Damage Control In Saudi Arabia May Not Be Able To Stop The Capital Outflow

The Saudi stock market is in turmoil. Investors are losing their confidence and pulling money out of the country. The disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, which has brought Saudi Arabia under the spotlight, proved to be a major market event. President Trump vowed “severe punishment” if the journalist was killed. Initially, the country’s Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, denied knowledge about this death.

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#MeToo is Anarchic, and That’s a Good Thing

Gold Silver Reports (GSR) — Two of the male journalists named last week in the #MeToo accusations also texted me in circumstances similar to those revealed in public allegations of their sexual misconduct. One sent me romantic messages the night after a party. The other, having found me on a dating app on which I didn’t return his interest, looked me up on Facebook. I responded to his flirting with what I hoped was non-committal friendliness.

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Banking system can withstand a ‘cliff edge Brexit’

Sir Dave Ramsden deputy governor, markets and banking at the Bank of England, spoke during his visit to the North-East this week.

During his tour of the region he visited Nissan in Sunderland, Atom Bank in Durham and met the leading tech entrepreneurs from the business community.

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