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Recent economic news: United Arab Emirates

1.
Dubai Unit to Delay Repayment
Dubai Holding’s main unit will delay repayment on a $555 million loan until November 30, the company said on Tuesday, the second time it has failed to meet a repayment ...
Reuters, USD, Dubai, The Gulf Arab, All keywords...
dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com
1 day ago
2.
Multiplying the Yield of an Oasis
LIWA OASIS, ABU DHABI — Georg Koziorowski, a German hydrogeologist, eyes masked by his Ray-Ban sunglasses, points at a white water tank and tries to speak. But the wind, whipping ...
ABU DHABI, Georg Koziorowski, Saudi Arabia, LIWA OASIS, Mohamed Dawoud, All keywords...
nytimes.com
6 days ago
3.
Good-bye to Dubai
In late 2008, Dubai’s leaders clung to the hope that the emirate would escape the widening financial crisis. The shift of some capital from the West to the emergent economies ...
Dubai, Dubai, USD, Oil, Abu Dhabi, All keywords...
nybooks.com
3 weeks ago
4.
UAE, Saudi Arabia BlackBerry Ban: Problems for Business
Dubai has built a global name as an easy place to do business. Consider its international airport, one of the world's largest: more than 40 million passengers traveled through the ...
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Jim Knight, Gulf Healthcare International, Law, All keywords...
time.com
1 month ago
5.
Emirates flight at JFK briefly recalled; 'potential match' to no-fly list proves false
An Emirates airline flight bound for Dubai was recalled to New York's John F. Kennedy airport on Thursday after federal officials found a passenger on board "who was a potential ...
Dubai, Official, Times Square, Faisal Shahzad, Airline flight, All keywords...
washingtonpost.com
4 months ago
6.
Waste Land: Dubai's Failed Quest to Become a Cultural Mecca
His pressing task was to create swiftly what Dubai's leaders proclaimed would be 'the most comprehensive cultural destination in the world.' This included, first and foremost, an opera housed within ...
Dubai, Michael Schindhelm, Berlin, Abu Dhabi, MICHAEL Z. WISE, All keywords...
foreignpolicy.com
5 months ago
7.
Dubai Default Swaps Jump to Highest Since Debt Delay
The cost to protect against a default by Dubai surged to the highest since state-controlled Dubai World delayed debt repayments in November, as Greece’s financial crisis reignited concern riskier emerging-market ...
Dubai World, USD, Greece, Economist, Abu Dhabi, All keywords...
businessweek.com
6 months ago
8.
After Just One Month: Dubai's Famous Burj Khalifa Has Shut Down
The ultimate symbol of the bubble is already bust.
Dubai, USD, United Arab Emirates, Wayne Boyes, Emaar, All keywords...
businessinsider.com
7 months ago
9.
Reverse exodus of migrant workers in Persian Gulf challenges India
When his overnight flight landed, Abdul Wahib walked out of Kochi's palm-fringed airport and hugged his family. After 24 years of working in the United Arab Emirates, he was home. ...
India, Dubai, Abdul Wahib, Persian Gulf, Persian Gulf, All keywords...
washingtonpost.com
7 months ago
10.
The Dubai mess
If you think that the Dubai situation has pretty much been resolved with that cash infusion from Abu Dhabi, think again. Paul Whitfield and Vipal Monga explain that nothing
Dubai, Abu Dhabi, USD, United Kingdom, Felix Salmon, All keywords...
reuters.com
7 months ago
11.
As skyscrapers rise, markets fall
When the Burj Khalifa officially opened in Dubai on Monday, much of the world press noted the irony of the world's tallest building unveiled just weeks after the emirate's debt ...
Mark Thornton, United States, New York, Petronas Towers, Christofer Rathke, All keywords...
cnn.com
8 months ago
12.
World's tallest building, Burj Dubai, set to open in UAE
Dubai is set to open the world's tallest building Monday as the city seeks to revitalize its economy after a debt crisis in 2009 that forced the once-hot financial center ...
Burj Dubai, Dubai World, Persian Gulf, Persian Gulf, USD, All keywords...
washingtonpost.com
8 months ago
13.
Abu Dhabi Gives Dubai $10 Billion
The pledge by the oil-rich governing emirate on Monday eased fears about a debt default, lifting stock markets.
Dubai World Is Pressured, Abu Dhabi Tightens Its, USD, United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi government, All keywords...
nytimes.com
8 months ago
14.
Dubai ruler’s racehorse buying spree falters
Fears for British racehorsing industry
Dubai, FT.com Global, Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, London, Roger Blitz, All keywords...
ft.com
9 months ago
15.
Lessons From Dubai World
Don't assume government backing for state-owned businesses.
Dubai World, Dubai Inc., USD, UAE, Property development subsidiary, All keywords...
forbes.com
9 months ago
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