Tom Nolan + 2,443 TN May 24, 2022 Topics discussed and panels at the 2022 meeting will include: Experience the future of cooperation: The Global Collaboration Village Staying on Course for Nature Action Future-proofing Health Systems Accelerating the Reskilling Revolution (for the “green transition”) The ‘Net’ in Net Zero The Future of Globalization Unlocking Carbon Markets ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ World Economic Forum Annual Meeting World Economic Forum Annual MeetingDavos-Klosters, Switzerland, 22 - 26 May 2022 List of confirmed Public Figures https://web.archive.org/web/20220521015509/https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_AM22_List_of_confirmed_PFs.pdf https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_AM22_List_of_confirmed_PFs.pdf https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/meet-globalists-here-full-roster-davos-2022-attendees Meet The Globalists: Here Is The Full Roster Of Davos 2022 Attendees by Tyler Durden Monday, May 23, 2022 - 01:00 AM The infamous World Economic Forum (WEF) will host its annual meeting in Davos this week, and Jordan Schachtel,via 'The Dossier' Substack, is going to make sure you know who is attending the invite-only gathering. For those of you who are new to this nefarious organization: The World Economic Forum (WEF), through its annual Davos conference, acts as the go-to policy and ideas shop for the ruling class. The NGO is led by a comic book villain-like character in Klaus Schwab, its megalomaniac president who articulates a truly insane, extremist political agenda for our future. Heard one of your politicians declaring support for the “Build Back Better” agenda? [VIDEO] How about the “Great Reset?” All of those bumper sticker political narratives were popularized by the World Economic Forum. Have you read about the ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) movement? That’s also a WEF favorite. Davos 2022 includes the usual components of WEF’s “you’ll own nothing and you’ll be happy” totalitarian eco statist agenda. [ARTICLE CONTINUES] https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/meet-globalists-here-full-roster-davos-2022-attendees https://dossier.substack.com/p/the-globalists-here-is-the-full-roster?s=r 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tom Nolan + 2,443 TN May 24, 2022 https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/alibaba-exec-pitches-individual-carbon-footprint-tracker-world-economic-forum Davos Oligarch Pitches "Individual Carbon Footprint" Tracker by Tyler Durden Tuesday, May 24, 2022 - 11:05 AM Know what's even more fun than eating bugs and owning nothing? Tracking your personal carbon footprint! That's right - according to J. Michael Evans, president of the Alibaba Group, a new social compliance platform tested in Chinese cities might be the wave of the future. "We're developing, through technology, an ability for consumers to measure their own carbon footprint. What does that mean? That's, where are they traveling, how are they traveling, what are they eating, what are they consuming on the platform?" he told the World Economic Forum this week, adding "stay tuned, we don't have it operational yet - but this is something we're working on." [ARTICLE COTNINUES] See this for related for new laws coming in the EU - Digital ID ... https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/civilization-may-not-survive-george-soros-tells-davos-crowd-defeat-putin-and-xi-or "Civilization May Not Survive" - George Soros Tells Davos Crowd, Defeat Putin (And Xi) Or Else by Tyler Durden Tuesday, May 24, 2022 - 12:59 PM In his first appearance in person at Davos since Slamming Trump as a "conman, narcissist" and claiming Mark Zuckerberg was conspiring to get him re-elected in March 2020 (and warned that "the overheated US economy can't be kept boiling for too long"), billionaire George Soros unveiled his traditionally anticipated annual address, taking aim squarely at China (nothing new there) but adding Russia to his hit list. The 90-year-old puppet-master is certainly not getting any younger (looking older than 98-year-old Henry Kissinger who made headlines earlier in the day), warned that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has rattled Europe and could be the start of another world war. [ARTICLE CONTINUES] https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/blue-checks-furious-after-henry-kissinger-says-ukraine-should-cede-territory-peace 'Blue-Checks' Furious After Henry Kissinger Says Ukraine Should Cede Territory For Peace With Russia by Tyler Durden Tuesday, May 24, 2022 - 09:30 AM Veteran US statesman Henry Kissinger has urged the West to stop trying to inflict a crushing defeat on Russian forces in Ukraine, warning that it would have disastrous consequences for the long term stability of Europe. “I hope the Ukrainians will match the heroism they have shown with wisdom,” Kissinger warned an audience at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, adding with his famous sense of realpolitik that the proper role for the country is to be a neutral buffer state rather than the frontier of Europe. As The Telegraph's Ambrose Evans-Pritchard reports, Kissinger's comments came amid growing signs that the Western coalition against Vladimir Putin is fraying badly as the food and energy crisis deepens, and that sanctions may have reached their limits. [ARTICLE CONTINUES] Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tom Nolan + 2,443 TN May 24, 2022 https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/watch-davos-elites-warn-painful-global-transition-should-not-be-resisted-nation-states Watch: Davos Elites Warn "Painful Global Transition" Should Not Be Resisted By Nation-States by Tyler Durden Tuesday, May 24, 2022 - 02:00 PM Authored by Steve Watson via Summit News, As World Economic Forum head Klaus Schwab proclaimed that “the future is built by us” at the opening of the annual Davos gathering, two other European elites declared that the global energy crisis is a “transition” that will be “painful” for most, but should not be resisted by nations tempted to preserve their own sovereignty over the “global agenda.” [ARTICLE CONTINUES] 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tom Nolan + 2,443 TN May 25, 2022 Yahoo Finance is at the World Economic Forum in Davos https://finance.yahoo.com/show/davos INTERVIEWS AND VIDEOS Davos 2022: 3 themes being discussed among power brokers Brian Sozzi ·Anchor, Editor-at-Large DAVOS, Switzerland — The World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland is well underway, and there is a lot happening here on the ground despite not being as crowded as previous years. One source said the crowds feel 10% to 20% lighter in the halls of the Congress Center. Another noted that the after-hours party scene (more on that below) is less muted than in year's past. There is also far less optimism about the economy in the voices of world's power brokers. One CEO remarked that we may be talking ourselves into a recession. A few others have noted that Europe seems to be near a recession (though European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde offered a different take on this), which could blow back onto U.S. shores. President of the European Central Bank (ECB) Christine Lagarde speaks during a session at the Congress centre during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on May 25, 2022. (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images) Here is some other themes Yahoo Finance has spotted on the ground here at WEF: The ghost of Trump: If you look closely, remnants of the Trump administration are all over Davos — and we aren't talking about those tariffs on China that President