Tech Barons Paint Rosy Future at Davos Despite Security Fears

Tech tycoons said technological advances will explode 10 times faster than the Internet boom in the 1990s.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu will leave for Davos early on Tuesday to attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) as a special invitee at the annual meet that sees dozens of heads of state, corporate leaders and experts discuss a range of issues.

LIVE Updates from Davos: World Economic Forum 2015

Wealth accumulated by the richest one per cent will exceed that of the other 99 per cent in 2016, the Oxfam charity said today, ahead of the annual meeting of the world's most powerful at Davos, Switzerland.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to launch a female-focused version of the Davos economic forum, as part of a wider push to boost the number of women in the workforce at home, he said in an interview published on Tuesday.

The World Economic Forum on Africa kicks off in Abuja on Wednesday in the shadow of security fears and mounting global concern about the plight of more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist militants.

Nigeria hosts the World Economic Forum on Africa summit this week under tight security after two deadly car bomb attacks raised fears about a possible spread of Islamist militant violence.

Hackers attacked Israeli computers including one used by the defence ministry department dealing with civilians in the occupied West Bank, an Israeli data protection expert said.

Secretary of State John Kerry dismissed on Friday as "a myth" suggestions that the United States was withdrawing from world affairs.

Campaigners at the World Economic Forum on Thursday handed clothing giant Gap and Russian oil major Gazprom their annual Public Eye shame awards for what they said were lax factory safety standards and Arctic drilling.

If the million-dollar deals, schmoozing and champagne receptions begin to get a little stressful, the billionaire movers and shakers at Davos found a way to inner peace on Thursday with a session on meditation.

Hopeful of launching flights in India in next 2-3 months, Air Asia chief Tony Fernandes says that the airline would introduce 'dramatically' low fares in the country,

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe compared current tensions between Japan and China to rivalry between Britain and Germany on the eve of World War One

Australia on Wednesday rejected claims by a group of asylum seekers that they were beaten and suffered burns while being returned to Indonesia by the Australian navy under a policy that has strained ties between the countries.

Finance Minister P Chidambaram admitted today that his party, the ruling Congress, is the underdog heading into the general elections due by May. He also admitted that the Congress-led UPA government has displayed "a certain lack of decisiveness."

Finance Minister P Chidambaram today hit out at the BJP, accusing it of having a "regressive" and "incoherent" economic policy.

Chief executive officer Marissa Mayer made the statement on Wednesday at the Davos World Economic Forum.

Rahul Gandhi will be Prime Minister if the Congress is called to form the government, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said today while speaking on the sidelines of the 44th World Economic Forum in Davos.

Global CEO confidence is on the rise and Indian business heads have emerged as the most confident about economy among top-5 globally for internal topline figures, a survey by consultancy giant PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) said.

A suicide bomber killed 10 people in a crowded market on Monday near the Pakistani army headquarters in the city of Rawalpindi, not far from the capital Islamabad, police said.