Non-news from Davos

I’m in Davos this week for the Great Boondoggle in the Alps. I’ll be posting on the TIME Davos blog, but plan to cross-post all my contributions here for those who get these posts via RSS or e-mail (or just can’t be bothered to click over to another blog). So here’s the first one:

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The World Economic Forum in Davos is still a couple days away (it officially starts Wednesday, although a few preliminary things happen Tuesday afternoon), but I’m already here to do a little bit of skiing and a lot of pre-conference sleeping. And to take pictures.

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At the moment the town is still mostly in the hands of locals and skiers. From Tuesday afternoon through Sunday in the afternoon, it will be fully in the grip of Davos men—that internationalist vanguard whose members stand out for their addiction to panel discussions and their ability to function on about three hours of sleep a night.

I and my TIME colleagues Michael Elliott, Peter Gumbel and Bill Saporito will be chronicling the event here. I will add a few lo-fi videos, and possibly some h-fi audio (I borrowed a cool tape recorder). But for now you’re just going to have to make do with mediocre photos.

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Stocks Rally Further in Run-up to EU Summit

MOSCOW — Global stocks enjoyed one of their best days in weeks on Tuesday ahead of a summit of European leaders that’s expected to be dominated by calls to boost economic growth.

Europe remains the focus of attention across all financial markets in the run-up to the June 17 Greek election that could go a long way to determining the country’s membership of the euro as well as the future of the single currency zone.

banzai7

Remember, the Chinese downhill decides everything:

http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=SnbZVJwX-LM
plukasiak

The World Economic Forum in Davos is still a couple days away (it officially starts Wednesday, although a few preliminary things happen Tuesday afternoon), but I’m already here to do a little bit of skiing and a lot of pre-conference sleeping. And to take pictures.
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don’t you mean “already here to talk to the big movers and shakers who arrived early to do some skiing and network with other hotshots out of the glare of the Davos media circus?”
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I mean, gotta come up with something to justify that expense account item for foie gras and pouilly fuisse! (sp)
Justin Fox

I’m (sadly) not expensing this part of the trip, I have seen no movers and shakers here yet (unless you count CNN International anchors Richard Quest and Charles Hodson–and I wouldn’t), the food in Davos leans more toward pork and veal and of course potatoes, and the main wine we’ve been drinking is something local called Dôle.
bryanfromhouston

This just in!! No news from Davos. In fact, world business leaders and bankers admit they have no idea how bad the economic crisis will be nor have they even the faintest expectation that it can be fixed before the baby-boomers kick the bucket.
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