Biden may now be looking to end. The hot after-hours party ticket on Tuesday was from former Trump White House Communications Director Anthony "The Mooch" Scaramucci. The Skybridge Capital founder has also been spotted working the halls — something he is very good at — of the busy Congress Center. No word on if Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, got an invite to Mooch's gathering. Kushner, who was spotted at the Congress Center on Monday, was here for Davos 2020 as part of the presidential delegation but has slipped in under-the-radar this time. Next hot party ticket is today as cybersecurity firm Cloudflare (who is building a name for holding the best parties at Davos) is flying in The Chainsmokers to perform. U.S. President Donald Trump leaves after a news conference at the 50th World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Twitter drama: Those captivated by the Elon Musk-Twitter saga may have forgotten that Twitter Chairman Bret Taylor has a day job — and it isn’t monitoring Elon Musk’s stream of consciousness on Twitter. Since November 2021, Taylor has worked alongside tech titan Marc Benioff as co-CEO of Salesforce to compete against rivals SAP (CEO Christian Klein is here), ServiceNow (CEO Bill McDermott is not here due to a scheduling conflict, a source told me), and IBM (CEO Arvind Krishna is here, spotted in his trademark dark blue suit). Taylor clearly knows where his ultimate priorities lie, alongside Benioff and Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield (Salesforce’s latest — and largest — acquisition). Taylor has been meeting with business leaders throughout the week, a source says. Somehow we suspect the Twitter battle has come up in his chats — followed quickly by the future of cloud services and the future of work. Borge Brende, President of the World Economic Forum (L) Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry (2nd L), Xie Zhenhua (3rd L) Special Representative for Climate Change Affairs of China , Geraldine Matchett, Member of the Board of Directors, ABB Ltd (3rd R), Kenyan climate activist Elizabeth Wathuti (2nd R), Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce.com (R) attend the annual meeting of World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on May 24, 2022. (Photo by Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) All things finance: It's never hard to spot an investment banker at Davos — usually by their attire. Think slim fit dark-colored Hugo Boss or Zenga suit, fitted dark shirt, slim fit tie and dull black Gucci dress shoes. The banker brigade has been out in full force this year, mostly the European deals and financing teams from the likes of a Goldman Sachs and others. Deutsche Bank CEO Christian Sewing was also spotted in the Congress Center (in that dark suit setup...), as was the bank's America's CEO Christiana Riley. Execs who Yahoo Finance have spoken with say bankers are presenting deals (because that's what they do) for companies they believe are worth much more than their current stock prices indicate (the market has been brutal as we all know). Financing is also top of mind as companies look to shore up their balance sheets ahead of a potential recession. And on the topic of markets, one major hedge fund player told me the selling in the markets may not yet be over. Take from this what you will. Brian Sozzi is an editor-at-large and anchor at Yahoo Finance. Follow Sozzi on Twitter @BrianSozzi and on LinkedIn. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tom Nolan + 2,443 TN May 25, 2022 ***** 5 STARS 15 minute informative video with World Economic Forum speaker extracts... Is Klaus Schwab the Most Dangerous Man in the World? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G3nWyoQ5CQ 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tom Nolan + 2,443 TN May 25, 2022 From the World Economic Forum website is a huge list of "partners"... World Economic Forum Partners are leading global companies developing solutions to the world’s greatest challenges. They are the driving force behind the Forum’s programmes. Our Partners engage in Forum Platforms to shape the future, accessing networks and experts to ensure strategic decision-making on the most pressing world issues. https://www.weforum.org/partners Board of Trustees https://www.weforum.org/about/leadership-and-governance NOTE:Blackrock is a big player. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tom Nolan + 2,443 TN May 25, 2022 Yahoo Finance WEF Highlights How ESG Is Driving Change in Advanced Manufacturing https://finance.yahoo.com/news/wef-highlights-esg-driving-change-133212671.html EXCERPTS Global leaders are gathering this week in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting on May 22-26. The Davos 2022 meeting brings together over 2,000 leaders and experts from around the world. Participants include the chief executives and chairs of WEF partner and member companies, political leaders and heads of international organizations, civil society representatives, academic experts, youth leaders and key figures from the worlds of art, culture, science and technology. Among globally significant topics on the agenda is building a better future for work and harnessing the technologies of the Fifth Industrial Revolution... ...the growing importance of ESG to drive change... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tom Nolan + 2,443 TN May 26, 2022 https://finance.yahoo.com/news/davos-2022-chip-makers-could-flee-the-us-in-months-unless-congress-acts-commerce-secretary-says-210302098.html Davos 2022: Chip makers could flee the US in ‘months’ unless Congress acts, Commerce secretary says Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tom Nolan + 2,443 TN May 26, 2022 8 predictions for the world in 2030 https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/11/8-predictions-for-the-world-in-2030 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tom Nolan + 2,443 TN May 27, 2022 https://www.activistpost.com/2022/05/alibaba-is-creating-a-digital-id-carbon-footprint-tracker.html Alibaba is Creating a Digital ID Carbon Footprint Tracker TOPICS:Climate ChangeDigital IDKeean BexteSurveillance May 24, 2022 By The Counter Signal Alibaba Group president J. Michael Evans bragged that the multi-billion-dollar company was creating a carbon footprint tracker to monitor people’s consumption around the world. “We’re developing, through technology, an ability for consumers to measure their own carbon footprint,” Alibaba’s president told the World Economic Forum (WEF). “What does that mean? That’s where are they travelling, how are they travelling, what are they eating, what are they consuming on the platform. So, individual carbon footprint tracker. Stay tuned. We don’t have it operational yet, but this is something that we’re working on.” [VIDEO of Alibaba President making these remarks.] While Evans spoke in broad strokes, an article from Alizila, which covers Alibaba corporate news, gets into more specifics about the carbon footprint tracker. “Alibaba Cloud launched the Energy Expert platform in February this year, allowing people to track their carbon footprint and receive credits worth money when making low-carbon choices,” Alizila writes. “Expect to earn 200 carbon credits when you lick your plate clean, and 554 credits if you take the subway, according to the measurement system devised by Guangzhou-based certification body CEPREI, in partnership with Alibaba Cloud.” They continue, saying the “trick is” to develop models that can monitor and translate individual activities into carbon credits and use the models to promote low-carbon lifestyles and communities. “The platform is designed to encourage people to adopt low-carbon behaviours