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The WEF said it will hold its 2021 annual meeting in Lucerne-Buergenstock in Switzerland in May

World Economic Forum to hold 2021 meeting in Lucerne

Business • 07 Oct

The World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos has been postponed until early summer

World Economic Forum delays 2021 meeting to summer

Business • 26 Aug

US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin took a new dig at Greta Thunberg today

Get an economics degree Greta, says US Treasury chief

Business • 23 Jan

Greta Thunberg takes to the stage at the WEF

Greta tells Davos nothing done to fight climate change

World • 21 Jan

53% of CEOs around the world forecast the rate of global growth will fall

CEOs most pessimistic about growth in over eight years

Business • 20 Jan

The IEA said oil and gas firms face a critical challenge as the world increasingly adopts clean energy transitions to curb global warming

IEA warns doing nothing on emissions is not an option

Business • 20 Jan

Oxfam says wealth inequality is out of control

Ireland - 5th largest number of billionaires per capita

Ireland • 22 Jan

Davos 2020 - 5 things to know

Analysis and Comment • 20 Jan

Ireland will have no ministerial representation due to upcoming elections

Election keeps Irish ministers away from Davos summit

Business • 20 Jan

Borge Brende, President of the World Economic Forum which runs the Davos event

Fears for planet key as leaders pack for 'green' Davos

Business • 15 Jan

Ireland comes in 7th place with a gender pay gap of 79.9%, a new WEF report shows

World faces 99.5 year wait for gender parity - WEF

Business • 17 Dec 19

The US fell to second place behind Singapore in the WEF's competitiveness rankings

Ireland slips a place in Global Competitiveness Report

Business • 09 Oct 19

The e-commerce rules talks were announced by the EU's top trade official, Cecilia Malmstrom, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos

75 countries launch WTO e-commerce talks at Davos

Business • 25 Jan 19

The IMF trimmed its global growth forecasts on the eve of Davos

Lagarde warns against over-reliance on monetary easing

Business • 24 Jan 19

European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom addressed the Davos gathering today

Malmstrom confident US car tariffs won't materialise

Business • 24 Jan 19

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the World Economic Forum in Davos

Japan's Abe to put trade, climate at top of G20 list

Business • 23 Jan 19

British trade minister Liam Fox is in Davos this week

Fox to press trade ministers over replicating EU deals

Business • 23 Jan 19

The Deputy Managing Director of the IMF David Lipton made his comments at Davos today

IMF says economic slowdown to come sooner than expected

Business • 23 Jan 19

Economists at Davos upbeat on Chinese economy despite slowdown

China slowdown is 'no disaster', Davos hears

Business • 22 Jan 19

Klaus Schwab, the founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum

Has Davos made the world better?

Business • 21 Jan 19

Oxfam publishes a new report on inequality ahead of the World Economic Forum in Davos

World's 26 richest own same as poorest half of humanity

Business • 21 Jan 19

The latest Edelman Trust Barometer shows only one in five people believe the economic, political and social system is working for them

Davos survey shows people placing trust in companies

Business • 21 Jan 19

The White House has cancelled the US's delegation's trip to the Swiss Alps for Davos 2019

Minus US govt, Davos faces Brexit & Brazilian populism

Business • 18 Jan 19

President Trump last week cancelled his own participation in Davos

Trump cancels US delegation trip to Davos

US • 17 Jan 19

Study foresees robots swiftly replacing humans in the accounting, client management, industrial, postal and secretarial sectors

Robots will handle over 50% of work tasks by 2025 - WEF

Science and Technology • 17 Sep 18

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