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Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa addressing a press conference in Bengaluru on Saturday. Minister for Large and Medium Industries Jagadish Shettar is also seen.   | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar Chief Minister gives assurance after return from Davos meet For attracting investors to Karnataka, the BJP government has decided to…

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg said on Friday that U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's comments had "no effect" on her during a news conference with other young climate activists in Davos. Mnuchin told Greta Thunberg she should study economics …

There could not be a sharper contrast between President Trump’s bullish assessment of the US economic outlook at the Davos World Economic Forum and that of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the sober World Economic Outlook report it issued ahead of the Davos meeting.According to President Trump, the American Dream is…

When Dfinity raised $102 million in funding in 2018 at a $2 billion valuation in a round jointly led by Andreessen Horowitz and Polychain Capital, it was thought of as a step-change in the world of blockchain technology. In an area that was synonymous with generating a lot of headlines…

DAVOS, SWITZERLAND- Economists need to quantify the risk of ignoring environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors and maintaining capitalism's status quo, Hiromichi Mizuno, chief investment officer for Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund, said T…

Greta Thunberg is over it. The 17-year-old Swedish climate activist spoke at the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Tuesday where she told all the business leaders, bankers, and politicians in the audience that they need to get…

DAVOS, Switzerland ― Greta Thunberg said planting trees was not enough to address climate change on Tuesday, in an apparent rebuke to a planting pledge in Davos by U.S. President Donald Trump. “Our house is still on fire,” Thunberg said, repeating her remarks at the annual meeting of the World…

By Dmitry Zhdannikov and Simon RobinsonDAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Activist Greta Thunberg said on Tuesday planting trees was not enough to address climate change, in an apparent rebuke to a pledge in Davos by U.S. President Donald Trump an hour earlier.Trump dismissed "perennial prophets of doom" on climate change in…