Bill Roedy from Davos

Bill Roedy, MTV vice chairman, talks to Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson on how big media is going local in different cultures.
Lower energy prices and a more stable US housing market have diminished risks in the global economy to the point where the world now has the "luxury" of worrying about mispriced financial markets, according to the new first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund.
Contributors to be paid ‘within months’
Print and TV embracing new technology
Officials told to step up efforts for trade deal
Derivatives complicate judging risk

Bill Roedy, MTV vice chairman, talks to Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson on how big media is going local in different cultures.
The FT’s world trade editor reports on the rising optimism over the Doha round and considers whether it has any substance.

The beauty of Davos, writes Google’s vice president of European operations, is that people think hard and party hard. And at altitude that’s a potent combination.

After meeting the head of the International Atomic Energy Authority, the Tory leader argues that a nuclear Iran is unacceptable.

The University of Tokyo professor gets a sense that Asean countries are moving toward a single market and the political will is there to achieve this.

The Infosys CEO argues that Davos is very conducive to promoting positive ideals in companies.
I knew it was a good idea to go to the “classic clarets” dinner. Some crazed benefactor had donated an extraordinary collection of wines for us to taste. Seated next to me was Victor Yanukovitch.
Google’s founders on the future of newspapers; the Karpov chess challenge; and the Earth Love Movement Foundation: the FT’s team of reporters offer an insight into the world of Davos.

Participants at the session on collaboration were asked to come up with ideas for new businesses. The Al Qaeda model of network enterprise was among those considered, writes John Gapper.

Gideon Rachman on the session on globalisation, which brought together some of the people who bear the greatest responsibility for the global economy.