Snarling Putin Smacks Down Dell's Net Offer

Sec. of State's hubby wastes no time slipping into global role

(NEWSER) - With the ink barely dry on Hillary Clinton’s confirmation as secretary of state, her husband is already glad-handing on the world stage, holding meetings with foreign leaders at Davos that culminated with a 90-minute sit-down with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. At a private party, Putin toasted Clinton as “our good friend” before the chums disappeared into a private room for a long talk, the New York Observer reports. More»

(NEWSER) - The leaders of Russia and China laid the blame for the world's financial troubles squarely at the feet of the US today, the Wall Street Journal reports. In speeches at the world economic forum in Davos, both focused on the role of the dollar, with Putin calling the world's over-reliance on it "dangerous." He also mocked US businessmen for playing down the pending doom at last year's summit. More»

Group set to protest World Economic Forum

(NEWSER) - The Occupy movement has hit Davos ahead of the World Economic Forum, and this time protesters aren't pitching mere tents in the frigid weather. Instead, they're building an igloo village near where the WEF is set to convene, the New York Times reports. The igloos are half as big as a small car and hold two people each; about 50 Occupiers are expected to show. More»

But rising food prices, political uncertainty are cause for concern

(NEWSER) - The Davos World Economic Forum is an optimistic place this year—the theme is “Shared Norms for the New Reality,” meaning the post-financial-crisis reality. In a poll, 48% of the assembled CEOs said they were “very confident” of growth in the next 12 months, according to the Guardian . In his presentation today, even Nouriel “Doctor Doom” Roubini himself said the risks of a double-dip recession had lessened. But that doesn’t mean there wasn’t a lot to discuss. Here’s what CEOs were talking about: More»

World Economic Forum imposes quota

(NEWSER) - Women are usually in short supply at the World Economic Forum, the business world’s annual getaway in Davos, Switzerland. And this year, organizers are doing something about it. They’ve demanded that at least one out of every five senior executives companies send to the event be a woman, the Guardian reports. The quota applies only to the forum’s “strategic partners,” a group of roughly 100 giant companies including Goldman Sachs, Barclay’s, and Deutsche Bank. More»