Brexit exodus helps drive record number in EU banks paid €1m-plus Data shows UK banks losing well-paid staff, as Italy, France and Spain make up 70% of rise in EU top earners
Frost renews call to exclude medicines from Northern Ireland Brexit rules Industry figures warn of supply ‘cliff edge’ when new regulations come into effect in December
Boris Johnson urges west to ignore Putin threats and give Ukraine tanks Former PM calls for heavy weapons supplies and brands Russian nuclear threats as ‘nonsense’ in Davos appearance
Zelenskiy uses Davos speech to intensify call for more tanks from allies President says Ukraine needs heavy armour now but German chancellor is cautious about conflict escalating
Mutiny erupts among WEF staff over role of ‘Mr Davos’ Founder and chair Klaus Schwab has run forum for 52 years but is now seen by some past and present staff as ‘a law unto himself’
UN head accuses fossil fuel firms of business models ‘inconsistent with human survival’ Criticism at Davos for big companies that, ‘like the tobacco industry’, ride roughshod over their own science
Can EU anger at Biden’s ‘protectionist’ green deal translate into effective action? Analysts warn bloc’s lack of industrial policy may impede riposte to $370bn US subsidy package
Shortfall of 330,000 workers in UK due to Brexit, say thinktanks Immigration from non-EU countries failed to take up slack after freedom of movement ended
Ryanair enjoys record January with 2m sales in a weekend for the first time Airline to continue aggressive post-Covid expansion, offering 10% more seats in the UK this summer compared with 2022
Ukraine urges world leaders to intensify war efforts on first day at Davos At World Economic Forum, country’s officials ask allies to step up military supplies to defeat Russia
Davos’s elite will need to do some soul-searching in a world falling apart The first proper World Economic Forum for three years will take place against a humbling backdrop of crisis and conflict
FTSE 100 nears record high as inflation fears ease Blue-chip stock index ends week 1% off all-time best as markets across Europe rise amid falling energy prices
Our European neighbours now look at post-Brexit Britain and say simply: nein, danke From political dysfunction to economic turmoil, the evidence of Brexit as a great problem-creator is all around, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
Tesla cuts prices by up to a fifth in US and Europe as EV price war starts Price of cheapest Model 3 saloon car dropped by £5,500 to £42,990 to combat slowing demand as carmaker shares drop
Hopes of sharp fall in household energy bills as HSBC cuts gas price forecast Bank slashes predicted 2023 European wholesale price by 30% as mild weather reduces demand