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I've always been interested in structure and teamwork. Growing up, I was very active in sport. I wrestled competitively and was ranked in the province. That taught me discipline and the importance of working together towards a common goal.

"A truck transporting 413,793 units of its new chocolate range has been stolen during transit in Europe, weighing around 12 tonnes and disappearing last week."

English has quietly become the default working language in multinational companies, impacting communication and career advancement for non-native speakers.

As we enter 2026, is gearing up to release our fourth edition of the Fortune 500 Europe list, celebrating the region's most successful companies through the framework of one of business's best-known accolades. To truly understand these companies, we are embarking on a program of webinar masterclasses, executive interviews and strategy deep-dives, leading up to an exclusive London event for CEOs in September.

I believe now is the right moment for the Forum to continue its important work without distractions. Brende, who led the organisation behind the annual Davos conference for over 8 years, made this statement upon announcing his resignation.

We begin with a deliberately ambitious question. What would it take for every person on Earth to live at least as well as someone in Switzerland does today-by 2100? Not culturally Swiss, but economically empowered with high incomes, long lives, strong education, and social cohesion. Achieving this would require global GDP to be about 8.5 times higher than it is today. That figure alone is enough to trigger skepticism. Will we have enough energy, materials, food, and innovation?

"Calm down the hysteria," Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday. "Take a deep breath." He was urging European counterparts and journalists not to read too much into the current kerfuffle over President Donald Trump's desire to annex Greenland, which was followed by the threat of new U.S. tariffs on a group of European countries standing in solidarity with Denmark.

"It's interesting they've gone for that so early," he said. "Maybe they feel they need to make more revenue."

We have entered a new world economy shaped by two fundamental forces: geoeconomic fragmentation and exponential innovation. In this environment, established cooperative and diplomatic frameworks are under pressure, requiring much more dialogue, imagination and entrepreneurship to regain forward momentum. At the same time, technology and innovation are being deployed at unprecedented speed, with companies playing an ever-greater role. These shifts are transforming how businesses operate across geographies.

Policy-makers are being urged to focus on investments in artificial intelligence (AI) in a way that makes sense for the economy. The Rethinking AI sovereignty paper, published to coincide with the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, recommends that policy-makers reframe AI sovereignty as strategic interdependence, where localised investments are combined with trusted partnerships and alliances. The paper, co-authored by the World Economic Forum and Bain & Co, presents data that illustrates the gap between AI infrastructure investment in the US and China compared with other countries.

Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ: KHC) delivered mixed fourth-quarter results on February 11, 2026, beating earnings expectations while missing on revenue. However, the bigger story was CEO Steve Cahillane's decision to halt the planned separation and commit $600 million to a turnaround effort. Shares fell roughly 7% in premarket trading as investors digested the strategic pivot and weak guidance. Q4 Results: EPS Beat, Revenue Miss Kraft Heinz reported adjusted EPS of $0.67, topping consensus of $0.62 by 8.1%. However, revenue of $6.35 billion fell short of $6.44 billion expectations, a 1.4% miss. Organic sales declined 4.2% year-over-year, driven by volume and mix headwinds of 4.7 percentage points.

Trump on Wednesday is set to address the World Economic Forum in the Swiss Alps, where his ambitions to wrest control of Greenland from NATO ally Denmark could tear relations with European allies and overshadow his original plan to use his appearance at the gathering of global elites to address affordability issues back home. Trump comes to the international forum at Davos on the heels of threatening tariffs on Denmark and seven other allies unless they negotiate

Starbucks is getting CEO Brian Niccol to use the company jet for all his travels - and removing his quarter-million travel budget cap. In a Monday filing, the Seattle-based coffee chain said that it was changing its agreement on how much Niccol could use the company's private jet for his personal travel. And the main reason for this change is to ensure Niccol's safety.