Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, one of the world's richest men, Thursday excoriated a young woman model whose accusation that he raped her was dismissed a day earlier by a Spanish court, the prince said in a statement.
A Spanish court on Wednesday dismissed an allegation that one of the world's richest men, Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, raped a young woman on a yacht on the island of Ibiza in 2008.
FACETIME: EXCLUSIVE Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, Chairman, Kingdom Holding Company
The social media universe has been aghast this week after the revelation that Prince Alwaleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia has invested $300 million in Twitter. The shock and awe seems to center around the notion that Twitter has been at least partly responsible for the Arab Spring uprisings that directly threaten the Saudi royal family's grip on power. On the surface, anyway, this seems like a contradiction.
Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal said Monday that he and his investment firm, Kingdom Holding Company, are purchasing a $300 million stake in Twitter.
A Spanish court has reopened an investigation into an allegation that one of the world's richest men, Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, raped a young woman on a yacht on the island of Ibiza in 2008.
Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal said Sunday that he wants oil prices to drop so that the United States and Europe don't accelerate efforts to wean themselves off his country's supply.
Saudi Arabian Prince Alwaleed bin Talal explains why his country wants oil prices to stay below $100.
How many banks will fail this year? No one knows of course, but the answer is many. So far in 2009, we've already had three, putting us on a one-per-week pace. That could mean a doubling of last year's tally of 25, and only slightly less than the total number of failures heretofore over the entire decade (57).
Saudi Prince and billionaire Al-Waleed bin Talal says he will build the world's tallest building, planned to be over a kilometer (3,281 feet) high. The tower will be built in the Saudi town of Jeddah and will be part of a larger project that will cost $26.7 billion, (100 billion Saudi riyals) said the Prince's firm, Kingdom Holding Company.
Even as U.S. markets tumbled last week, one of their biggest stakeholders -- Saudi Arabia's Prince Alwaleed bin-Talal -- was in a generous mood
One of the biggest players in the U.S. stock market won't come to the rescue this time
Marketplace Middle East looks at why Sovereign Wealth Funds are hitting this week's headlines.
In the midst of staggering losses and intense public scrutiny, former Citigroup CEO Charles O. Prince III could always count on the support of the company's biggest individual shareholder: Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz al Saud. Less than a month ago, the Saudi prince, who owns 3.6% of the company, even dismissed a sharp drop in earnings as a "mere hiccup."
Fortune: Off with their beds!updated: Mon Sep 05 2005 00:01:00
WHEN BARRY STERNLICHT'S Starwood Capital Group bought l'Hôtel de Crillon from the Taittinger family in July, the last of the crème de la crème of Parisian hotels passed out of French hands. The Pla...
The new Martha Stewart is richer than ever, according to Forbes.
A telethon for tsunami victims on Saudi state-run television has raised more than $77 million, and the Saudi-based Islamic Development Bank pledged an additional $500 million for affected countries.
Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz al Saud has just had an epiphany. "Murdoch should sell the Los Angeles Dodgers," he shouts, which is the way he talks when he thinks he's onto something. "I...
Prince Alwaleed's son, Prince Khalid is playing Ping-Pong with a buddy and some of the palace staff when something on a nearby TV screen causes him to grab the ball and interrupt the game. The late...
In times like these, with dramatic drops in U.S. stocks, Russia on the brink and an unshakable Asian flu epidemic, investors are facing uncertainties as never before. The great bull market of the 1...
Money Magazine: The Portfolioupdated: Thu Oct 01 1998 00:01:00
Our 10 experts don't really have their own investment club, but this list of 15 investments--10 stocks, four open-end mutual funds and one closed-end fund--reflects what they might come up with, ba...
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin AbdulAziz Alsaud of Saudi Arabia is one of the world's greatest--if most elusive and inscrutable--investors. He's made billions investing in everything from Citicorp s...
Meet Kwek Leng Beng, the man who pays Donald Trump's allowance. Last July, Kwek, along with Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed, bought the Plaza hotel in New York City--"the ultimate trophy of the w...
Japanese moguls made a big splash in the Eighties by buying trophy hotels at trophy prices. Now, oil-rich potentates are back in the game, scooping up these jewels at a discount just as the busines...
Talk about tough times in banking. Midway through telephone negotiations to buy a chunk of Citicorp stock, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, 35, was forced to pause briefly as an incoming Iraqi Scud missi...