Davos roundup - "a constellation of egos involved in massive mutual orgies of adulation”

[Jesus Malverde]

Welcome to Davos, where 2,250 of the globe’s richest people are solving its problems at the World Economic Forum. Some 500 company chairmen and chief executives, 23 heads of state, 72 cabinet ministers, 35 ambassadors, 172 academics and 26 religious leaders have made their way here....

Davos 2014: The Party People
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304049704579320541999927538?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304049704579320541999927538.html

Notable in Their Absence From Davos
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/01/20/notable-in-their-absence-from-davos/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0

Davos: Tuesday round-up
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/davos/10588324/Davos-Tuesday-round-up.html

Global elite descend on Davos to 'reshape world'
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/01/20/world-economic-forum-davos-2014-preview/4353053/

Davos Draws Social Media Scrutiny
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/21/davos-draws-social-media-scrutiny/

Davos: Re-shaping the world?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25836872

Davos: A High Old Time For CEOs - If They'll Let You In
http://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewcave/2014/01/21/davos-a-high-old-time-for-ceos-if-theyll-let-you-in/

[flamingdem]

1. Talk about a 1% party

geesh

[RobertEarl]

2. I bet they are sweating

They stand to lose billions of dollars the way things are going.

It's like an anti-Obama millionaire told me back in 2008: "I sure hope Obama can fix the economy. I have lost 2 million dollars in the last year."

[Buns_of_Fire]

3. What a perfect place and time for a giant sinkhole to open up. nt