沙特王子起诉《福布斯》 称其低估资产
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沙特王子阿尔瓦利德·本·塔拉尔近日向伦敦高级法院对《福布斯》杂志提起诽谤诉讼请求,称该杂志低估了其资产总额。在《福布斯》杂志公布的2013年全球富豪榜上,阿尔瓦利德以200亿美元的资产总额排在第26位,但他本人表示其资产总额应该为296亿美元,并指责该杂志对沙特阿拉伯公司有偏见。
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Alwaleed, who is often described as the most influential businessman in the Middle East
 
Saudi Arabia's Prince Alwaleed bin2 Talal, one of the world's wealthiest businessmen who owns assets including London's Savoy hotel, has launched a libel action(诽谤诉讼) against the business magazine Forbes over claims it underestimated his fortune by $9.6bn.
 
Alwaleed, who is often described as the most influential businessman in the Middle East, vowed3 to sever4(断绝) ties with Forbes in March when its coveted5 annual Rich List valued him at $20bn – placing him as the 26th most wealthy billionaire on the planet.
 
The prince insisted he was worth closer to $30bn and accused the respected US magazine of being "demonstrably biased6" against Saudi Arabian firms.
 
Now Alwaleed has taken his complaints about the magazine to the high court in London, filing a defamation7(诽谤,中伤) claim against the Forbes publisher, its editor Randall Lane and two of its journalists, according to court documents seen by the Guardian8.
 
Through his Saudi-based investment vehicle, Kingdom Holding, Alwaleed owns large stakes in Apple, Twitter and Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation and has built a formidable property portfolio9, including the Savoy Hotel in London and the Plaza10 in New York.
 
Alwaleed is known for his opulent lifestyle – a gold throne sits in the centre of his private Boeing 747 jet, dubbed11 "the flying palace" – but his displays of grandeur12 rarely spill into public disputes with the media.
 
Forbes said it calculated his fortune based on the underlying13 value of Kingdom Holding's investments, rather than the price of its shares on the Saudi stock exchange, the Tadawul. The magazine said the company's share price inexplicably14 rose each year as it was compiling data for its Rich List and quoted a former Alwaleed executive who described the Tadawul as a gambling15 site.
 
Forbes also claimed it had been subject to "intermittent16 lobbying, cajoling and threatening" by Alwaleed's coterie17 of advisors18 in a bid to boost his ranking on the annual list.
 
In a Sunday Telegraph interview last month, the 58-year-old attacked Forbes and said: "They are accusing me of market manipulation. I am not pursuing it because of my wealth, but because they are accusing Saudi Arabia of being manipulated because we have no casinos. This is unacceptable."
 
Forbes said in a statement in response to the libel action: "We're very surprised at claims that Prince Alwaleed has decided19 to sue Forbes, particularly if he has done so in the United Kingdom, a jurisdiction20 that has nothing whatsoever21 to do with our recent story which raised questions about his claims about his wealth.
 
"The Prince's suit would be precisely22 the kind of libel tourism that the UK's recently-passed libel reform law is intended to thwart23. We would anticipate that the London high court will agree. Forbes stands by its story."
 
Legal experts said Alwaleed will have to prove that his reputation in England and Wales suffered "serious harm", if the lawsuit24 is eventually tried at the high court. He will also have to show that the Forbes publication caused Kingdom Holding serious financial loss.
 
Richard Green, a partner and head of regulation at the law firm Hill Dickinson, said the case would cement London's reputation as the libel capital of the world. "While I accept that Forbes magazine is published in England and Wales both in hard copy and on the internet, it is difficult to see why this is the most appropriate forum25 for the case other than its perceived pro-claimant reputation," he added.
 
"Libel tourism is common and is widely credited with damaging freedom of speech in the defendant's home jurisdiction."
 
However, Sarah Webb, a partner at law firm Payne Hicks Beach, said Alwaleed has a "substantial international reputation" but added that there were protections for media defendants26 to prevent so-called libel tourism.
 
"He will have to satisfy the court that England and Wales is clearly the more appropriate forum for his dispute and this will tie in again to the 'serious harm' test [to his reputation]," she said.
 
A spokesman for Kingdom Holding said Alwaleed was "examining all of his legal options" but declined to comment further. Kobre and Kim, the law firm acting27 for Alwaleed in the claim, declined to comment.


