and all-encompassing themes. Klaus Schwab, World Economic Forum Founder and Chairman of the Board of ...