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Ambrosetti 2008

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Video: Europe squares up to the bear

Guy Dinmore, Rome correspondent, finds a more conciliatory European business and political response than the US found. With interviews featuring Kremlin advisers, the European Commission president and the chief executive of Enel

Italy’s Enel calls for ‘measured approach’ to Russia

Fulvio Conti, chief executive of Italian power utility, Enel, counsels “prudence” by the EU in dealing with Russia over the Georgia crisis, given, he says, that 35% of European oil and gas comes from Russia.

Video: Inflation “coming down”

Leading economists Jim O’Neill of Goldman Sachs and Ken Rogoff of Harvard University debate the burning global issues at the Ambrosetti economic forum in northern Italy. Has inflation peaked? O’Neill thinks inflation is “coming down”. Should policymakers resist the global slowdown? Rogoff warns the US and China against priming the pump and propping up banks

Video: Medvedev aide says Russia will recover from capital flight

Russia will recover from capital flight after the Georgia crisis, according to Arkady Dvorkovich, economic aide to Russia president Dmitry Medvedev. He says a new cold war would be a waste of money for all taxpayers .

Video: Social spending will slow Chinese economy

After 30 years of fast growth, China must now focus on welfare, says Cheng Siwei of China’s Academy of Science