Davos leaders see a new normal in 2024

President of the European Central Bank (ECB) Christine Lagarde attends a session on the closing day of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, on January 19, 2024.  Fabrice Coffrini | Afp | Getty Images European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said she does not expect a return to economic “normality” in 2024, … Read more

Germany the ‘tired man’ of Europe, finance minister admits

BERLIN, GERMANY – NOVEMBER 15: German Finance Minister Christian Lindner gives a statement to the media at the Chancellery following the weekly government cabinet meeting on November 15, 2023 in Berlin, Germany. The topic was a ruling by the German Constitutional Court declaring that the coalition government’s shift of federal money in 2021 originally earmarked … Read more

All approved bitcoin ETFs won’t survive, defends fees

Michael Sonnenshein at the 2022 Forbes Iconoclast Summit at New York Historical Society on Nov. 3, 2022. Arturo Holmes | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images DAVOS, Switzerland — Grayscale Investments CEO Michael Sonnenshein told CNBC that most of the approved bitcoin exchange-traded funds won’t survive, while defending the highest fees in the market for the … Read more

Novartis CEO says preparedness for a new pandemic has not improved

Vas Narasimhan, chief executive officer of Novartis AG, listens during a panel session on the opening day of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. Jason Alden | Bloomberg | Getty Images Vas Narasimhan, CEO of pharmaceutical firm Novartis, told CNBC Tuesday that he didn’t believe there had been much … Read more

IMF warns AI to hit almost 40% of global employment, worsen inequality

A pedestrian walks past the TATA pop up store with a poster reading ‘The Future is AI’ ahead of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. The annual Davos gathering of political leaders, top executives and celebrities runs from January 15 to 19. Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg via Getty Images … Read more