Posts Tagged ‘Business Leaders’

India digs in heels as China flexes muscle

Thursday, December 30th, 2010
It has been the season of geopolitical hugs in India — with one noticeable exception. One after the other, the leaders of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council have descended on India, accompanied by delegations of business leaders, seeking closer ties with this rising South Asian giant. The Indian media, basking in the high-level attention, have nicknamed them the “P ...

Geithner says force of global recession receding

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
The prediction came as Geithner kicked off his first official visit to the Middle East, courting leaders of a Gulf Arab region that has seen its global financial muscle grow on the back of petrodollar fueled investments. “The force of the global recession is receding,” Geithner told Saudi business leaders in the commercial hub of [...]

Gore, others urge CEOs to back climate change deal (San Francisco Chronicle)

Sunday, May 24th, 2009
Climate-change heavyweights U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon and Nobel prize winner Al Gore urged more than 500 business leaders on Sunday to lend their corporate muscle to reaching a global deal on reducing greenhouse gases. The CEOs of PepsiCo, Nestle, BP and other...