Word: summiteer
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...anxiety erupted early this week, when Iranian and Venezuelan officials warned that if Opec waited much longer before cutting its output, it could face another massive price collapse. On Thursday, Opec officials scheduled an emergency meeting in Vienna for Nov. 18 rather than wait until the cartel's scheduled summit in Algiers in early December. In the meantime, the world's biggest oil producer, Saudi Arabia - which increased production in the summer - has already begun loading less oil on its tankers, according to global oil figures...
From the CEO of JP Morgan to Microsoft founder Bill Gates to the finance minister of India, Harvard Business School will be welcoming over 1,600 alums and distinguished guests to celebrate its centennial this Sunday. The HBS Global Business Summit, which will take place over three days, is the “capstone event” of the yearlong celebration of the school’s founding in 1908, according to senior associate dean John A. Quelch. Alums will have the opportunity to choose from over 50 panels on topics ranging from social enterprise to agribusiness, attend keynote addresses...
...finance ministers at least came to a rhetorical agreement to prop up "system-relevant" banks. But which are they, and how many billions does Europe have to deploy? We'll cross that bridge when we get there, the ministers mumbled; meanwhile, we'll wait for the E.U.'s summit on Oct. 15. Share prices, of course, did not wait to plunge even further...
...want to put down the foundations of a capitalism of the entrepreneur and not of the speculator," Sarkozy said in calling for an international summit to start a new postglobalization era of economics. "We want transparency, we want moralization. We want the creation of value. We want people to have confidence." All of which Europe wanted on Saturday and now sees diminished on Monday...
...painting over graffiti or picking up litter, but about creating pathways for citizens to help address big social challenges. Even Senators McCain and Obama find room to agree on the importance of service. That is reflected in part by their recent historic agreement at the ServiceNation Presidential Forum and Summit in New York City this past September 11th and 12th to co-sponsor the new bi-partisan “Serve America Act” with Senators Kennedy, Hatch, Dodd, Cochran, and Clinton. This new legislation will grow AmeriCorps by 175,000 corps members, strengthen and grow the Peace Corps...