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" Hello from Davos, a tiny Swiss village two hours above Zurich. The plane over was packed with business leaders and the journalists sent to cover them (guess who flies economy?), all heading to the 44th annual World Economic Forum. It&amp;#039;s invitation only, and this year&amp;#039;s 2800 include 200 CEOs, 40 heads of state, 70 billionaires (maybe more if the market is up today), nearly all of us in snow boots. It&amp;#039;s easy to wonder why so many of the most powerful trek up the snow-covered Alps to stay in lodging that&amp;#039;s usually a couple stars short of the Ritz, just to battle long lines and freeze. But WEF, as it&amp;#039;s called, is the world&amp;#039;s largest showcase for titans of industry and global leaders\u2014very few opt out, even if they all can afford to. Starting tomorrow (on Fox Business at 8:55 a.m.) I&amp;#039;ll be putting a heavyweight lineup to the test, from Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini and Mike Fries of Liberty Global, to the hoteliers Arne Sornenson of Marriott and Chris Nassetta of Hilton Worldwide and the Greek shipping magnate George Logothetis of Libra Group\u2014and more than the usual number of billionaires.  But right now, before business opens at our mountaintop studio, I&amp;#039;m looking over the night&amp;#039;s party schedule. Honestly, none of them ever turn out to be parties in a &amp;quot;dance on a banquette&amp;quot; way (although in 2010, my first year at Davos, they did have guys dressed in scuba gear serving sushi on surfboards). But I&amp;#039;m heading out anyway, starting at Korea Night at the Belvedere Hotel before hopping over next door to the Financial Times&amp;#039; &amp;quot;Resilience: How to Build Bounce Into Your Corporate Structure&amp;quot; party (Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan says he&amp;#039;s dropping in), then hopefully on to the Kaffee Klatsche restaurant for a cocktail party thrown by India&amp;#039;s rising automotive power, Mahindra and Mahindra. But the real action begins tomorrow. I&amp;#039;m coming with snow boots and microphone. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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