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Panama Papers leak traced to faulty plugins

|Arabian Post Special| The Mossack Fonseca (MF) data breach that made Panama Papers, the biggest data leak to journalists in history,  possible has been traced to a vulnerable version of a plugin used to…

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Remittances by Indians drop to 5-year low

India’s most reliable source of foreign funding is under threat. Remittances fell to $15.8 billion last quarter, the lowest since April-June…

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UK crisis talks over Tata Steel sale

U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron will chair a meeting of ministers on Thursday morning as he weighs how to avoid the…

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Trump aide has deep Gazprom links

A globe-trotting American investment banker who’s built a career on deals with Russia and its state-run gas company, Carter Page says…

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Will gold correction last?

|By Lawrie Williams| As we come up to the Easter holiday and trading gets thin, the opportunities for traders to manipulate precious…

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Microsoft chat bot goes terribly wrong

Microsoft Corp. apologized after Twitter users exploited its artificial-intelligence chat bot Tay, teaching it to spew racist, sexist and offensive remarks…

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Should you buy diamonds or art?

|By Rani Molla & Andrea Felsted| You’d have thought negative interest rates would fuel a boom in diamonds, antiques and fine wine,…

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Davos jittery over Trump, oil, China

As the chattering chieftains of the global economy gather this week in Davos, Switzerland, they’re facing the darkest outlook since the…

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Iran: From pariah state to regional power

Iran’s release from sanctions testifies to its new relationship with the United States as it moves from pariah state to regional…

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Oil at $20 looks a lot more realistic

|By Arabian Post Staff| The prospects of $20 for a barrel of oil look a lot more realistic now than ever…

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China bank buys 1500-ton London gold vault

|By Tyler Durden| Back in June 2013, when Deutsche Bank opened a gold vault in Singapore which could hold up to…

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Gold re-discovers safe haven status

|By Arabian Post Staff| Gold seems to be re-discovering its safe haven status in the wake of a turmoil that billionaire…

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New BMW Series 7: The future of luxury

|By Hannah Elliott| Want to see the future? Drive a BMW 7-Series sedan. It’s the car Bimmer uses as a medium…

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An open letter to Thomas Friedman

|By Dr Alaa Alghamdi| Dear Mr. Friedman, While I would like nothing better than to thank you for your concern for…

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Human tragedies require healing, not blame

|By Alaa Alghamdi| Tragedies in Mecca recently were shocking and devastating to witness, for everyone in the world, and most particularly…

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Gold price falls despite Asian demand rise

|By Lawrence Williams| Let’s face it, the gold price seems to bear little correlation to global physical metal demand.  In the…

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‘Rehab’ of terrorists: Beyond the rhetoric

|By Alaa Alghamdi| The controversy raging in the world media over the Mohammed bin Nayef Centre/ Care Centre for the rehabilitation…

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Importance of removing ‘veil of ignorance’

|By Dr Alaa Alghamdi| Ambassador Mohammed bin Nawaf bin Abdulaziz’s eloquent plea in the UK Telegraph newspaper is a rational, well-stated…

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Early effects of EU Safe Harbor collapse

The European Court of Justice had declared the Safe Harbor provision that allowed transfer of personally identifiable data (PII) between Europe…

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Gold at $800 by 2016?

|By Matein Khalid| De Gaulle dissed gold as a “barbarous relic” and Lenin sneered the yellow metal was fit only to…

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Jihadi threat in Saudi Arabia

Sophisticated attacks by an Islamic State branch in Saudi Arabia show the jihadist group is better established there than previously suspected,…

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Are Saudi, Iran heading for war?

|TAP Special| Are Saudi Arabia and Iran heading towards a direct war? An opinion piece by influential Saudi commentator, carried by…

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Grameen Bank and John Nash

|By Rashidul Bari|One may expect the title “Grameen and Muhammad Yunus” to reflect Yunus’ founding of the Grameen Bank (which won…

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Racism has no place, affirms King

|By Alaa Alghamdi|I feel very proud of our King that, several weeks ago, he took a stand in favour of equality…

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Cooperation needed to resolve Houthi crisis

|By Alaa Alghamdi| Recently we have seen heightened security along the Saudi borders in response to the threat posed by Houthi…

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Poverty and terrorism: A dangerous assumption

|By Alaa Alghamdi| There can be few more crucial yet intractable conundrums in the world today than the question of the…

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The End of Google’s Reign Near: Analysts

/Marshall Hargrave/investorsalley.com/The end of Google’s reign as the king of search is near. Competitors are eating away market share and growth…