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| NYSE Celebrates 2006 World Economic Forum Davos Meeting |
Over the course of the five-day meeting, 2,340 participants from 89 countries will convene in Davos, including 15 heads of state or government, 60 cabinet ministers, 23 religious leaders, 13 union leaders and more than 30 heads of non-governmental organizations. Around 50% of the participants are business leaders drawn principally from the Forum's members – 1,000 of the foremost companies from around the world and across all economic sectors.
In honor of this special event, the following NYSE-listed companies ring The Opening Bell from Davos, Switzerland joined by NYSE CEO John Thain, NYSE President & co-COO Cathy Kinney, Davos Mayor Hans Peter Michel, and WEF Founder & Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab:
American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) President & CEO Martin Sullivan
Archstone-Smith Trust (NYSE: ASN) Chairman & CEO Scot Sellers
Arrow Electronics (NYSE: ARW), President N.A. Mike Long
BMC Software (NYSE: BMC) President & CEO Robert E. Beauchamp
Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A. de C.V. (NYSE: FMX) Chairman & CEO José Antonio Fernández Carvajal
ICICI Bank Ltd (NYSE: IBN) CEO K. V. Kamath
Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG) Chairman & CEO Michael L. Roth
KT Corporation (NYSE: KTC) President & CEO Nam Joong-Soo
Portugal Telecom (NYSE: PT) President & CEO Miguel Horta e Costa
The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) President & CEO James W. Griffith
salesforce.com, inc. (NYSE: CRM) Chairman & CEO Marc Benioff
Solectron Corporation (NYSE: SLR) President & CEO Michael R. Cannon
Vimpel-Communications (NYSE: VIP) Co-Founder and Chairman Emeritus Augie K. II Fabela
The World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum is the foremost global community of business, political, intellectual and other leaders of society committed to improving the state of the world. The Forum is an independent international organization incorporated as a Swiss not-for-profit foundation and has NGO consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.
Click on the links below to access an archive of The Opening Bell webcast for January 27, 2005.
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