Reuters blogger Felix Salmon meets his nemesis, hedge fund manager and philanthropist Anthony Scaramucci, in a face-to-face showdown at the Hotel Europe’s Piano Bar in Davos.

“It seems to me that any financial product which has to be sold so aggressively is … there’s something a little bit wrong with that,” Salmon says.

“You’re a financial journalist, OK? Every financial product is sold and not bought,” Scaramucci replies.

That’s about in the middle of the exchange. There’s plenty of good stuff on both ends of that, including an extended back-and-forth about this column by Salmon last November. Check it out.

Thomson Reuters Digital Editor Chrystia Freeland spoke with George Soros at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. In a series of videos for Reuters TV, Soros discusses why his fund bought $2 billion of MF Global Italian bonds, his secret for saving Europe, an Obama-Romney election and the odds for democracy in Russia and Myanmar.

Why George Soros bought Italian bonds

Soros’ secret for saving Europe

Soros on Obama vs. Romney

Soros on democracy’s odds in Russia and Myanmar