Re: Saudi money
I have been called in to help on a big NYT investigation into how low o=l prices have been effecting the personal finances of royal family in Saud= Arabia. Obviously they called in much of their cash from the likes of BIa=kRock and others but I thought you might have some ideas. Maybe some peopl= to talk to?
I would think its more than cuttin= down on yachts and private planes or selling real estate in Paris, Istanb=l, London.
Any thoughts?
PS: does my story on Abraaj get me a meeting with Gates =ext time he is in town:)
Landon Thomas, Jr.
Financial Reporter
New York Times<=font>
words that you to refer to one thing, =AO USA . the stock market / the Royal family, . =AO are no longer very useful. In politics =AO the USA meant the white house. now there =s pentagon. cia, state, and congress in addition, each feels e=powered to act more independantly. stock mar=et even in tech, needs bio tech, consuner te=h. infrastrucrue tech. etc. same with =oyal family, there are 20k members of a tribe. =AO called the royal family, the words are misleading. =AO if your article is focused on bin salman, =or the very top. no one is wondering where they can find=the local costco.. but they are aware that a=message needs to be sent to their population , regarding the next 20 years=
social media, and th= selfie crowds post the best of everything, their cutest=pictures the amazing food , the luxury resorts. =AO the masses see these things and as the di=ference between expectations and reality widen, the ange= grows. trump has tapped in. =A0
with the passage of the 9 11 saudi bill, =C2 unlike the french revolution where it was the people of france=that revolted against their own aristocracty, with the interne= and globalization of discontect it is now the americans that can re=olt against the saudi leadership. it i= the americans that are demanding women drive. not the s=udis