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                    <title>The 15 milestones that have marked the Davos meeting</title>
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                    <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2017 05:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[pilar.mesquida]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Francisco González Rodríguez]]>
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                            <![CDATA[46 years ago, in 1971, a group of business leaders reunited under the patronage of the European Comission and some industrial associations. The economist Klaus Schwab chaired the first meeting, with 440 attendants from more than 30 countries in Davos, Switzerland. In this reunion, the European Economic Forum was founded as a non-profit organization with its headquarters in Geneva.

Ever since then, thousands of political and business leaders, artists and enterpreneurs have met in the <a href="https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2017" target="_blank">anual Davos-Kloster meeting</a>. The following 15 milestones are only some of the main events that have marked the history of the World Economic Forum.

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                            <![CDATA[46 years ago, in 1971, a group of business leaders reunited under the patronage of the European Comission and some industrial associations. The economist Klaus Schwab chaired the first meeting, with 440 attendants from more than 30 countries in Davos, Switzerland. In this reunion, the European Economic Forum was founded as a non-profit organization with its headquarters in Geneva.

Ever since then, thousands of political and business leaders, artists and enterpreneurs have met in the <a href="https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2017" target="_blank">anual Davos-Kloster meeting</a>. The following 15 milestones are only some of the main events that have marked the history of the World Economic Forum.

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                    <title>This is how New Year’s Eve is celebrated around the world</title>
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                    <pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2016 04:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[cristina.irujo]]>
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                            <![CDATA[The new year is a chance to finally fulfil all those resolutions that you did not manage to fulfil the year before. For all of us it is a time to begin from scratch, which is why it is important that we make a good start. For the Spanish this means swallowing down twelve grapes in time with the twelve strokes of midnight, and it is paramount that they are all eaten!  But what about the rest of the world? Every place has its own tradition, but they all coincide that it must be followed in order to get the best out of the coming year.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[The new year is a chance to finally fulfil all those resolutions that you did not manage to fulfil the year before. For all of us it is a time to begin from scratch, which is why it is important that we make a good start. For the Spanish this means swallowing down twelve grapes in time with the twelve strokes of midnight, and it is paramount that they are all eaten!  But what about the rest of the world? Every place has its own tradition, but they all coincide that it must be followed in order to get the best out of the coming year.]]>
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                    <title>Financial milestones in 2016</title>
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                    <pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2016 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[pilar.mesquida]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Carlos Torres Vila]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Fintech]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Foreign affairs]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Francisco González Rodríguez]]>
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                            <![CDATA[As we leave 2016 behind, we take a look back at the main events around the world marking the global trajectory of finance over the last twelve months. Meetings, agreements and scandals in the course of the year proved decisive factors; below we have presented eleven key events during 2016:]]>
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                            <![CDATA[As we leave 2016 behind, we take a look back at the main events around the world marking the global trajectory of finance over the last twelve months. Meetings, agreements and scandals in the course of the year proved decisive factors; below we have presented eleven key events during 2016:]]>
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                    <title>The thirteen milestones of 2016</title>
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                    <pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2016 10:32:07 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[pilar.mesquida]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Now that the end of 2016 is just a few hours away, it may be the right time to take a look at some of the highlights of a politically charged year.  Elections, referendums, resignations and international events marked the course of the world and grabbed endless headlines.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Now that the end of 2016 is just a few hours away, it may be the right time to take a look at some of the highlights of a politically charged year.  Elections, referendums, resignations and international events marked the course of the world and grabbed endless headlines.]]>
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                    <title>Black Friday and Cyber Monday in figures</title>
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                    <pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2016 04:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
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                            <![CDATA[The day after Thanksgiving, or the last Friday of November, is celebrated nearly all over the world as Black Friday, the day that marks the first day of Christmas shopping. Over the years, with the arrival of new technologies, sales have been extended to Monday, known as Cyber Monday when discounts are offered for online shoppers.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[The day after Thanksgiving, or the last Friday of November, is celebrated nearly all over the world as Black Friday, the day that marks the first day of Christmas shopping. Over the years, with the arrival of new technologies, sales have been extended to Monday, known as Cyber Monday when discounts are offered for online shoppers.]]>
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                    <title>Today's number is about... smartphone failures</title>
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                    <pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2016 12:08:35 +0000</pubDate>
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                            <![CDATA[<strong>70%</strong> of smartphones and tablets that break in summer do so as a result of "irresponsible use", according to <strong>Energy System.</strong>]]>
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                            <![CDATA[<strong>70%</strong> of smartphones and tablets that break in summer do so as a result of "irresponsible use", according to <strong>Energy System.</strong>]]>
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