Swiss Business Leaders

A record number of business and government leaders will descend on the Swiss resort of Davos next week to pore over challenges ranging from global economic slowdown to environmental collapse as the World Economic Forum returns to its winter slot.

Top politicians and world business leaders are set to meet for the annual Davos summit in the Swiss Alps next week under the shadow of war in Ukraine, a climate crisis and global trade in disarray.

Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg issued a warning to world leaders at a protest in the Swiss city of Lausanne on Friday, days before the start of the Davos summit of the world's political and business elites.

US President Donald Trump is delivering a keynote address at the close of the week-long World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The US President has been meeting business executives and other world leaders during his two-day stay in the Swiss Alps.

The global economy and geopolitical tensions are taking a back seat to a more immediate problem at this year's Davos summit of political and business leaders: heavy snow is burying the venue.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi begins his two-day visit to Switzerland for the annual World Economic Forum meet in Davos today. PM Modi's visit to Davos for the World Economic Forum or WEF will be the first visit by an Indian prime minister since the earlier one by Deve Gowda in 1997. The 2018 Davos meet will also see the largest-ever participation b...

Many business leaders and lawmakers will participate in the World Economic Forum 2017 meet, running from January 17-20, in the Swiss Alpine resort of Davos.

Seeking to create two or three Switzerlands within India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today courted Swiss business leaders to boost domestic manufacturing and skill development.

Plunging markets and the break-neck pace of technological innovation. The world is beset by uncertainties as 2,500 business executives, political leaders and activists gather in the Swiss Alpine town of Davos this week.

The global economy faces an array of risks, from natural disasters related to climate change to increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks, according to experts polled by the World Economic Forum, which organises the annual gathering of political and business leaders in the Swiss resort of Davos.

The increased valuation of Swiss franc -- to its highest level in about 30 years -- has led to costs moving up the slope for everything. From taxi to hotels to stay to food, cost of everything is going up for about 3,000 persons, including 2,500 business and political leaders from across the globe, who are here for World Economic Forum's Annual Mee...

Mr Sharma is among a large delegation of ministers as well as business leaders from India who are attending the WorldEconomic Forum annual meeting in this Swiss ski resort town.

Ahead of the gathering of political and business leaders in the Swiss resort of Davos, the public relations firm Edelman found that only 44 percent of university-educated people participating in the survey trusted government, down 4 percentage points from the previous year. As recently as 2011, trust in politicians stood at 52 percent.

Switzerland will vote on Sunday on whether to limit the salaries of top executives so they don't earn more in a month than the lowest paid workers earn in a year, a move that could mean big pay cuts for business leaders earning millions.

As a United States hunt for tax evaders and their accomplices gains momentum, many Swiss bankers are afraid to go abroad for fear of arrest, one business leader said in an interview published today.

A record number of business and government leaders will descend on the Swiss resort of Davos next week to pore over challenges ranging from global economic slowdown to environmental collapse as the World Economic Forum returns to its winter slot.

Top politicians and world business leaders are set to meet for the annual Davos summit in the Swiss Alps next week under the shadow of war in Ukraine, a climate crisis and global trade in disarray.

Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg issued a warning to world leaders at a protest in the Swiss city of Lausanne on Friday, days before the start of the Davos summit of the world's political and business elites.

US President Donald Trump is delivering a keynote address at the close of the week-long World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The US President has been meeting business executives and other world leaders during his two-day stay in the Swiss Alps.

The global economy and geopolitical tensions are taking a back seat to a more immediate problem at this year's Davos summit of political and business leaders: heavy snow is burying the venue.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi begins his two-day visit to Switzerland for the annual World Economic Forum meet in Davos today. PM Modi's visit to Davos for the World Economic Forum or WEF will be the first visit by an Indian prime minister since the earlier one by Deve Gowda in 1997. The 2018 Davos meet will also see the largest-ever participation b...

Many business leaders and lawmakers will participate in the World Economic Forum 2017 meet, running from January 17-20, in the Swiss Alpine resort of Davos.

Seeking to create two or three Switzerlands within India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today courted Swiss business leaders to boost domestic manufacturing and skill development.

Plunging markets and the break-neck pace of technological innovation. The world is beset by uncertainties as 2,500 business executives, political leaders and activists gather in the Swiss Alpine town of Davos this week.

The global economy faces an array of risks, from natural disasters related to climate change to increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks, according to experts polled by the World Economic Forum, which organises the annual gathering of political and business leaders in the Swiss resort of Davos.

The increased valuation of Swiss franc -- to its highest level in about 30 years -- has led to costs moving up the slope for everything. From taxi to hotels to stay to food, cost of everything is going up for about 3,000 persons, including 2,500 business and political leaders from across the globe, who are here for World Economic Forum's Annual Mee...

Mr Sharma is among a large delegation of ministers as well as business leaders from India who are attending the WorldEconomic Forum annual meeting in this Swiss ski resort town.

Ahead of the gathering of political and business leaders in the Swiss resort of Davos, the public relations firm Edelman found that only 44 percent of university-educated people participating in the survey trusted government, down 4 percentage points from the previous year. As recently as 2011, trust in politicians stood at 52 percent.

Switzerland will vote on Sunday on whether to limit the salaries of top executives so they don't earn more in a month than the lowest paid workers earn in a year, a move that could mean big pay cuts for business leaders earning millions.

As a United States hunt for tax evaders and their accomplices gains momentum, many Swiss bankers are afraid to go abroad for fear of arrest, one business leader said in an interview published today.