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Saudi Prince Alwaleed, Exiting Desert, Seeks New Global Role

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Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal of Saudi Arabia stands in his speedboat's bow, urging the helmsman to buzz by a billionaire neighbor's yacht in the waters off Cannes, France.

The 42-year-old prince, the biggest individual shareholder of Citigroup Inc. ($6.4 billion), spots a bikini-clad woman on deck but not his prey -- Chief Executive Larry Ellison of Oracle Corp.