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Wednesday, 10 February, 2010The Geneva-based World Meteorological Organization says Haiti desperately needs new weather services. Weather information is more critical than ever for the earthquake-ravaged island nation as the rainy and hurricane seasons approach in April. Reporter Alex Helmick has more:
Monday, 1 February, 2010In the Swiss ski resort of Davos, skiers and snowboarders have reclaimed the streets after the departure of bankers, chief executives and politicians. That can only mean one thing: The Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum has drawn to a close. For a look at this year’s highlights and takeaways, WRS’s Mark Butcher speaks with our Zurich-based reporter Vincent Landon, who was at the meeting all week, and Stéphane Garelli, a professor at the University of Lausanne and IMD business school in Lausanne and a former managing director at the Forum:
Friday, 29 January, 2010
How do you keep the “Spirit of Davos” going when there’s an increasing lack of consensus about how the economy should work in a post-crisis world? It’s a real challenge, says Ian Bremmer, president of Eurasia Group, a leading global political risk research and consulting firm, who points out that there’s growing discontent among some of the countries doing best in the world.
Plus a big shot in the arm for vaccine research today as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos that it will commit an additional $10 billion over the next 10 years to help research, develop and deliver vaccines for the world’s poorest countries. The news on the nuclear weapons front was less encouraging.
WRS’s Vincent Landon and Alex Helmick are in Davos with this report heading into the weekend:
Friday, 29 January, 2010
More details have emerged in the death of Graubünden police chief Markus Reinhardt, but beyond the buzz over his suicide and the heightening discourse between politicians and business leaders over banking regulations, it’s business as usual at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos. And that includes plenty of researchers and academics, and they’re talking about ways to harness technology to remedy all variety of social and environmental problems.
WRS’s Alex Helmick and Vincent Landon are there with the latest on all of it:
Thursday, 28 January, 2010Greece’s Prime Minister George Papandreou defends his country’s efforts to resolve its debt crisis. Former U.S. President Bill Clinton gives an impassioned plea to empower Haitians. China’s Executive Vice-Premier Li Keqiang gives an eagerly awaited speech at a time of increasing friction with the U.S. over Google, trade and climate change. WRS’s Alex Helmick and Vincent Landon bring us those highlights and more from the second day of the 40th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos:
Thursday, 28 January, 2010It’s quite surreal, Imogen Foulkes explains, this week in a snowy locked down resort where the world’s rich and powerful meet behind closed doors:
Thursday, 28 January, 2010French President Nicolas Sarkozy gave a typically spirited opening keynote address at the 40th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, making a dramatic call for radical reform of capitalism and endorsing U.S. President Obama’s plan to break up banks too big to fail. Swiss President Doris Leuthard also notched up pressure on the banks and called for action on other challenges such as climate change, saying the time for rhetoric is over. WRS’s Vincent Landon and Alex Helmick are there with the latest happenings at the podium and behind the scenes:
Wednesday, 27 January, 2010Some very pointed statements coming out of Davos today as banking regulation shapes up to be THE ideological debate at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum. French President Nicolas Sarkozy added pressure on banks in his opening keynote address, following U.S. President Obama’s call last week for tighter regulations. And bankers at the meeting are striking back, warning against a “populist crackdown.” WRS’s Alex Helmick and Vincent Landon are there with highlights from opening day:
Wednesday, 27 January, 2010The 40th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos opened this morning with work sessions, but it’s the anticipation of French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s opening speech scheduled for this afternoon that’s creating all the buzz. Vincent Landon and Alex Helmick will bring us the latest from opening day at 6 p.m.
