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Davos descent… top business leaders and policy makers begin arriving in Davos, Switzerland, as Oxfam reports that the planet’s roughly 2,000 billionaires own more wealth than 60 per cent of the global population. We will be live at the 50th World Economic Forum all week, starting today at 1600 CET. In energy news, oil prices surge after a military blockade in Libya causes the closure of the country’s two biggest oil fields. In France, President Macron attempts to woo top Davos-bound executives and investors at the third ‘Choose France’ summit. While in the UK, Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid warns businesses they will not align with Brussels after Brexit, prompting criticism from manufacturers. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .