Exodus From Saudi Event Rolls On as Goldman, Mnuchin Cancel
- Finance titans withdraw after U.S.-based journalist disappears
- Fox Business network backs away from ‘Davos in the Desert’
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The list of luminaries shunning a Saudi Arabia investment conference expanded Thursday, with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin canceling while Fox Business pulled out as a media partner.
Goldman was among the latest firms to withdraw after reports emerged that journalist and government critic Jamal Khashoggi had been tortured and killed by Saudi agents in the country’s Turkish consulate. Mnuchin withdrew as the Trump administration shifted course under increasing pressure to hold Saudi Arabia’s leaders accountable