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In the highly complex, interconnected financial world, bonds play a crucial role. Watch our latest Back to Basics video to discover how bonds work, why they matter to both individual investors and governments, and the essential role they play in the global economy.
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David Beckham shot to fame in the 1990s playing football for Manchester United and England and boosted the game’s profile in the USA playing for LA Galaxy. Off the pitch he was at the centre of Cool Britiannia-era glamour, marrying Posh Spice pop star-turned-fashion designer Victoria.
He’s a global brand, and he has used that fame and influence, among other things, as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations children’s fund, UNICEF, where his 7 Fund - named after the number he wore on the pitch - works in schools around the world to combat bullying, violence, child marriage and missed education.
Beckham, who turns 50 this year, was at the Forum's Annual Meeting in Davos to receive a Crystal Award, which the Forum bestows on people in arts and entertainment who have gone beyond the day job to help improve the state of the world.
At a time when overseas development is under pressure like never before, and with a rise in online misogyny, we spoke to David Beckham about his work with UNICEF and his role as a father.
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Published: 20th Mar 2025 05:19:23 By: World Economic Forum
World Economic Forum Video: 3 Barriers for Women in Business & How Peace Talks Work | WEF | Top Stories Week
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0:15 Factory helps staff develop digital skills – Chicago’s Kilbourn facility is the largest Unilever condiments factory in the world and today, more than 200 people operate the lines 6 days a week. But 3 years ago, Kilbourn had reached a crisis point. To fix it, Kilbourn worked alongside its labour union to help staff develop their digital skills.
3:18 3 barriers for women in business – Cherie Blair, a lawyer and advocate for women entrepreneurs, highlights three major obstacles women face in business: gender stereotyping, access to finance, and unpaid care duties.
7:30 Work-life balance a top priority – A job that fits their lives is now the top motivator for employees worldwide. In Randstad’s Workmonitor annual survey of more than 26,000 global workers, work-life balance outranks pay for the first time in 22 years.
9:11 Expert explains how peace talks work – Comfort Ero is head of the think tank International Crisis Group. The organization is working on more than 70 current and potential conflicts worldwide, promoting peace through research, dialogue and policy advice.
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Published: 15th Mar 2025 01:01:10 By: World Economic Forum
World Economic Forum Video: Anxious Generation: Jonathan Haidt on how to fight back a mental health epidemic #radiodavos
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Published: 13th Mar 2025 01:43:30 By: World Economic Forum
World Economic Forum Video: The Anxious Generation: how phone-free schools can reverse a mental health pandemic
In The Anxious Generation, Jonathan Haidt says there is clear evidence that giving children smart phones with addictive social media has caused a mental health pandemic.
The NYU-Stern social psychologist, who also wrote The Happiness Hypothesis, spoke to us at the Annual Meeting 2025 in Davos.
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Published: 12th Mar 2025 05:43:19 By: World Economic Forum
World Economic Forum Video: How AI Has Advanced Healthcare & Start-Up Empowers Millions of Farmers | WEF | Top Stories Week
This week's top stories of the week include:
0:15 5 ways AI has advanced healthcare – AI is improving surgery in a number of ways. From building ideal surgical plans for patients to guiding surgeons through tricky procedures.Globally, 4.5 billion people lack access to essential healthcare services. AI could help bridge that gap. Yet healthcare is ‘below average’ in its adoption of AI compared to other industries.
4:42 Start-up empowers millions of farmers – Farmerline is revolutionizing agriculture in Africa with its AI-driven interactive voice response tool, Darli AI. Available in 27 languages, including 20 African languages, Darli serves as a 911 for farmers—providing critical farming insights in a language they understand. Research shows that farmers are 60% more likely to adopt new techniques when information is delivered in their native language.
7:56 Workplace traditions we should rethink – Adam Grant is an organizational psychologist and professor at Wharton. Traditional hierarchies can stifle innovation, he says. One ‘no’ from on high can be all it takes to kill an idea. So, instead of a ladder with just one route upwards, what about a corporate lattice?
10:58 Why businesses need geopolitical muscle – Nikolaus Lang is Chair of the BCG Center for Geopolitics. As the world becomes more multipolar, with power centres outside the West in China, Russia, and increasingly the Global South, shifting trade flows are breaking down old alliances, and economic nationalism is on the rise. In this environment, businesses can put on ‘geopolitical muscle’ by focusing on 2 key elements.
