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KEY STORIES

Trade ministers push Doha deal
Private equity defends job record
Top companies join poverty fight
Sovereign wealth funds speak out
Brown calls for worldwide reforms
Gates wants creative capitalism
Fear of US economic slump
Soros says US recession is likely
Top bosses fear global recession

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What managers need to know about women - and men
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LATEST FROM: BBC correspondents' blog
Leaving Davos with a boost of inspiration
So that was it: Davos 2008. This year felt different than the past two or three annual meetings of the World Economic Forum. Less glitz and glamour, more 'back to business' - and you can read all about it in...
The French way of partying
Davos is almost over. Most proceedings wound down late on Saturday afternoon, with sessions on many heavy-weight topics like the role of central banks in the current financial crisis (with ECB boss Jean-Claude Trichet on the panel), and an update...
Submerging economies
Today's Davos quote of the day comes courtesy of David Rubenstein, co-founder of private equity giant The Carlyle Group, which manages an investment pool worth $75bn. "We can't really call economies like India or China 'emerging' anymore, and lump them...
Rock: MPs v Darling
France has one, Switzerland too. The UK has a big'un, Germany numbers two or maybe more, and the US has a veritable epidemic of them. As if you didn't know, I am talking about banks that have become chronically sick...
Spare a thought for billionaires
At the World Economic Forum one can usually gauge the popularity of a party by checking how many truly rich and famous people crowd the room early on. I don't mean pre-arranged attendances, like Naomi Campbell's appearance at a party...
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