Donald Trump and Elon Musk loom large over this year's World Economic Forum in Davos.
BILLIONAIRES’ CLUB: With Trump taking office, the Davos set arrives on the Magic Mountain this year with newfound swagger. Even as the rest of the world frets about Trump’s threats of a trade war, Wall Street has never had it so good, as your Global Playbook author reports in this story.
Political, economic, and business leaders who began arriving in Davos, Switzerland, on Monday to participate in the World Economic Forum were very attentive to the inauguration of United States President Donald Trump.
If Banco Santander’s Ana Botín wants to sell her British retail business, there’s an obvious buyer: Barclays boss C. S. Venkatakrishnan. The biggest questions would be when the 42-billion-pound ($51 billion) UK bank decides to pounce – and whether its relatively new CEO, known as Venkat, can get his buyback-hungry investors on side.
Among the issues likely to be explored at the World Economic Forum this week is the future of Ukraine and its impact on Europe.
The organisers of the annual snowbound gathering in Davos say this year's event comes at a "highly consequential moment for the world", an understatement if ever there was one, writes Europe Editor Tony Connelly.
If Trump’s first term was marked a disruptive jolt to the West, his second term seems more like a confirmation of historical trends.
Rachel Reeves is expected to meet with Donald Trump’s allies at Davos in a bid to talk up the UK’s growth prospects.
Trump's inauguration coincides with day one of Davos, a yearly meeting of the world's business and politics elite. Which will the powerful opt to skip?
The World Economic Forum’s president says U.S. President Donald Trump will take part virtually in the annual meeting in Davos just days after his inauguration.
Donald Trump, who will be sworn in as the 47th US president in a few hours from now, will join this year's World Economic Forum virtually on January 23