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Gates, Saudi prince seeking sale of Four Seasons Toronto

  Bloomberg Billionaire investor Bill Gates and Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud are seeking to sell Toronto’s landmark Four Seasons hotel for almost C$1 million ($780,000) a room in what would be the highest price for a hotel in Canada, according to people familiar with the matter. Kingdom Holding Co., owned by the Saudi prince, and Cascade Investment, ...

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Durham had first building named to honour Ali

  DURHAM /Tribune News Service A few weeks before Christmas in 1977 and nearly a year before he would go on to lose his heavyweight title to Leon Spinks, Durham got an early Christmas present when Muhammad Ali came to town to help dedicate a new junior college gymnasium named in his honor. Located off Fayetteville Street near the intersection ...

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Saudi diversification plan finalised

  Jeddah / AFP Saudi officials have finalised a detailed plan to diversify the kingdom’s economy away from oil and have sent it for cabinet approval, official media said on Monday. The National Transformation Programme (NTP) will elaborate upon Vision 2030, an 84-page document released in April by Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, 30, who is leading the reform charge. ...

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