Davos

EU will be ‘pragmatic’ in dealings with Trump, commission president tells Davos

Ursula von der Leyen says European Union stands ‘ready to negotiate’ with new US administration while insisting it would protect its interests

Davos leaders who won’t take the train

The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

Getting Davos fat cats out of their private jets and on to climate-friendly trains proves difficult sell

World Economic Forum (WEF) adopts new measures but business elites don’t seem to be biting

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

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

Time to stop the doublespeak on artificial intelligence

Profit is and will remain the driving force; the challenge is to set and enforce credible limits

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

Donohoe stops short of ruling out increased Government pay offer

Minister for Public Expenditure said current €2.9bn proposal represents a ‘fair’ deal

Varadkar says there will be arrests over recent arson attacks on asylum seeker accommodation

Taoiseach insists that Ireland is not a racist country and that the political climate around migration has changed

IMF warns central banks against fuelling market hopes of rapid rate cuts

Investor expectations of looser monetary policy could fuel another flare-up of inflation, says Gita Gopinath

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

Stocks drop as ECB and UK inflation puncture rate cut hopes

Christine Lagarde says euro zone borrowing costs likely to fall in summer, later than markets expected

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

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