Brian Gongol

And in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia's top diplomat wants to start an Arab-Persian fight and insists the rest of the world should butt out. And given the effects of falling oil prices, unstable parts of the world may very well be on the way to even greater instability.

The offer was based on trading ownership of Twitter for stock in Facebook, but they couldn't agree on valuations. In the long term, neither firm will stay on top of its respective market, so the operative recommendation ought to be "sell out as soon as you can".

