Economic Forum Loosens Up -- Knot!
From Times Wire Reports
In an attempt to make the World Economic Forum less stuffy, organizers told the movers and shakers in attendance to lose their neckties.
A large poster at the entrance to the Congress Center in Davos, Switzerland, showed a circled necktie with a slash through it.
The threat of a fine of $4 -- to be donated to the U.N. Children’s Fund -- prompted many men to remove their ties right away.
But some wouldn’t alter their standard attire, including British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak.
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