Heads of state, Nobel laureates, corporate chiefs, and the merely rich and famous are scheduled to gather in the small Swiss mountain village of Davos for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum later this month. 

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Portfolio.com correspondent Felix Salmon reports live from the World Economic Forum's annual meeting. Tony Blair, Henry Kissinger, Jamie Dimon: Learn who said what. Read stories 

While it has been dismissed as a gabfest or criticized as a self- congratulatory display of excess by the rich and powerful, the World Economic Forum's annual meeting nonetheless represents a unique opportunity for the people who run the world to fix some of its problems. Read story

Despite some questions about his leadership, Klaus Schwab remains the dynamo behind Davos. Read story

The inspiration for Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain, this Swiss ski town still boasts only one small commercial thoroughfare, which makes the World Economic Forum's annual meeting, held here every January, a very intimate affair. Read story

Hobnob with honchos from all over the world at these six meetings of high-powered minds. Read story