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27 Jan 2012 at 3:15pm
(Reuters) - Facebook's initial public offering is likely to set a new standard for how low investment banks are willing to go on advisory fees to win big business.
27 Jan 2012 at 8:20am
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Friday that a German court has ruled against it in a patent suit with Apple Inc over mobile technology, the latest verdict in an intensifying global legal battle between the two technology giants.
27 Jan 2012 at 3:16pm
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc has never turned "a blind eye" to the problems in its supply chain and any suggestion it does not care about the plight of workers is "patently false," Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook said in an email to employees.

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by Rana Foroohar
27 Jan 2012 at 2:02pm
In 2008, after Lehman Brothers fell and the financial crisis and global recession began, the conventional wisdom was that we were entering an era in which government would take back power from business. In fact, just the opposite has happened. The high profile political figures here at Davos disappointed ? Merkel was angry and depressed [...]

by Sam Gustin
27 Jan 2012 at 12:48pm
Social networking juggernaut Facebook could file the paperwork for its much-anticipated initial public offering as early as next Wednesday, according to a new report in The Wall Street Journal. If previous reports are correct, the eight-year-old company could seek to raise as much as $10 billion, making the offering the largest technology IPO in history. [...]

by Jim Frederick
27 Jan 2012 at 11:15am
The topics and tropes fall faster than snowflakes here in Davos, where several thousand of the world?s leading business people, politicians and policy makers gather once a year for an annual think-fest. And with literally hundreds of panels, debates, interviews, workshops and symposia taking place, it would be impossible to capture all of the ideas competing for attendees? attention.