Dollar falls as Saudi investors withdraw billions

SAUDI ARABIA - The dollar today fell from recent highs against the euro and yen following a report that Saudi investors were pulling billions of dollars out of the US.

According to the Financial Times, disgruntled Saudis have withdrawn as much as $200bn (£131bn) as relations between the US and Saudi Arabia come under increasing strain.

In the most recent irritant in already strained ties between the two countries, an analyst from the Rand corporation think tank told the Pentagon that Saudi Arabia

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