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...last year's annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos was like a family dinner ruined by a flaming row, then this year's meeting was the reunion when everyone sits back down at the table pretending they love each other more than ever - even though the problems haven't really been solved. A year ago, the atmosphere in Davos was truly poisonous, as Europeans and others attacked the determination of the U.S. and some of its allies to bring about regime change by armed force in Iraq. But last week, the mood was as sweet and satisfying...
earlier meeting at Conte Forum. This time, however, BC will be without captain Ben Eaves, who tallied three assists in the teams’ mid-December meeting and has averaged almost 1.4 goals per game this season...
...meeting the deadline is going to be tough for the often tardy Clinton. He's been traveling the globe on various projects - last week he popped up at the World Economic Forum in Davos and to give an award to Kofi Annan in Germany. "Interest in the former president has not abated at all," says his attorney Robert Barnett. Still, friends say he's going to bear down on the book. "He's really into it now," says one. With a reported $10 million advance, he has a financial reason as well as an historical one to finish soon...
...speaking south and Turkish-speaking north, based on the plan devised by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Turkey 's hopes of joining the E.U. will be boosted if a solution is found to the 30-year problem. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with Annan at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Going Home middle east Israel and Lebanon 's militant group Hizballah announced a prisoner-swap agreement. Under the German-mediated deal, Israel will initially exchange about 30 Arab prisoners for the return of a businessman and three soldiers presumed dead. At a later stage, the Israelis will release...
...Hollinger's long-suffering shareholders - unless potential bidders are scared off by looming lawsuits. Will Executive Bonuses Be Next? Marking a victory for anticorruption campaigners, 18 of the world's top construction and engineering firms have agreed to stop paying bribes to win contracts. At the Davos World Economic Forum, the firms - including Hochtief of Germany, Swiss-based ABB and Skanska of Sweden - unveiled a set of principles aimed at eliminating bribery, contending that businesses themselves are hurt by rampant payoffs because they distort competition. "There is significant corruption in the industry," Alan Boeckmann, chief executive of U.S. construction giant...