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Dubai: Corporate bigwigs are pulling out of an investment conference in Saudi Arabia next week concerned by the fate of missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi, despite the risk of losing business with the kingdom. Others are staying mum over their intentions while foreign politicians such as US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and IMF chief Christine Lagarde say that for now, they are still going to the October 23-25 Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh.
The conference is organised by Saudi Arabia's mammoth sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund, and has been billed as a showcase for the economic reforms of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The conference's website previously featured a list of speakers. But that has now been removed, amid the wave of defections. (AFP)
