Survey for WEF finds US leads in public distrust in innovation

CHICAGO, Illinois: Ahead of this week's annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF), the Edelman's Trust Barometer showed that businesses and governments are seen to be poorly managing and regulating new technologies.

The survey, released before the WEF meeting, which will be held under the theme, "Rebuilding Trust," found that 39 percent of respondents, who were asked if they trusted businesses and NGOs wi