Bloomberg Saudi Arabian stocks fell more than any other market in the world as the kingdom announced fresh measures to narrow the budget gap. Not a single stock rose on the Tadawul All Share Index, which retreated 3.8 percent on Tuesday, the most since for a single session since January. The hotel and media indexes were the biggest decliners ...

  ROCHESTER / AP All is not well in cranberry country this harvesting season, the 200th anniversary of the world’s first known commercial cultivation. In the birthplace of the industry, many Massachusetts growers whose families have tended bogs for generations are in “dire straits,” facing challenges that include rising production costs, decreasing crop values, changing consumer habits and increasing competition ...

  Rio de Janeiro / DPA Carlos Saman is a 54-year-old library employee in the city of Nilopolis, not far from Rio de Janeiro, but oftentimes you will find him sifting Copacabana’s sandy beaches, hunting for treasure. Not pirate treasure, but the valuable objects that beach-goers drop. Very early on a recent morning on the beach, Saman and his 31-year-old ...