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World Economic Forum Takes On China Tech Regulation

As China’s technology industry and government tangle over regulation, the World Economic Forum—best known for its annual Davos meeting—is stepping into the fray, opening a “Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution” in Beijing......»»

Category: asiaSource: wsjSep 19th, 2018

Xi & Zuck Save The World - Stocks Soar, Bonds Ignore

Tech regulation? meh... Trade Wars? Pffff... Economic data weakness? ha...   China's Xi sparked the overnight bid in US equity futures which hove.....»»

Category: blogSource: zerohedgeApr 10th, 2018

Key Words: Scientist who simulated the global impact of a coronavirus outbreak says China containment efforts ‘unlikely to be effective’

Eric Toner is a scientist at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and was a part of a simulation, in partnership with the World Economic Forum, that posited such a disease could kill 65 million people within 18 months......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchJan 27th, 2020

Bank of America pours $35B into high-tech spending spree: Moynihan

Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan spoke with FOX Business' Maria Bartiromo at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland......»»

Category: topSource: foxnewsJan 24th, 2020

OECD takes aim at tech giants with plan to shake up global tax

The proposal from the global group Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development intends to stop companies from shifting profits around the world as they try to minimize their tax bills......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsOct 9th, 2019

US-China trade talks broke down as WH asks Beijing to curb hi-tech support

The dust-up suggests that the trade dispute won't be resolved quickly, despite Trump's optimistic tweets and Xi's conciliatory address to a regional economic forum Tuesday.....»»

Category: topSource: business-standardApr 10th, 2018

Protectionism and the World Economic Forum

Protectionism and the World Economic Forum China warned Wednesday that protectionism poses a “serious hazard” to growth and cautioned “individual countries” against isolationism, in a veiled reference to the deepening trade sp.....»»

Category: topSource: livetradingnewsSep 12th, 2018

China"s Premier hits back at Trump"s attacks on currency manipulation, vowing to keep the yuan "basically stable"

Ng Han Guan - Pool/Getty Images Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has used an address to a World Economic Forum event to hit back at Donald Trump’s continued claims that Beijing has been manipulating its currency. The Chinese currenc.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderSep 19th, 2018

U.S. Congressman on Chinese Leader"s Trade Promises: "Talk Is Cheap"

At a hastily arranged news conference during a World Economic Forum meeting in China, a pair of U.S. lawmakers vigorously defended President Trump’s policies and took issue with remarks made by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang......»»

Category: topSource: wsjSep 19th, 2018

U.S. Tech Firms to Help Train 20 Million Southeast Asian Workers to Avoid the A.I. Apocalypse

The plan is to prepare workers for an automation and A.I. world. Major U.S. tech companies such as Microsoft, Google, and Cisco joined a World Economic Forum.....»»

Category: europeSource: fortuneNov 19th, 2018

Data Sheet—Highlights From Global Tech Forum in Guangzhou

This is your Data Sheet newsletter for Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018. Hello from Guangzhou, China, where Fortune is gathering technology-industry movers and shakers from around the world to discuss artificial intelligence, business, and .....»»

Category: europeSource: fortuneNov 29th, 2018

US tech control to have more impact on China than tariffs

The trade war between the world's two economic giants has lasted over a year since the US Trade Re.....»»

Category: topSource: digitimesDec 4th, 2018

Gloomy forecast for Davos: crises aplenty, but few world leaders

An array of crises will keep several world leaders away from the annual World Economic Forum in Davos next week, which takes place against a backdrop of deepening gloom over the global economic and political outlook......»»

Category: topSource: reutersJan 17th, 2019

China Growth, Ghosn Request, Shutdown Talks: CEO Daily for January 21, 2019

Must-read business news, delivered every morning. Good morning. Two reports out today, tied to the beginning of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switz.....»»

Category: europeSource: fortuneJan 21st, 2019

Davos Elites Begrudgingly Admit "It Takes More Than Propping Up The S&P To Drive Global Growth"

This year's Davos World Economic Forum conference is not for the faint of heart. Pessimism is pervasive - a 180 from the last few years of mutual-masturbation an.....»»

Category: blogSource: zerohedgeJan 22nd, 2019

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon Talks Recession Risk, Trade With China In Davos

Speaking to CNBC from the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon said there is a path for the U.S. read more.....»»

Category: blogSource: benzingaJan 23rd, 2019

Microsoft calls for new rules amid tech scrutiny

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella tried to calm growing concerns about facial recognition and other artificial intelligence during a sit-down talk at the World Economic Forum in Davos as experts warned more needs to be done to protect digital privacy......»»

Category: videoSource: reutersJan 24th, 2019

Is Crypto “Too Small” For Regulation? – Expert Commentary

Off the back of news that speakers at the World Economic Forum in Davos, inclu.....»»

Category: blogSource: valuewalkJan 25th, 2019

Facing Backlash, Silicon Valley Says It Can Change

At the annual World Economic Forum in Switzerland, some tech executives have a message for leaders concerned about their increasing size and power: We’re changing our ways......»»

Category: smallbizSource: wsjJan 26th, 2019

China Responds To George Soros

While this year's now-concluded World Economic Forum conference in Davos was mostly a dud and increasingly a joke in financial circles, with Deutsche Bank's Jim Reid goi.....»»

Category: blogSource: zerohedgeJan 26th, 2019

China cheers MSCI weight gain, yen takes the strain

World markets enjoyed a lively end to an otherwise slow week on Friday, with Chinese A-shares leaping after MSCI quadrupled their weight in its global benchmarks and strong U.S. economic data lifting the dollar and bond yields......»»

Category: topSource: reutersMar 1st, 2019