There was a whole lot of talk at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting. But how much of it will turn into meaningful action?
By Vineet Nayar, contributor
When I arrived in Davos, Switzerland, last Tuesday for my fourth WorldEconomic Forum annual meeting, I found myself asking an odd question: What am I doing here?
As described in a previous post, I kept thinking about the investment made in the 5-day event -- including MORE
Jan 31, 2011 3:45 PM ET
Infiniti finished 2010 with a flurry of sales, upping its December results 37% from a year ago -- three times as much as the industry's overall 11% climb.
That capped an impressive year in which Nissan's upscale brand moved 103,411 cars and trucks, a 28% increase. One German luxury car manufacturer reports that while it has been stealing customers from its other European competitors, it has been losing some buyers to MORE
Jan 31, 2011 12:32 PM ET
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The Fortune 500 comes out just once a year, but the companies on it make headlines every day. Here then are today's highlights of news and happenings coming from the biggest names in business.
By Shelley DuBois, reporter
THEY'RE BAAAAAAAACK U.S. corporate profits are way up, based on the 2010 fourth quarter performance results that half of the country's biggest companies have MORE
Jan 31, 2011 9:10 AM ET
As several major web browsers begin to adopt stronger privacy measures, here are a few things that policymakers and business leaders should keep in mind.
By Michael Fertik, contributor
This week in Davos, the World Economic Forum is convening several sessions on digital privacy. (I am moderating one and panelizing and participating in others.) The WEF has taken a leadership role in this field, emphasizing the importance of privacy in the context MORE
Jan 28, 2011 4:11 PM ET
The world's heavyweights are gathered to talk about carefully selected topics. An uprising doesn't make it on the official agenda.
Riot police in Cairo, a world away from Davos.
There are a few big stories this year in the sessions at Davos: The developed world's massive deficits, the rise of developing countries, the future of the euro.
Off the mountain top, there is only one big story: Egypt.
Davos, of MORE
Jan 28, 2011 12:52 PM ET
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I met for the first time this afternoon with Leo Apotheker, the new CEO and president of Hewlett-Packard (HPQ). We agreed not to discuss HP matters, given that he isn't quite ready to discuss his grand plan for the company. (Yes, I traveled halfway around the world to meet the guy next door.)
Apotheker is as charming and pleasant as I'd been told. If he has MORE
Jan 28, 2011 10:57 AM ET
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The Fortune 500 comes out just once a year, but the companies on it make headlines every day. Here then are today's highlights of news and happenings coming from the biggest names in business.
By Shelley DuBois, reporter
THE COST OF GROWTH becoming clear at Amazon (AMZN), which reported better sales for this past year's holiday season than many of its competitors, but MORE
Jan 28, 2011 6:53 AM ET
At the World Economic Forum today, Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JP Morgan (JPM) called for humane executions of bad banks:
Jan 27, 2011 1:41 PM ET
Eric Schmidt opens up about his company's executive shuffle, whether or not Facebook poses a threat, and where Google is competing with Apple.
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The media speculation about why Eric Schmidt is ceding the Google (GOOG) chief executive role to Larry Page is "completely false," Schmidt told a group of reporters Thursday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Noting that various pundits have guessed that his job shift MORE
Jan 27, 2011 12:22 PM ET
Talking to CNNMoney's Poppy Harlow, Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Renaul-Nissan, downplayed concerns that his big bet on electric vehicles will be harmed by a lack of charging spots. In this chicken-and-egg situation, he expects consumers to buy the zero-emission cars and insist that their elected officials deliver the hardware. Cash-strapped states must be thrilled to hear that this is now on their plates. Reassures Ghosn:
Jan 27, 2011 9:10 AM ET
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