and be environmentally accountable,” General Manager of Product and Solution at Alibaba Cloud Chen Lijuan told Alizila. So far, the Alibaba carbon footprint tracker has only been rolled out in China, specifically Xinqiao Shiju, where every resident “has a personal carbon account to monitor power use and carbon emissions. A household account combines the totals for everyone living in the same house,” Alizila reports. Residents then have to share their energy consumption with an “Energy Expert” who provides “customized suggestions” on how they can reduce their energy use. While the carbon footprint tracker is still in development and only in China, the CCP isn’t the only government that wants to track its citizens’ carbon footprint. In late March, the municipality of Bologna, Italy, announced it was rolling out a soft social credit score in the form of a “smart citizen wallet” that can receive “digital points” based on whether a citizen has demonstrated “virtuous behaviour,” according to an article from Corriere di Bologna. Of course, the top of the list for what’s considered “virtuous behaviour” is reducing your carbon impact. In an article on the WEF’s agenda (which you can read here), The Counter Signal used a hypothetical carbon footprint tracker as an example of how digital IDs could be used to coerce citizens’ behaviours and reduce their quality of life. It looks like that technology isn’t hypothetical anymore. It’s here, and it’s just as bad as we imagined. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Many people became informed about this ESG and Digital ID approach in 2017. It was all laid out with sourced document transcripts for those who WATCHED... How & Why Big Oil Conquered The World with transcriptshttps://www.corbettreport.com/bigoil/Episode 310 – How Big Oil Conquered The World – 12/28/2015https://www.corbettreport.com/episode-310-rise-of-the-oiligarchs/Episode 321 – Why Big Oil Conquered the World – 10/06/2017https://www.corbettreport.com/episode-321-why-big-oil-conquered-the-world/ Remain un-informed by not watching these two superb documentaries. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tom Nolan + 2,443 TN May 27, 2022 Also in Switzerland during the same week as the Davos - World Economic Forum.... ....is the WHO's World Health Assembly The Seventy-fifth World Health Assembly is being held in Geneva, Switzerland, on 22-28 May 2022. It is the first in-person Health Assembly since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. https://www.who.int/about/governance/world-health-assembly/seventy-fifth-world-health-assembly More International Health Regulations are being formulated. And, of course, there is the upcoming WHO's "Pandemic Treaty" which will be enforceable by trade sanctions against any of the 167 nations which do not comply with the dictates of WHO in any potential Pandemic. Evidently (via Zero Hedge)... The WHO's Pandemic Treaty "Is Tied To A Global Digital Passport And ID System" https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/who-treaty-tied-global-digital-passport-and-id-system Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tom Nolan + 2,443 TN May 27, 2022 Because it is in the News cycle and with an anomaly of simultaneous May, 2022 outbreaks in various global locations, I will mention this piece of information by WHO... https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2022-DON385 For those who do not know... Much like "Event 201", there was a Tabletop fictional Exercise in March of 2021 which featured a Monkeypox Pandemic. "Coincidently" that 2021 fictional scenario had the Monkeypox Pandemic begin on May 15, 2022 (see image). See the linked pdf for the description... https://www.nti.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/NTI_Paper_BIO-TTX_Final.pdf NOTE: If you are not familiar with "Event 201", it also was an Excercise scenario of a Coronavirus Pandemic. "Event 201" occurred on October 18, 2019 (months prior to the Covid-19 Pandemic.) Here is the "Highlights Reel" from Event 201 with their official description below... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoLw-Q8X174 Selected moments from the Event 201 pandemic tabletop exercise hosted by The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security in partnership with the World Economic Forum and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on October 18, 2019, in New York, NY. The exercise illustrated the pandemic preparedness efforts needed to diminish the large-scale economic and societal consequences of a severe pandemic. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TailingsPond + 1,013 GE May 27, 2022 (edited) 46 minutes ago, Tom Nolan said: The WHO's Pandemic Treaty "Is Tied To A Global Digital Passport And ID System" Do you not have a regular passport? The whole point has always been to identify and track people moving around the world. Nothing really new here. Edited May 27, 2022 by TailingsPond Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tom Nolan + 2,443 TN May 27, 2022 (edited) New York Times What Dominated the World Economic Forum Our takeaways from Davos, plus how some influencers hype crypto without disclosing their financial ties. https://archive.ph/8bOSM Edited May 27, 2022 by Tom Nolan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tom Nolan + 2,443 TN May 27, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, TailingsPond said: Do you not have a regular passport? The whole point has always been to identify and track people moving around the world. Nothing really new here. Then you will like the coming Social Credit Score Digital ID and all your data and money tied to your Digital ID. I'm sure that you trust the government, just like the Canadian government which froze thousands of bank accounts of those who did not agree with government policy. Edited May 27, 2022 by Tom Nolan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boat + 1,325 RG May 27, 2022 On 5/26/2022 at 7:52 AM, Tom Nolan said: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/davos-2022-chip-makers-could-flee-the-us-in-months-unless-congress-acts-commerce-secretary-says-210302098.html Davos 2022: Chip makers could flee the US in ‘months’ unless Congress acts, Commerce secretary says Taiwan is building chips in Arizona. I think they will stay. Lol To go along with your other conspiracy theory you lost Russia and maybe China. Just what will your global team do without the wild and crazy XI and Putin. There may be dozens of countries without food soon so the power of the tracking your carbon footprint may have to wait a couple of decades for wide scale adoption. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boat + 1,325 RG May 27, 2022 Russia has decided to go without chips. It appears they have decided to dispose of their tanks and tank commanders as well. They should save a few tank tops that have been blown off as a memorial. I wonder if the Ukrainians have sold Russian tanks being blown up clips as screen savers. $20 per 15 sec seems like a popular price. Helicopter $25 and a 5 min flaming ship $50. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tom Nolan + 2,443 TN May 27, 2022 Davos quotes... https://irinaslav.substack.com/p/the-race-is-on-for-most-outlandish?s=r Irina Slav - Substack The race is on for most outlandish energy statement I’ve always considered myself a reasonably stubborn individual but I have given up. I have given up on my long-held belief that if not all, if not most, then at least many people in a position of power know what they are doing. Even that has turned out to be excessively optimistic. I’ve written about the IEA’s Fatih Birol more than enough but he’s been generating comments again, so I feel the need to write about him again, this time with regard to oil supply and demand and how the balance must look for oil prices to remain affordable. “I very much hope that the increase coming from [the] United States, from Brazil, Canada this year, [will] be accompanied by the increase coming from the key producers in Middle East and elsewhere,” Birol told CNBC in Davos because, of course, everyone who’s anyone is in Davos this week. Then he went on to add “Otherwise, we have only one hope that we don’t have big trouble in the oil markets in summer, which is hoping … that the Chinese demand remains very weak.” This from the man who’s been urging everyone who’d listen to forget about oil and gas because we really must bring those emissions down and soon, so we must all be investing in wind and solar because they can perfectly replace both oil and gas. It’s not the first time Birol has done an U-turn on fossil fuels, of course, but it’s the latest time so it was worth a mention. In the U.S., meanwhile, I hear the administration is considering the possibility of a ban on oil exports. This is happening just seven short years after the ban was lifted, turning the U.S. into a sizeable player on international oil markets with greater price-setting power than before when it was mostly a consumer, albeit the largest consumer. The consideration is not too serious, for now, remarks on it being that export curbs are “not out of the question”. I will go against the grain here and say that it would be a brilliant decision solving more than one problem the administration is currently having with the energy industry: they will deprive those fat cats of their windfall profits from exported crude and rein local prices in. So what if some oil companies go bust? Everything has a price, even prices have a price, in this case. The rest of the world will have to take care of itself, however it can. So what if this hurts Washington’s reputation as reliable energy ally? As I like to say, every government should prioritise its own citizens over the citizens of any other country. And the governments of those other countries might sometimes need a reminder about the right order of priorities, even if such reminders tend to be financially painful. Both Birol and the U.S. administration are old favourites of mine but I’m happy to say this week brought a new contender into my running race for outrageous energy statements. Let’s all welcome the chief executive of Enel, the Italian-based international electricity and gas utility. Just how strong a contender Francesco Starace is becomes clear from the fact he enters the race with not one but two statements, from this week alone. Davos, of course. The first statement is about battery storage, or, more specifically, recycled battery storage. It’s not a new idea, certainly, but it will probably start garnering more attention as more recyclable EV batteries become available as the revolution unfolds. If it stops unfolding I don’t know what we’ll do about storage. Anyway, here’s Starace’s statement. “The “Second Life” project has been integrated and powered by Loccioni, an Italian system integrator specializing in sustainable storage systems. It takes disused Nissan LEAF batteries and uses them for a storage system with an overall capacity of 4MW and maximum energy storage of 1.7MWh. The system uses 78 Nissan Leaf batteries, 48 of which have been recycled and 30 of which are brand new. It can inject power into the city’s grid for up to 15 minutes, should the power plant become unavailable. This project perfectly shows the great potential that exists for disused car batteries.” I don’t know about all of you, but to me, these 15 minutes do not seem to show anything perfectly. They do not show anything anywhere near perfectly. What they seem to show is that 78 Leaf batteries can supply power to a town of 86,000 for 15 minutes in case something quickly fixable happens to that town’s power plant. Of course the question remains what time of day these batteries can supply a whole 15 minutes of power and whether or not this time would vary as demand varies, which it does. So, if 78 batteries can only provide 15 minutes of power, how many would be needed for an hour or two, or three? I am a big fan of recycling, I’ve said this before. I’m also a fan of reusing things. Single-use anything is not among my favourite phrases. It’s only applicable to hygiene products and beer cans, possibly olive oil bottles as well. The idea of using spent batteries from EVs to build storage arrays is theoretically perfect… until you remember these batteries are far from their optimal performance. Which, to me, means you’d need a lot of them for the storage array to make sense. And what happens when they do reach the final end of their extended lives? How long is this extension, actually? Questions abound. Yet, as most of you already know, this was not the most notable statement Starace made this week. No, the most notable statement that the chief executive of an electricity and gas utility Francesco Starace made was, and I quote, “Burning gas to produce electricity is, today, stupid.” Starace was talking to CNBC, commenting on the EU’s attempts to cut off its dependence on Russian hydrocarbons. Too much gas, Starace said, was “being used in a stupid way, because burning gas to produce electricity is, today, stupid.” “Stop using gas for heating, stop using gas for generating electricity when there are alternatives that are better,” he also said, obviously feeling in a generous mood. The alternatives? Have a guess. “Alternative methods of electricity generation include wind and solar power, among others,” per CNBC. If you think that bright engineering mind stopped there, you’d be wrong. Starace went on to say that “Overall I think there will be a reduction of gas consumption in Europe across the board coming mostly from those, like I said, ‘stupid’ uses,” clearly liking the sound of “gas” and “stupid” in a declarative sentence. “So burning it to generate electricity is not smart anymore, there is a better way,” he also said. “Burning it to heat our homes is not intelligent, there is a better way.” I cannot help but ask: however did the EU not think about this? That there is a better way? Whyever is a whole bloc of countries still being stupid and using electricity generated from gas and heat generated from burning gas (stupid) for heating homes and offices? Seriously, why didn’t they all just ask signor Francesco years ago? He would’ve told them “there is a better way” and now we wouldn’t have been in this embarrassing position where we have to beg for gas. It is interesting, however, that this “better way” Starace is referring to does not get clarified or elaborated on in the interview. What does get clarified, by CNBC, is that “The Enel Group — whose main shareholder is the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance — has said it will abandon gas generation by 2040. It also plans to leave the retail gas market in 2040.” Well, I’ll be mogadored, it looks like Enel is building a case against gas to make sure its business plan works as intended. Maybe, just maybe, there is a better way to do that? