Had the attack occurred at the Riyadh Hilton or Holiday Inn, your response would be a little different I think. As it is, it was an attack on a Western "community" that housed corporate representatives from the US -- and other Western nations. This puts a crimp in overseas businesses, and effects the stocks for all international companies, not just the ones hit. Travel plans may not have changed, but I'll wager a number of corporate travelers and displaced workers are having second thoughts.
Which brings up another issue: The Saudi (and Middle Eastern) economy will never reach its full potential until they (and not us) put their own house in order. Maybe some good will eventually come out of this terrible act, and the Saudis will crack down on the terrorist sympathizers in their own society and government.
Agreed.
Dan
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Re: Travel plans vs. Corporate plans . . .
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- Terrorism in Riyadh
- Saudi Bomb May Have Killed 90 . . .
- Re: Terrorism in Riyadh
- Better there than in New York...
- That is precisely...
- Re: Terrorism in Riyadh
- Yeah, like no terrorists blew anything up before we went to Iraq. (n/t) (n/t)
- And that was supposed to be discouraged by the show of American might.
- Re: And that was supposed to be discouraged by the show of American might.
- Re: And that was supposed to be discouraged by the show of American might.
- It has. Didn't you see the stats?
- Didn't you see the real reason for the 44% decrease in stats. Keep up. n/t (n/t)
- Fact; fewer Americans have died from terrorist in 2002 than in 2001.
- Re: Fact: One disaster can skew the stats
- Fact; fewer Americans have died from terrorist in 2002 than in 2001.
- Didn't you see the real reason for the 44% decrease in stats. Keep up. n/t (n/t)
- And while we are cleaning up the dead elephant...
- And that was supposed to be discouraged by the show of American might.