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...doesn?t mean that the critics of the WEF have gone away, even if they have been less visible this year than many expected. But two things about their case against Davos continue to puzzle me. First, I think they misunderstand the nature of the businessmen and businesswomen who attend these conferences. By and large, those who come here (remember: many of them are European) do so at least partly because they are genuinely interested in non-business issues, and because they want to learn more about questions of corporate social responsibility and the like. One long-time WEF attendee...
...World Youth Day celebrations climax in Toronto (27-28) with a vigil, a live concert and Papal Mass - up to a million young Catholics from 150 countries are expected to attend...
...Harvard custodian who is paid $9 an hour. The custodian can find a job that pays him $2 an hour more by learning to read, which will be taught in a literacy class through the Bridge to Learning Program (a Harvard program that pays people their hourly wage to attend literacy and language classes). But thanks to the hard work of the Living Wage Campaign, the worker’s pay is suddenly boosted to $11 an hour. Now that new job looks a lot less attractive; the custodian has to go through all the trouble of taking the classes...
...involved in creating the master plan for the Beijing Olympic proposal and Thompson's security clients have included the Department of Defense and various intelligence agencies. TIME.com spoke with both men about the particular challenges of Salt Lake City and the responsibilities of everyone who's planning to attend these Games...
England hardly qualifies as a churchgoing nation. More than 80% of its citizens never attend a religious service other than the odd wedding or funeral, according to London's Christian Research organization...