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tom Nolan + 2,443 TN May 28, 2022 https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/rand-paul-elitists-want-one-world-government-its-not-conspiracy-theory Senator Rand Paul: "Elitists Want A One World Government; It's Not A Conspiracy Theory" by Tyler Durden Friday, May 27, 2022 - 04:40 PM Authored by Steve Watson via Summit News, Senator Rand Paul appeared on Fox News Thursday and discussed the ongoing World Economic Forum gathering in Davos Switzerland, remarking that it is not a conspiracy theory to suggest the organisation is seeking a one world government, rather it is “in their mission statement.” Paul urged that “The real danger here that’s even more dangerous than all their phony caring about carbon footprint, the real danger is this; look how bad your government is in a country where you get to vote for these people.” “This would be a government, a world government where you don’t get to vote on anybody. This is everybody’s worst nightmare,” Paul asserted, referring to the ‘penetration’ of the WEF, to quote its head Klaus Schwab, into national governments. “The bureaucracy that we have trouble in our United States because we don’t get to vote on them, we vote indirectly,” Paul said, adding “Can you imagine the one-world bureaucracy of all these elitists and their private jets that would rule our country and we wouldn’t get to vote?” The Senator continued, “So I’m dead set against this and they used to call people that talked about one-world government used to say it’s a conspiracy. We would always say no, it’s in their mission statement.” “They say it at every meeting. That’s what they’re for,” Paul proclaimed, adding “lack of sovereignty means lack of freedom, it means lack of responsiveness and it’s completely antithetical to everything our country stands for.” Watch: [8 minute news video] [Tracking and digital ID is discussed.] Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tom Nolan + 2,443 TN May 28, 2022 22 hours ago, Tom Nolan said: Also in Switzerland during the same week as the Davos - World Economic Forum.... ....is the WHO's World Health Assembly The Seventy-fifth World Health Assembly is being held in Geneva, Switzerland, on 22-28 May 2022. It is the first in-person Health Assembly since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. https://www.who.int/about/governance/world-health-assembly/seventy-fifth-world-health-assembly More International Health Regulations are being formulated. And, of course, there is the upcoming WHO's "Pandemic Treaty" which will be enforceable by trade sanctions against any of the 167 nations which do not comply with the dictates of WHO in any potential Pandemic. Evidently (via Zero Hedge)... The WHO's Pandemic Treaty "Is Tied To A Global Digital Passport And ID System" https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/who-treaty-tied-global-digital-passport-and-id-system EXCERPTS ...Biden’s 13 proposed amendments to the UN’s International Health Regulations (IHR) that govern WHO operations grant broad new powers to Director-General Tedros Adhanhom Ghebreysus, a former Ethiopian government minister who has been in the role since 2017... ...Under the proposed amendments, the director-general could declare a public health emergency in any country regardless of whether local officials agree with the declaration. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/international-opposition-grows-biden-granting-who-authority-during-pandemics International Opposition Grows To Biden Granting WHO Pandemic Powers by Tyler Durden Saturday, May 28, 2022 - 06:00 AM Authored by Mark Tapscott via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Opposition from African delegates to the 75th World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva, Switzerland, has forced hours of informal dickering on possible revisions to President Joe Biden’s proposals to grant new powers to the World Health Organization (WHO) to deal with viral pandemics. The flag of the World Health Organization (WHO) at their headquarters in Geneva on March 5, 2021. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images) As previously reported by The Epoch Times, Biden’s 13 proposed amendments to the UN’s International Health Regulations (IHR) that govern WHO operations grant broad new powers to Director-General Tedros Adhanhom Ghebreysus, a former Ethiopian government minister who has been in the role since 2017. Earlier this week, Tedros was confirmed for a second term by the assembly, which is WHO’s decision-making body. The United States provides more than $150 million in assessed contributions to fund the organization and has given, on average, an additional $262 million in annual voluntary funding since 2012. World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a press conference at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, on July 3, 2020. (Fabrice Coffrini/Pool/AFP via Getty Images) Under the proposed amendments, the director-general could declare a public health emergency in any country regardless of whether local officials agree with the declaration. Tedros also would be authorized to rely on evidence from sources other than those approved by the affected country as the basis of such a declaration. Neither the organization’s media office nor its counterpart at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) responded to The Epoch Times’ request for comment. The WHA’s business is being conducted by two committees consisting of delegates from 194 member nations. The Biden proposals were first considered earlier this week by Committee A, presided over by Japanese delegate Hiroki Nakatani. The assembly’s process is to allow delegates to comment on and debate proposals, then if no objections are heard, the proposals are considered approved. But when the Biden proposals were first discussed earlier this week in Committee A’s third session, objections were voiced by African delegates. “The African region shares the view that the process should not be fast-tracked,” Moses Keetile, deputy permanent secretary in Botswana’s health ministry, reportedly told the assembly on behalf of the African region. During May 25’s sixth meeting of Committee A, Nakatani told the delegates that “progress was made during the informal discussions … but further discussion seems to be needed” and he said talks would continue. James Rogulski, an independent journalist and researcher, who is closely following the assembly livestream, said “for some reason, they [assembly officials] could not reach a consensus, so it seems like they are not even going to bring it to the floor,” pending the outcome of the informal negotiations. Rogulski added that “what they have done is they are setting up another bureaucracy. They are going to have a working group for the [IHR]. They are going to be taking submissions from around the world for their ideas on how these things should be amended. “That will go into September and then it looks like they are apparently going to be having another meeting in November.” A logo is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization (WHO) during an executive board meeting on update on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Geneva, Switzerland, April 6, 2021. (REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo) More details about the working group were contained in Tedros’ report to the world assembly on “Strengthening WHO Preparedness for and Response to Health Emergencies,” including a recommendation for the international health agency to proceed as described by Rogulski. The report said the new working group will “invite proposed amendments to be submitted by 30 Sept. 2022. All such proposed amendments to be communicated by the director-general to all state parties without delay; (d) request the [Working Group on International Health Regulations] WGIHR to convene its organizational meeting no later than 15 November 2022.” Earlier this week, HHS assistant secretary for global affairs Loyce Pace alluded to the Biden amendments without acknowledging the necessity for the informal negotiations. Pace told the assembly that the Biden “administration believes in the need for strong global relationships to combat COVID-19 and to prevent and prepare for future health emergencies.” Pace said U.S. officials are “pleased” that the WHA is moving “to strengthen existing tools available to the WHO and to all member states. “This includes strengthening the international health regulations from 2005 to clarify roles and responsibilities, increase transparency and accountability, share best practices, and communicate in real-time with our global partners. “We are also committed to an intergovernmental negotiating body process that engages external stakeholders and develops an international instrument on pandemics that enables meaningful, inclusive action.” But the Biden proposals have sparked a growing furor in the United States among critics who contend the amendments would amount to ceding of some portion of American sovereignty to WHO in the event of another pandemic like the one that has killed more one million Americans and in excess of six million people worldwide. President Joe Biden pauses while speaking during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington on Nov. 12, 2021. