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VIDEO: Young delegates shaping their economies

2013-01-23 17:03:54| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

The World Economic Forum in Davos is renowned for world leaders and chief executives of top international companies networking to solve the world's problems. But they are also joined by young and talented young people from around the world.

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VIDEO: Asian economies 'positively poised'

2013-01-14 07:19:57| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Thousands of business leaders are in Hong Kong for a financial summit. The focus is on Asia's expanding role in the global economy.

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Davos group sees troubled economies, climate change as interlocking risks in coming years

2013-01-08 12:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: The widening income gap between the rich and poor and burgeoning government deficits are the risks most likely to have a global impact over the next decade, according to experts surveyed by the World Economic Forum. Climate change, water shortages and aging populations rounded out the WEF's top five risks. The 1,000-plus experts surveyed for the Switzerland-based forum's annual risk report also warn that risk factors could combine to produce unique problems. These risk combinations included climate...

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A 'very wacky' year for weather hurts people, economies

2013-01-01 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

North Jersey: From the rampage of superstorm Sandy to the warmest average temperature ever recorded, extreme weather harassed New Jersey throughout 2012. There was even a rare derecho a line of intense thunderstorms that swept through in June with wind gusts of 80 mph. But the state was hardly alone: The worst drought in a half-century parched the central United States. Intense floods ravaged West Africa. Oddly timed typhoons hit the eastern Pacific. An extreme cold snap chilled Europe, and dry conditions seared...

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