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Qatar banker Sheikh Jassim withdraws bid to buy Man Utd
Sheikh Jassim was among the front-runners to buy Manchester United after several rounds of bidding earlier this year, but the process has come to a halt in recent months despite the anger of supporters toward current owners. United announced nearly a year ago that they were exploring "strategic alternatives to...
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Arab-Israeli banker talks up Saudi market at investor forum
Samer Haj-Yehia, the Arab-Israeli chairman of Bank Leumi since 2019, was addressing the Future Investment Initiative, a three-day conference held in the Saudi capital and often referred to as "Davos in the Desert".