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), the first member of Congress to comment critically on the amendments, told The Epoch Times on May 26 that, “Of course the amendments should be withdrawn, but the bigger issue is how we got to this point in the first place. Why is this administration apparently willing to cede any authority to an international body, particularly the WHO?” Norman added that “given the public outrage over this issue, you’d think we’d be hearing directly from the White House concerning the status of these amendments, or at least our delegation to the World Health Assembly. It makes you wonder what’s coming next.” The Biden amendments are being defended by FactCheck.org, a media organization at the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania that claims to “monitor the factual accuracy of what is said” by political and other figures on the issues of the day. FactCheck.org said, “conservatives in the United States falsely claim … the amendments will threaten U.S. sovereignty.” The media organization then cited as an example the Biden proposal to delete an existing requirement that WHO consult with officials in a nation with a suspected pandemic before acting. But FactCheck.org then noted that “the proposal eliminates the requirement of consulting and obtaining verification of those third-party reports before taking action, and adds a deadline for the WHO to seek verification of the third-party report.” Critics of the amendment claim removing the organization’s requirement to consult with an affected nation before taking action—such as declaring a public health emergency in that country—amounts to a unilateral grant of power to the international health body. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tom Nolan + 2,443 TN May 28, 2022 43 minutes ago, Tom Nolan said: EXCERPTS ...Biden’s 13 proposed amendments to the UN’s International Health Regulations (IHR) that govern WHO operations grant broad new powers to Director-General Tedros Adhanhom Ghebreysus, a former Ethiopian government minister who has been in the role since 2017... ...Under the proposed amendments, the director-general could declare a public health emergency in any country regardless of whether local officials agree with the declaration. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/international-opposition-grows-biden-granting-who-authority-during-pandemics International Opposition Grows To Biden Granting WHO Pandemic Powers by Tyler Durden Saturday, May 28, 2022 - 06:00 AM Authored by Mark Tapscott via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Opposition from African delegates to the 75th World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva, Switzerland, has forced hours of informal dickering on possible revisions to President Joe Biden’s proposals to grant new powers to the World Health Organization (WHO) to deal with viral pandemics. The flag of the World Health Organization (WHO) at their headquarters in Geneva on March 5, 2021. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images) As previously reported by The Epoch Times, Biden’s 13 proposed amendments to the UN’s International Health Regulations (IHR) that govern WHO operations grant broad new powers to Director-General Tedros Adhanhom Ghebreysus, a former Ethiopian government minister who has been in the role since 2017. Earlier this week, Tedros was confirmed for a second term by the assembly, which is WHO’s decision-making body. The United States provides more than $150 million in assessed contributions to fund the organization and has given, on average, an additional $262 million in annual voluntary funding since 2012. World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a press conference at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, on July 3, 2020. (Fabrice Coffrini/Pool/AFP via Getty Images) Under the proposed amendments, the director-general could declare a public health emergency in any country regardless of whether local officials agree with the declaration. Tedros also would be authorized to rely on evidence from sources other than those approved by the affected country as the basis of such a declaration. Neither the organization’s media office nor its counterpart at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) responded to The Epoch Times’ request for comment. The WHA’s business is being conducted by two committees consisting of delegates from 194 member nations. The Biden proposals were first considered earlier this week by Committee A, presided over by Japanese delegate Hiroki Nakatani. The assembly’s process is to allow delegates to comment on and debate proposals, then if no objections are heard, the proposals are considered approved. But when the Biden proposals were first discussed earlier this week in Committee A’s third session, objections were voiced by African delegates. “The African region shares the view that the process should not be fast-tracked,” Moses Keetile, deputy permanent secretary in Botswana’s health ministry, reportedly told the assembly on behalf of the African region. During May 25’s sixth meeting of Committee A, Nakatani told the delegates that “progress was made during the informal discussions … but further discussion seems to be needed” and he said talks would continue. James Rogulski, an independent journalist and researcher, who is closely following the assembly livestream, said “for some reason, they [assembly officials] could not reach a consensus, so it seems like they are not even going to bring it to the floor,” pending the outcome of the informal negotiations. Rogulski added that “what they have done is they are setting up another bureaucracy. They are going to have a working group for the [IHR]. They are going to be taking submissions from around the world for their ideas on how these things should be amended. “That will go into September and then it looks like they are apparently going to be having another meeting in November.” A logo is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization (WHO) during an executive board meeting on update on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Geneva, Switzerland, April 6, 2021. (REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo) More details about the working group were contained in Tedros’ report to the world assembly on “Strengthening WHO Preparedness for and Response to Health Emergencies,” including a recommendation for the international health agency to proceed as described by Rogulski. The report said the new working group will “invite proposed amendments to be submitted by 30 Sept. 2022. All such proposed amendments to be communicated by the director-general to all state parties without