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1 Normally held in Davos, Switzerland, the World Economic Forum continues in its new (but temporary) home of New York City. A truly foolish number of famous people--led by founder Klaus Schwab--meet to discuss "Improving the State of the World." (And you're content to watch the Super Bowl.) Also notable is the effort "to offset all non-reducible carbon dioxide emissions created by the travel of participants to and from New York as well as the CO2 emissions generated during the event." Well, only if they all agree to play the quiet game.

4 President Bush submits his budget plan to Congress. Bush has said that he might not propose a balanced budget this year (a first, since 1997) because of war and the recession. Not because of the $1.35 trillion tax cut.

5 Tragically hip European interactive multimedia conference MILIA gets going in Cannes, France. The goal--as one French spokesperson put it--is "to learn all the evolution about the creativity." Meanwhile, in La Quinta (the city in California, not the hotel chain), the Goldman Sachs Technology Symposium feeds its investor clients a luncheon speech by Sun CEO Scott McNealy. Trust us, it's better than what they're serving on Wednesday at the Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies meeting in Washington, D.C. Also: On the 6th, the Labor Department trots out fourth-quarter productivity estimates.

7 7 A.M.: National Prayer Breakfast, at the D.C. Hilton. After a short prayer, Bush speaks to a crowd of 2,800 Congressmen and foreign dignitaries about faith, then tucks into what a Hilton spokesman says will be a breakfast of "eggs and bacon and whatever." (No pretzels.)

8 Salt Lake City: the 2002 Winter Olympics. This year marks the return of an event called skeleton, last seen in 1948. It bears a strong resemblance to--okay, it is--face-first sledding.

9/10 At the Toy Fair, in New York City, major toy companies show off their 2003 collections to retailers and journalists. You are not invited. The mood will depend on sales figures from November and December (50% of yearly sales), announced at the State of the Industry conference on the 7th.

11 DEMO, Phoenix. This select tech mind meld reviews hundreds of companies each year for inclusion. Sixty-five are chosen. At the show, speakers get five minutes on stage or one in the "Hot Seat." After which they must deliver the Ring to the fires of Mount Doom or risk the peril of all Middle Earth.

12 Enter the Chinese Year of the Horse. Vaguely Chinese psychic Patti advises investors that they are "about to turn a corner as far as finance" in 2002. The economy, you'll want to know, is "at a crossroads."

13 Edison Schools, a publicly traded, for-profit education company, announces "earnings." CEO Chris Whittle offers to write "I will make a profit someday" 50 times on a blackboard.

14 Yahoo! Chief Solutions Officer Tim Sanders begins the Winter of Love release tour for his new book Love Is the Killer App. The premise is "how to be a lovecat" in the workplace, a feat that Tim says is achieved when folks are "incredibly generous with their intangibles." (Sounds like someone missed the sexual-harrassment seminar.) The word "lovecat," by the way, comes from a Cure tune, but anyone looking for romantic wisdom would be better served by turning to Pat Benatar: "We are young/ Heartache to heartache we stand/No promises, no demands"--yep, you got it--"Love is a battlefield." Happy Valentine's Day.

16/17 The Montreal Expos should report to spring training on Sunday for the upcoming Grapefruit League season, but at press time the team had no payroll number, no official schedule, and no Twins-esque potential savior. Can you say "contraction"?

18 Hewlett-Packard announces earnings. Fiorina & Co. beat drastically reduced expectations last quarter. They need to do it again if Carly is to have any hope of closing the Compaq deal--and saving her neck. Also: Presidents' Day.

19 GE CEO Jeff Immelt celebrates his 46th birthday. Myka, our exceedingly competent contact at 1-800-Flowers.com, suggested "something high dollar"--the Garden of Grandeur ($125; delphinium, Gerbera daisies, belladonna) or the French Countryside ($80; sunflowers and lilies in a cobalt vase). Also celebrating birthdays this month are Barry Diller (Feb. 2), Arthur Levitt (Feb. 3), Michael Dell (Feb. 23), and Steve Jobs and Phil Knight (Feb. 24).

20 This year's Technology, Entertainment, and Design forum, TED 12@12, gets going in Monterey, Calif. It is founder Rich Saul Wurman's last, and his goal is to create "Simply the Greatest Design Conference That Ever Was." Cost: $4,000. Attendees will hear from Dean Kamen, Frank Gehry, and Sinbad. Sinbad? "That's a very good question," says TED spokesperson Michelle. "I have no idea. But he is very big into technology." The consumer price index is released on the 20th, and on the 21st, fans of women's figure skating--go on, admit you're one--can catch the Free Program.

22 Strangest "business" event of the month: "The International Pets Fair"--in Zagreb, Croatia--"is a unique opportunity to get acquainted with new trends in the field of cynology, aquaria, terraria, ornithology, and small home animals, and to achieve successful business deals."

23/24 Rob Glaser's revamped Professional Bowling Association hosts its first World Championship this weekend, at Safewyck Lanes in Toledo. The RealNetworks chief has increased prize money 140% this year, to $4.3 million. And you still don't care.

25 Web Services--A Strategic Perspective, a marketing conference in London. See, it's gonna work this time, Watson, because we have a strategic perspective.

27 The Grammys. U2 is up for Album of the Year, after winning Record of the Year last time for a song from the same album. Sneaky. Also nominated (not in the same category): Dr. Ruth, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dylan. Despite all that talent, music sales were down 5% in 2001.

28 The Commerce Department releases U.S. Fourth Quarter 2001 Gross Domestic Product Revised Estimates. And after further review...the call on the field stands! We get it, it was a bad year, let's move on already.