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Ten Things I Learned at Davos

It Might Actually Be Better on TV

By JUSTIN FOX
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Almost all the news made at this year's World Economic Forum—Bill Gates saying that it's time for a new kind of capitalism, Bill Gates announcing that he's giving $306 million to help farmers in the developing world, Bill Gates taking a sip of water—could be viewed live on TV or on the forum's Website. So why schlep all the way to Davos? To see famous and semi-famous people dancing shakily at 2 a.m., of course. But wait? You can watch that on the Web too?

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