The Wall Street Journal-20080123-Today-s Agenda

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On Davos List of Topics:

Economic, Other Concerns

Business leaders and politicians begin meeting in Davos, Switzerland, for the five-day World Economic Forum. A wide range of topics include climate change, the credit crunch and worries that a stumbling U.S. economy will lead to a global slowdown.

EU Sets Carbon Blueprint;

Pfizer Reports Earnings

European Union officials detail plans to cut greenhouse-gas emissions by a fifth by 2020. The bloc is expected to cap each nation's carbon output, demanding deeper cuts for Western Europe.

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Pfizer posts fourth-quarter earnings. Sales of cholesterol drug Lipitor have fallen slightly, but Pfizer has kept its full-year profit goal.