delay; (d) request the [Working Group on International Health Regulations] WGIHR to convene its organizational meeting no later than 15 November 2022.” Earlier this week, HHS assistant secretary for global affairs Loyce Pace alluded to the Biden amendments without acknowledging the necessity for the informal negotiations. Pace told the assembly that the Biden “administration believes in the need for strong global relationships to combat COVID-19 and to prevent and prepare for future health emergencies.” Pace said U.S. officials are “pleased” that the WHA is moving “to strengthen existing tools available to the WHO and to all member states. “This includes strengthening the international health regulations from 2005 to clarify roles and responsibilities, increase transparency and accountability, share best practices, and communicate in real-time with our global partners. “We are also committed to an intergovernmental negotiating body process that engages external stakeholders and develops an international instrument on pandemics that enables meaningful, inclusive action.” But the Biden proposals have sparked a growing furor in the United States among critics who contend the amendments would amount to ceding of some portion of American sovereignty to WHO in the event of another pandemic like the one that has killed more one million Americans and in excess of six million people worldwide. President Joe Biden pauses while speaking during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington on Nov. 12, 2021. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), the first member of Congress to comment critically on the amendments, told The Epoch Times on May 26 that, “Of course the amendments should be withdrawn, but the bigger issue is how we got to this point in the first place. Why is this administration apparently willing to cede any authority to an international body, particularly the WHO?” Norman added that “given the public outrage over this issue, you’d think we’d be hearing directly from the White House concerning the status of these amendments, or at least our delegation to the World Health Assembly. It makes you wonder what’s coming next.” The Biden amendments are being defended by FactCheck.org, a media organization at the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania that claims to “monitor the factual accuracy of what is said” by political and other figures on the issues of the day. FactCheck.org said, “conservatives in the United States falsely claim … the amendments will threaten U.S. sovereignty.” The media organization then cited as an example the Biden proposal to delete an existing requirement that WHO consult with officials in a nation with a suspected pandemic before acting. But FactCheck.org then noted that “the proposal eliminates the requirement of consulting and obtaining verification of those third-party reports before taking action, and adds a deadline for the WHO to seek verification of the third-party report.” Critics of the amendment claim removing the organization’s requirement to consult with an affected nation before taking action—such as declaring a public health emergency in that country—amounts to a unilateral grant of power to the international health body. Coincidences… On the above article regarding the new proposed powers of WHO (which could include sanctions to nations per the upcoming treaty.), that during the Covid-19 Pandemic there were some countries which refused to follow WHO guidelines. Some of those countries’ leaders died shortly afterwards or were met with ‘grief’. Countries which had refused WHO guidance included Belarus, Tanzania, Burundi, Madagascar and Haiti. John Magufuli, President of Tanzania, a “Covid-19 lockdown denier”, famously had his office submit five unlabelled samples for testing – goat, motor oil, papaya, quail and jackfruit – and when four came back positive and one “inconclusive”, he banned the testing kits. Shortly afterwards, he died of a “heart attack” (supposedly). https://off-guardian.org/2021/03/12/tanzania-the-second-covid-coup/ https://off-guardian.org/2021/03/18/discuss-president-magufuli-dead-at-61/ Burundi https://off-guardian.org/2020/07/14/coronavirus-and-regime-change-burundis-covid-coup/ Belarus https://web.archive.org/web/20201224041212/https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/world-news/corruption/belarusian-president-claims-imf-world-bank-offered-him-a-bribe-to-impose-covid-restrictions/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tom Nolan + 2,443 TN May 29, 2022 (edited) Kit Knightly is one of the top investigative journalists of our time. Here is a recent article... https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/davos-reveals-building-blocks-green-social-credit-system https://off-guardian.org/2022/05/24/davos-reveals-building-blocks-for-green-social-credit-system/ Davos Reveals Building-Blocks For "Green" Social-Credit System by Tyler Durden Sunday, May 29, 2022 - 06:00 AM Authored by Kit Knightly via Off-Guardian.org, This week, during one of the WEF’s live-streamed panels, Alibaba Holdings President J. Michael Evans claimed that the company is working on an app that could track an individual users carbon footprint. From Off-Guardian... This morning, on one of the WEF’s live-streamed panels, Alibaba Holdings President J. Michael Evans claimed that the company is working on an app that could track an individual users carbon footprint. The former-Goldman Sachs vice-chairman told the audience of the “Strategic Outlook: Responsible Consumption” panel: [20 second VIDEO] We’re developing, through technology, an ability for consumers to measure their own carbon footprint. What does that mean? That’s where are they travelling, how are they travelling, what are they eating, what are they consuming on our platform. So: An individual carbon footprint tracker.” Now, to clarify, Evans was only talking about Alibaba’s platform…but that’s a big platform. The Chinese company is the second-largest e-commerce company in the world after Amazon, with revenues in excess of 715 billion Yuan in 2021 (that’s over 110 billion USD). And they’re not just an e-commerce platform. Through their financial and technological service companies, Alibaba runs the largest domain name market, email provider and cloud storage services in China, and the largest payment platform in the world. Through Alihealth they supply online pharmacy services, as well as providing computer technology to hospitals and clinics. Since they bought AutoNavi in 2014, they own the biggest e-map navigation company in China too. Essentially, in China if you want to pay for something on the internet, you probably use Alibaba. If you want to order something online from a small business, you probably use Alibaba. If you want to sell your stuff second hand, you probably use Alibaba. If you want to register a domain, go to a pharmacy, check into a hospital, send an email, use a map or GPS…you get the idea. Alibaba’s computing sector is also a market leader in AI services, being the first payment platform to start using facial recognition technology to confirm payments in 2017. Other projects on the go include “CityBrain”, an AI designed to scan cities and provide “streamlined” traffic services. Warning of potential accidents as well as making public transport more efficient, a clear move toward “Smart Cities”. The company also has previous when it comes to “individual carbon footprint” apps. In 2017 their payment platform subsidiary Ant Financial Services was named 6th in Fortune’s “Change the World” list for its Ant Forest app. According to Fortune, Ant Forest is “the world’s largest platform for tracking individuals’ carbon footprints”, and here’s how it works: Users earn points toward planting virtual trees by adopting earth-friendly habits. The company plants a real tree for every 17.9 kg of carbon saved They’re incredibly vague on how users “earn” these points, or what exactly these “Earth-friendly habits” are, but it doesn’t take a genius to make some educated guesses. And while we’ve been focusing on the individual carbon footprint tracker, something else Evans says later in the panel is just as interesting: [36 minute VIDEO] The third thing, we call it “Green Travel”. So, we have within our business something called AMAP – a mapping, think Google Maps or Ways – plus travel destination business. So what we’re going to allow people to do is, first of all, calculate the best and most efficient route and also the most efficient form of transportation. And then, if they take advantage of those recommendations, we’ll give them bonus points which they can redeem elsewhere on our platform. So, they are incentivised to do the right thing, even while they are provided the opportunity to do the wrong thing.” So let’s put these three facts together. It seems Alibaba currently has apps, either being used or in development, that: Monitor travel routes and methods and “reward” users for making the “correct choice”. Can track an individual’s “carbon footprint”, including what they eat and where. Have users “earn points” for “earth-friendly habits”. Even individually these functions are worrying enough, but they combine to paint a very concerning picture of the future. Further, combine that with what we know of the company’s reach through its subsidiaries: Smart Cities, banking, healthcare records, emails, internet activity and more. How long before Alibaba decides to “reward” other “correct choices” that have nothing to do with the environment? Like vaccination, for example. How long after that do they start punishing incorrect choices? They already technically have access to the data they would need to construct this system. It would be naïve in the extreme to not see where this leads. And, of course, it won’t just be China. If Alibaba is doing this then Google, Amazon, Apple and all the rest of them won’t be far behind. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Filed under: latest, The "New Normal", While you were watching the war... Tagged with: Alibaba, carbon credits, climate change, Davos, social control, social credit, Surveillance, technocracy, WEF, World Economic Forum Edited May 29, 2022 by Tom Nolan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
specinho + 475 May 29, 2022 On 5/25/2022 at 9:55 PM, Tom Nolan said: Yahoo Finance is at the World Economic Forum in Davos https://finance.yahoo.com/show/davos INTERVIEWS AND VIDEOS Davos 2022: 3 themes being discussed among power brokers Brian Sozzi ·Anchor, Editor-at-Large DAVOS, Switzerland — The World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland is well underway, and there is a lot happening here on the ground despite not being as crowded as previous years. One source said the crowds feel 10% to 20% lighter in the halls of the Congress Center. Another noted that the after-hours party scene (more on that below) is less muted than in year's past. There is also far less optimism about the economy in the voices of world's power brokers. One CEO remarked that we may be talking ourselves into a recession. A few others have noted that Europe seems to be near a recession (though European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde offered a different take on this), which could blow back onto U.S. shores. President of the European Central Bank (ECB) Christine Lagarde speaks during a session at the Congress centre during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on May 25, 2022. (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images) Here is some other themes Yahoo Finance has spotted on the ground here at WEF: The ghost of Trump: If you look closely, remnants of the Trump administration are all over Davos — and we aren't talking about those tariffs on China that President Biden may now be looking to end. The hot after-hours party ticket on Tuesday was from former Trump White House Communications Director Anthony "The Mooch" Scaramucci. The Skybridge Capital founder has also been spotted working the halls — something he is very good at — of the busy Congress Center. No word on if Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, got an invite to Mooch's gathering. Kushner, who was spotted at the Congress Center on Monday, was here for Davos 2020 as part of the presidential delegation but has slipped in under-the-radar this time. Next hot party ticket is today as cybersecurity firm Cloudflare (who is building a name for holding the best parties at Davos) is flying in The Chainsmokers to perform. U.S. President Donald Trump leaves after a news conference at the 50th World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Twitter drama: Those captivated by the Elon Musk-Twitter saga may have forgotten that Twitter Chairman Bret Taylor has a day job — and it isn’t monitoring Elon Musk’s stream of consciousness on Twitter. Since November 2021, Taylor has worked alongside tech titan Marc Benioff as co-CEO of Salesforce to compete against rivals SAP (CEO Christian Klein is here), ServiceNow (CEO Bill McDermott is not here due to a scheduling conflict, a source told me), and IBM (CEO Arvind Krishna is here, spotted in his trademark dark blue suit). Taylor clearly knows where his ultimate priorities lie, alongside Benioff and Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield (Salesforce’s latest — and largest — acquisition). Taylor has been meeting with business leaders throughout the week, a source says. Somehow we suspect the Twitter battle has come up in his chats — followed quickly by the future of cloud services and the future of work. Borge Brende, President of the World Economic Forum (L) Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry (2nd L), Xie Zhenhua (3rd L) Special Representative for Climate Change Affairs of China , Geraldine Matchett, Member of the Board of Directors, ABB Ltd (3rd R), Kenyan climate activist Elizabeth Wathuti (2nd R), Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce.com (R) attend the annual meeting of World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on May 24, 2022. (Photo by Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) All things finance: It's never hard to spot an investment banker at Davos — usually by their attire. Think slim fit dark-colored Hugo Boss or Zenga suit, fitted dark shirt, slim fit tie and dull black Gucci dress shoes. The banker brigade has been out in full force this year, mostly the European deals and financing teams from the likes of a Goldman Sachs and others. Deutsche Bank CEO Christian Sewing was also spotted in the Congress Center (in that dark suit setup...), as was the bank's America's CEO Christiana Riley. Execs who Yahoo Finance have spoken with say bankers are presenting deals (because that's what they do) for companies they believe are worth much more than their current stock prices indicate (the market has been brutal as we all know). Financing is also top of mind as companies look to shore up their balance sheets ahead of a potential recession. And on the topic of markets, one major hedge fund player told me the selling in the markets may not yet be over. Take from this what you will. Brian Sozzi is an editor-at-large and anchor at Yahoo Finance. Follow Sozzi on Twitter @BrianSozzi and on LinkedIn. have been wondering why my IBM commercial chatbot construction did not work with logical responses and receive no support upon filing enquiry......... hmm.......... sabotaged........ 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