World Economic Forum

Western European companies now see cyber threat as bigger risk than conflict or inflation

PwC’s ‘global CEO survey’ highlights what company bosses see as the biggest threats facing global economy in 2025

Ireland’s 11 billionaires saw their wealth grow by a third to €50bn in 2024

Total Irish billionaire wealth at more than €50bn last year, says Oxfam Ireland

Davos has a Marie Antoinette problem

Annual World Economic Forum professes to aim to ‘improve state of the world’ but is seen as schmoozefest for establishment elites

Davos clamps down on gatecrashers

New regulations curtail who can rent out buildings or set up temporary structures during the four-day annual gathering

State-based armed conflict now ranks as biggest threat to global economy

World Economic Forum’s latest Global Risks Report pinpoints geopolitical strife as chief risk to stability and progress

Davos entourages face 10-fold price increase to over €1,000 next year

World Economic Forum plans to charge more for second-tier guests at its gathering in Switzerland

Global research warns of accelerating mental health problems and illness among young people

Study finds in many countries the mental health of young people has declined over the past two decades and was made worse by Covid and the measures taken to contain it

Could AI help to close the gender gap in boardrooms?

Achieving gender parity in the workplace is essential not only for the empowerment of women, but also to power Ireland’s economy

Ireland is on the cusp of a historic pivot. The right choices can propel us toward rapid economic growth

Contrary to the misconception, the State can support enterprise and prioritise social justice. The two are symbiotic

CEOs fear more ‘geopolitical turbulence’ as over half of world’s population go to polls

EY’s latest quarterly survey of 1,200 global chief executives highlights increasing concern about misuse of AI and further rise of populism

Geopolitical tensions darken mood at Davos

This will be the biggest election year in history, with eight of the world’s most populous countries holding ballots

Mistral becomes the talk of Davos as business leaders seek AI gains

Nine-month old French start up backed by Silicon Valley heavyweights brings on AI chip maker Nvidia as an investor and partner

Not all of Davos partook in ‘worried about Trump 2.0’ vibe, head of JP Morgan appeared to be full of praise for him

Despite the cynicism, Davos remains the biggest meeting of business and politics anywhere in the world

Sinn Féin’s tax policies would damage economy and jeopardise jobs, McGrath claims

Speaking at the World Economic Summit in Davos, Minister says increasing burden of income tax on higher earners could choke off investment

Scaramucci’s raucous late-night parties do nothing to help Davos’s image as meeting of decadent elites

Wall Street financier famed for throwing the most raucous late-night bashes at annual event in Swiss Alps

Is the restriction on passenger numbers at Dublin Airport doing untold damage to our economy?

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Argentina’s firebrand president slams socialism, claims capitalism is only way to end poverty

UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres tells World Economic Forum that world had no effective global strategy to deal with either

Businesses with warehoused Covid-era tax liabilities to face relaxed deadlines, lower interest rates

Michael McGrath says expectation is that interest rates will fall but scale of these remain to be seen

‘I’m Jamie Dimon from JPMorgan Chase. God bless you’

Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskiy meets Jamie Dimon while Trump win looms over forum

Could Davos actually be useful this year?

Brianna Parkins: While it’s easy (and fun) to dismiss the event as a mutual backslap-athon between powerful global players in the past it has allowed attendees to call each other out on issues

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