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World Economic Forum

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2010

    Iceland Is a Pretty Awesome Place to Live if You're a Woman; New York Still Up for Debate

    ​According to the World Economic Forum's latest Global Gender Gap report, which rates things like economic opportunities, education, health and survival, and political empowerment between men and women, the place you really want to live as a woman is...Iceland! Or maybe Norway or Finland.

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2010

    Anne Burrell Wants Back Into the Restaurant Biz; Nate Appleman Seeks Skilled Pizza Makers

    ​Pierre Schutz has been named the executive chef at the forthcoming Jean-Georges at the Mark hotel, set to open in March. He was formerly at the now-defunct Vong. [NY Times] Famed Gascon chef Thierry Marx will cook a special $350 meal at Le Bernardin on Feb. 20, as part of d'Artagnan's 25th a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2009

    Murdoch Forces Google to Change "First Click" to "First 5 Clicks" Free

    Looks like Rupert Murdoch is getting some traction in his quest to keep "kleptomaniacs" like you and us from getting his content for free. Google senior Business Product Manager Josh Cohen says at the Google News Blog that his company is "updating" its First Click Free program, which had previously ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2009

    Murdoch Scores "Kleptomaniac" News Sites, Calls to Make Them Pay

    ​Everyone says newspapers are dead (except in New York, city of seven dailies), but Rupert Murdoch has found a way to bring them back to life: making "aggregators and plagiarists" (presumably meaning sites like Google News and Drudge) pay the content-providing news orgs whose works they blurb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2009

    Enjoy Free NY Post While You Can: Murdoch Plans to Charge

    ​News Corp boss Rupert Murdoch tells the Financial Times that "we intend to charge for all our news websites," presumably including the New York Post -- and that "If we're successful, we'll be followed by all media." Murdoch already charges for some content at the Wall Street Journal. News Cor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2009

    Powell Latest Bloomberg Out-of-Town Endorsement

    ​Having just secured the crucial support of New Jersey state senate president Richard Codey, Mayor Bloomberg may now add Colin Powell to his list of endorsers who don't live in New York. "I am a Virginian now," said the former U.S. secretary of state, "but if I lived in New York, I would vote ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2009

    Cheney: 9/11, 9/11, 9/11, 9/11, 9/11, 9/11, 9/11, 9/11. (Also: 9/11)

    Oh yeah, Dick Cheney gave a speech today too. In an address to the rightwing American Enterprise institute, he referred to himself as "a private citizen -- a career in politics behind me, no elections to win or lose, and no favor to seek," and then attacked Obama, the New York Times, "the Left," and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 29, 2009

    War of words: Turkish PM Erdogan storms out at Davos after Gaza row with Israel's Peres

    Hot off the video wire: CNBC's report on Erdogan walking out on Davos debate Veering off-topic from the global meltdown, Turkey's prime minister had his own meltdown today at Davos. See the CNBC video above and then read this BBC report, which captures only a bare hint of the full explosion: Turk ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2009

    Bad Polls Keep Paterson Home, But Don't Faze the Mayor

    Governor Paterson and Mayor Bloomberg reacted to bad poll numbers in different ways. The Governor, shown in a Siena poll to be running about even with Andrew Cuomo in the gubernatorial affections of the people, has canceled his trip to the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, presumably feeling that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2009

    Barack Obama's roadblocked info highway

    Traffic is still backed up on Civics 101. What was touted in the web's early days as the "information highway" has become too cluttered with political billboards. This is not a vast right-wing conspiracy. The blizzard of b.s. is from Barack Obama's embryonic regime. It's not really a shock. Li ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2009

    Poll: Cuomo right at Paterson's heels

    Governor Paterson tried to show he's listening today by cancelling one bad idea -- the tax-payer-financed junket he'd planned to the glitzy World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.  But the poor guy can't catch a break:  A new poll has his would-be rival, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, just ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2007

    Hope for a Nuclear War Dims

    Governor Paterson tried to show he's listening today by cancelling one bad idea -- the tax-payer-financed junket he'd planned to the glitzy World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.  But the poor guy can't catch a break:  A new poll has his would-be rival, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, just ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2007

    Fallout from Another War

    Governor Paterson tried to show he's listening today by cancelling one bad idea -- the tax-payer-financed junket he'd planned to the glitzy World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.  But the poor guy can't catch a break:  A new poll has his would-be rival, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, just ... More >>

  • Theater

    March 14, 2006

    Funny Money

    The Billionaires' limo ride from easy street to the stage

  • People

    May 31, 2005

    Take It From the Top

    Speaking with anarchist professor David Graeber, canned from Yale

  • News

    August 31, 2004

    The Waiting Game

    City keeps hundreds in jail too long, chilling protests and angering families

  • News

    November 25, 2003

    Storm Clouds

    FTAA: Big Capital Brings Its Dark Circus to Miami

  • People

    February 18, 2003

    Times Square Trash!

