RPT-'Dr. Doom' commentator Marc Faber faces backlash over race comments
October 17, 2017 at 17:11 PM EDT
NEW YORK, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Marc Faber, the Swiss investor based in Thailand, provoked a backlash from business television and investment management firms on Tuesday after comments in his latest newsletter suggested the United States had only prospered because it was settled by white people.