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Published: 8th Mar 2025 01:00:57 By: World Economic Forum
Reuters Video: Alphabet to buy Wiz for $32 billion in its biggest deal | REUTERS
Alphabet has announced plans to acquire cybersecurity company Wiz for $32 billion, marking its largest deal to date. The acquisition is set to boost Google's cloud business.
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Xiaomi reported a near 50% increase in Q4 revenue to $15 billion, beating analyst estimates. The Chinese tech giant also raised its 2025 electric vehicle delivery target to 350,000, following the launch of its SU7 sedan last year.
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Published: 18th Mar 2025 01:53:02 By: Reuters
Reuters Video: Big pharma fears US-EU tariff war will hit top drugs | REUTERS
Pharmaceutical majors are urging the Trump administration and EU officials to exclude medical goods from tariff spats as they fear their top-selling drugs made in Europe may may take a hit.
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Published: 18th Mar 2025 01:27:51 By: Reuters
Reuters Video: Market Talk: German fiscal plans 'will make a big difference' | REUTERS
The ‘unshackling’ of Germany’s borrowing window will create significant changes and ‘sizable’ growth, said Elliot Hentov from State Street Global Advisors as the German parliament is set to vote on a massive surge in borrowing and spending.
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Published: 18th Mar 2025 12:34:50 By: Reuters
Reuters Video: Alphabet back in talks for Israel's Wiz for over $30 billion | REUTERS
Alphabet is in advanced talks to acquire Israeli cybersecurity firm Wiz for a sum exceeding $30 billion, a potential record-breaking deal for Alphabet. This follows a $23 billion offer last year which Wiz declined over antitrust concerns.
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Published: 18th Mar 2025 12:03:21 By: Reuters
Business Video: Hear ex-Treasury secretary’s prediction if Trump doesn’t change course
Larry Summers, the former Treasury secretary under President Clinton, explains why he believes Americans are right to be concerned about the economy and predicts the likelihood of a recession if President Trump continues his tariff policies. #CNN #News
Published: 14th Mar 2025 05:26:02 By: CNN
Business Video: Trump threatens 200% tariff on European alcohol as trade war escalates
President Donald Trump threatened to impose a massive tariff on European alcohol in response to the European Union’s retaliation against his steel and aluminum tariffs – a tit-for-tat escalation of a trade war that could easily get out of hand. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said his administration would impose a 200% tariff on alcoholic beverages from the EU unless it rescinds the 50% tariff the European government imposed on US whiskey. #CNN #News
Published: 13th Mar 2025 02:09:35 By: CNN
Business Video: Trump imposes sweeping 25% steel and aluminum tariffs. Europe immediately retaliates
President Donald Trump imposed sweeping 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imported into the United States Wednesday, a policy aimed at leveling the playing field for US manufacturing but a move that threatens to drive up prices on a broad range of consumer and industrial goods for Americans. It’s the latest salvo in Trump’s multifaceted tariff plan aimed at correcting perceived trade imbalances and reigniting domestic industry. But it risks igniting a global trade war. The European Union, hit for the first time by higher US tariffs since Trump returned to the White House, retaliated within hours with countermeasures on US goods exports. #CNN #News
Published: 12th Mar 2025 12:58:16 By: CNN
Business Video: 'Absolute chaos created by one person': Ford pushes back after Trump's tariff threat
President Donald Trump threatened to escalate a budding trade war with Canada in retaliation for Ontario’s export surcharge on US electricity. Ontario Premier Doug Ford spoke with CNN's Wolf Blitzer about Trump, trade and tariffs. #CNN #news
00:00 Ontario Premier Doug Ford
06:02 Inside Politics panel on Trump’s tariff threat to Canada
12:17 CNN’s Paula Newton on Canadian reaction
15:09 Ben Bergman, senior correspondent for Business Insider
18:19 Jeff Stein, White House economics reporter for The Washington Post
24:44 Yvan Baker, member of Canadian Parliament
Published: 11th Mar 2025 06:43:14 By: CNN
Business Video: ‘What a mess President Trump has created’: Canadian official on tariffs
Ontario Premier Doug Ford suggested that Canada and the United States renegotiate the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement, known as USMCA, instead of continuing the trade war between the two countries. #CNN #News