More gloom than boom expected at WEF

More gloom than boom expected at WEF by Matthew Allen, swissinfo.ch January 22, 2014 – 11:00 In the afterglow of impressive stock market gains in 2013 and upbeat economic growth forecasts this year, the World Economic Forum’s annual summit is nevertheless bracing itself for a more sobering tale of global upheaval threatening recovery. WEF delegates in Davos will discuss a host of fundamental challenges that could just as easily spell trouble as opportunity when they gather for the five-day meeting starting Wednesday in the lofty Swiss alpine resort. The advance of stocks and shares only reveals a fraction of the whole picture…