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1 influential l7oxK     
adj.有影响的,有权势的
参考例句:
  • He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
  • He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。
2 bin yR2yz     
n.箱柜;vt.放入箱内;[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件
参考例句:
  • He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
  • He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。
3 vowed 6996270667378281d2f9ee561353c089     
起誓,发誓(vow的过去式与过去分词形式)
参考例句:
  • He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
  • I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。
4 sever wTXzb     
v.切开,割开;断绝,中断
参考例句:
  • She wanted to sever all her connections with the firm.她想断绝和那家公司的所有联系。
  • We must never sever the cultural vein of our nation.我们不能割断民族的文化血脉。
5 coveted 3debb66491eb049112465dc3389cfdca     
adj.令人垂涎的;垂涎的,梦寐以求的v.贪求,觊觎(covet的过去分词);垂涎;贪图
参考例句:
  • He had long coveted the chance to work with a famous musician. 他一直渴望有机会与著名音乐家一起工作。
  • Ther other boys coveted his new bat. 其他的男孩都想得到他的新球棒。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 biased vyGzSn     
a.有偏见的
参考例句:
  • a school biased towards music and art 一所偏重音乐和艺术的学校
  • The Methods: They employed were heavily biased in the gentry's favour. 他们采用的方法严重偏袒中上阶级。
7 defamation FY3zV     
n.诽谤;中伤
参考例句:
  • Character defamation can be either oral or written.人格诽谤既可以是口头的也可以是书面的。
  • The company sued for defamation.这个公司因受到诽谤而提起诉讼。
8 guardian 8ekxv     
n.监护人;守卫者,保护者
参考例句:
  • The form must be signed by the child's parents or guardian. 这张表格须由孩子的家长或监护人签字。
  • The press is a guardian of the public weal. 报刊是公共福利的卫护者。
9 portfolio 9OzxZ     
n.公事包;文件夹;大臣及部长职位
参考例句:
  • He remembered her because she was carrying a large portfolio.他因为她带着一个大公文包而记住了她。
  • He resigned his portfolio.他辞去了大臣职务。
10 plaza v2yzD     
n.广场,市场
参考例句:
  • They designated the new shopping centre York Plaza.他们给这个新购物中心定名为约克购物中心。
  • The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen.这个广场上布满了便衣警察。
11 dubbed dubbed     
v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 );把…称为;配音;复制
参考例句:
  • Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences. 数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。
  • Is the movie dubbed or does it have subtitles? 这部电影是配音的还是打字幕的? 来自《简明英汉词典》
12 grandeur hejz9     
n.伟大,崇高,宏伟,庄严,豪华
参考例句:
  • The grandeur of the Great Wall is unmatched.长城的壮观是独一无二的。
  • These ruins sufficiently attest the former grandeur of the place.这些遗迹充分证明此处昔日的宏伟。
13 underlying 5fyz8c     
adj.在下面的,含蓄的,潜在的
参考例句:
  • The underlying theme of the novel is very serious.小说隐含的主题是十分严肃的。
  • This word has its underlying meaning.这个单词有它潜在的含义。
14 inexplicably 836e3f6ed2882afd2a77cf5530fca975     
adv.无法说明地,难以理解地,令人难以理解的是
参考例句:
  • Inexplicably, Mary said she loved John. 真是不可思议,玛丽说她爱约翰。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Inexplicably, she never turned up. 令人不解的是,她从未露面。 来自辞典例句
15 gambling ch4xH     
n.赌博;投机
参考例句:
  • They have won a lot of money through gambling.他们赌博赢了很多钱。
  • The men have been gambling away all night.那些人赌了整整一夜。
16 intermittent ebCzV     
adj.间歇的,断断续续的
参考例句:
  • Did you hear the intermittent sound outside?你听见外面时断时续的声音了吗?
  • In the daytime intermittent rains freshened all the earth.白天里,时断时续地下着雨,使整个大地都生气勃勃了。
17 coterie VzJxh     
n.(有共同兴趣的)小团体,小圈子
参考例句:
  • The name is known to only a small coterie of collectors.这个名字只有收藏家的小圈子才知道。
  • Mary and her coterie gave a party to which we were not invited.玛利和她的圈内朋友举行派对,我们没被邀请。
18 advisors 9c02a9c1778f1533c47ade215559070d     
n.顾问,劝告者( advisor的名词复数 );(指导大学新生学科问题等的)指导教授
参考例句:
  • The governors felt that they were being strung along by their advisors. 地方长官感到他们一直在受顾问们的愚弄。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • We will consult together with advisors about her education. 我们将一起和专家商议她的教育事宜。 来自互联网
19 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
参考例句:
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
20 jurisdiction La8zP     
n.司法权,审判权,管辖权,控制权
参考例句:
  • It doesn't lie within my jurisdiction to set you free.我无权将你释放。
  • Changzhou is under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province.常州隶属江苏省。
21 whatsoever Beqz8i     
adv.(用于否定句中以加强语气)任何;pron.无论什么
参考例句:
  • There's no reason whatsoever to turn down this suggestion.没有任何理由拒绝这个建议。
  • All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you,do ye even so to them.你想别人对你怎样,你就怎样对人。
22 precisely zlWzUb     
adv.恰好,正好,精确地,细致地
参考例句:
  • It's precisely that sort of slick sales-talk that I mistrust.我不相信的正是那种油腔滑调的推销宣传。
  • The man adjusted very precisely.那个人调得很准。
23 thwart wIRzZ     
v.阻挠,妨碍,反对;adj.横(断的)
参考例句:
  • We must thwart his malevolent schemes.我们决不能让他的恶毒阴谋得逞。
  • I don't think that will thwart our purposes.我认为那不会使我们的目的受到挫折。
24 lawsuit A14xy     
n.诉讼,控诉
参考例句:
  • They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
  • He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。
25 forum cilx0     
n.论坛,讨论会
参考例句:
  • They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
  • The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。
26 defendants 7d469c27ef878c3ccf7daf5b6ab392dc     
被告( defendant的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • The courts heard that the six defendants had been coerced into making a confession. 法官审判时发现6位被告人曾被迫承认罪行。
  • As in courts, the defendants are represented by legal counsel. 与法院相同,被告有辩护律师作为代表。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
27 acting czRzoc     
n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的
参考例句:
  • Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她,她只是假装的。
  • During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代,她的表演生涯黯然失色。
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