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  • Many Black Swans Make Metaphor Meaningless: Alice Schroeder

    Updated 18 minutes ago

    Nassim Taleb believes in probabilities, not predictions, but at times it can be hard to tell the difference. “The real Black Swan event,” he said in June, “is that people are not rioting against the banks in London and New York.”

  • Saudi Cement Makers Beating Tadawul on Government Spending Plan

    Updated 18 minutes ago

    Saudi Arabia’s cement makers are beating the benchmark stock index on speculation they will benefit from about $500 billion in government spending and projects including the world’s tallest tower in Jeddah.

  • Libya Declares Liberation, Tunisia Holds First Vote Since Revolt

    Updated 1 hour, 18 minutes ago

    Libya’s interim leaders officially declared the country’s “liberation” following the death of Muammar Qaddafi and called for reconciliation following more than four decades under the autocratic leader.

  • Libyan Council Declares End of Qaddafi Rule

    Updated 1 hour, 18 minutes ago

    Libya’s interim leaders officially declared the country’s “liberation” following the death of Muammar Qaddafi and called for reconciliation following more than four decades under the autocratic leader.

  • Saudi Crown Prince’s Death Raises Succession Questions

    Updated 6 minutes ago

    Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter, is waiting for a successor to the crown prince as the ruling family gathers tomorrow for prayers after the death of Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

  • Tunisians Vote After Revolt Sparked Arab Spring

    Tunisians voted today in the first election since the ouster of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali ushered in the so-called Arab Spring, with long-repressed Islamists probably headed for a strong showing.

  • Clinton Supports Probe of Qaddafi’s Death

    Updated 17 minutes ago

    U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she would “strongly support” investigations by the United Nations and Libya’s Transitional National Council into the circumstances of Muammar Qaddafi’s death.

  • Egypt Nine-Month Yield Advances as IMF Says Outlook ‘Bumpy’

    Egypt sold nine-month treasury bills at the highest yield in more than two weeks as the International Monetary Fund said the country’s economic outlook is “bumpy” in the short term.

  • Qatari Diar to Invest $543.8 Million in Egyptian Projects

    Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Co., the real-estate arm of the Persian Gulf country’s sovereign-wealth fund, signed a $543.8 million contract with Consolidated Contractors Co. to develop two projects in Egypt, according to an e-mailed statement from the Doha-based company.

  • Saudi Crown Prince Sultan Has Died

    Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has died, setting in motion succession plans for the world’s largest oil exporter.

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