    FTAA: Big Capital Brings Its Dark Circus to Miami

  • News

    January 28, 2003

    America, From Ally to 'World's Biggest Terrorist State'

    Protesters in Turkey Tell Uncle Sam to Go Home

  • News

    December 24, 2002

    Secret Santa

    What Editors and Writers Wish For in 2003

  • News

    August 20, 2002

    Caught in the Act

    Working Through the Criminal Justice System

  • Music

    July 23, 2002

    The Road to Mecha

    Working Through the Criminal Justice System

  • Specials

    February 19, 2002

    Letters

    Working Through the Criminal Justice System

  • Dining

    February 12, 2002

    Not Exactly Identical Twins

    Working Through the Criminal Justice System

  • News

    February 12, 2002

    Protester Non Grata

    'Nightline' Spikes a Segment About Peaceful Protesters

  • News

    February 12, 2002

    Rich Man, Poor People

    The Billionaire Mayor and the Income Gap

  • News

    February 12, 2002

    Spies in Blue

    NY Cops Pushed Legal Limits in WEF Protests

  • Specials

    February 5, 2002

    Letters

    NY Cops Pushed Legal Limits in WEF Protests

  • News

    February 5, 2002

    Global Retreat

    The Real Reason the Forum Bigwigs Are Here: The Swiss Didn’t Want the Hassle

  • News

    February 5, 2002

    Against The Wall

    Anti-Corporate Protesters Reassert Their Vocal Presence

  • News

    February 5, 2002

    Global Witness

    Labor Presents Its Case to WEF

  • News

    February 5, 2002

    Citizen CEO

    The WEF's Corporate Moguls Debate Their Role as Unelected World Leaders

  • Specials

    January 29, 2002

    Letters

    The WEF's Corporate Moguls Debate Their Role as Unelected World Leaders

  • News

    January 29, 2002

    Keepers of the Flame

    As Moderate Groups Turn Down the Heat, Anarchists Light a New Way for Dissent

  • News

    January 29, 2002

    Schmooze Operators

    Inside the World Economic Forum

  • News

    January 29, 2002

    Hackers Nuke Forum Site

    Cyber Sit-In Knocks WEF Offline

  • News

    January 29, 2002

    Arrest Watch: Eight and Counting

    AIDS Activists Among First Jailed

  • News

    January 29, 2002

    Outside the Frozen Zone

    Police, Demonstrators Gear Up for Anti-WEF Protests

  • News

    January 29, 2002

    Arrest Watch: NY Jails Called Unprepared

    Seven Activists Freed

  • News

    January 29, 2002

    Arrest Watch: Busted Fiercely at CHARAS

    Five Nabbed in East Village

  • News

    January 29, 2002

    Black Bloc Busted for Bandanas

    Cops Move on Masked Demonstrators

  • News

    January 29, 2002

    The Ugliness of Force

    Protesters Feel the Sting of New York's Finest

  • Books

    January 22, 2002

    Backlash

    Protesters Feel the Sting of New York's Finest

  • News

    January 22, 2002

    Law of the Fist

    New York Cops Vow to Crush Violent Protest at World Economic Forum

  • News

    January 22, 2002

    Anti-WEF Protest in New York City

    A Field Guide

  • News

    December 25, 2001

    Checking in for Waldorf Hysteria

    Free Traders and Fair Traders in Stalemate as CEOs Converge on New York

  • News

    September 12, 2000

    Gold Medals, Iron Fist

    Olympic Protesters Face a World-Class Crackdown

  • News

    July 18, 2000

    Act Up! Here’s How

    A Selected List of Organizations

  • News

    July 18, 2000

    It Takes a Global Village

    From Africa to Australia to America, Activists Raise a Ruckus Around the World

  • News

    February 1, 2000

    The New Marshall Plan

    Rallying congress to fight AIDs in Africa

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