They also predicted that the new measure would benefit the rich with substantial savings rather than encourage the less well-off to start saving.

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Uncertainty over the situation in Saudi Arabia has rattled markets in recent weeks, as fears that social unrest could spread to the oil-rich kingdom could cause substantial supply disruptions and derail the global economic recovery.

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Though both rich and poor countries have been working to get the talks back on track since then, a substantial reduction of the rich world's bloated farm subsidies is crucial to bringing their poorer brethren back into the fold.

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