Dubai's debt could be as much as $170 bln: report
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19-Jan-2010 (one comment)

The total debt of cash-strapped Dubai could be as much as 170 billion dollars, much higher than earlier reported, according to a report by EFG-Hermes regional investment bank.

"The total debt held by Dubai Inc could well be in the range of 130-170
billion dollars," the bank said in its 2010 UAE Yearbook, a copy of
which was received by AFP on Tuesday.

Dubai Inc is a term used to refer to the Dubai government and its government-related entities.

Dubai shook world markets in November when it said it wanted to request
a freeze on debt repayments by its largest and most-indebted
conglomerate, Dubai World.

At the time, Dubai's total debt, including that of its state firms, was
reportedly 80 billion dollars, with Dubai World owing 59 billion
dollars.

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AsteroidX

Serves the greedy b*st*rds right

by AsteroidX on Wed Jan 20, 2010 02:12 AM PST

 The whole property projects and resorts (ski slopes in the middle of a desert) are so unfriendly to the environment. It was all bound to fail.

Dubai's artificial islands have high environmental cost - The Price of "The World": Dubai's Artificial Future

//news.mongabay.com/2005/0823-tina_butler_dubai.html

Chilling developments in Dubai - A refrigerated swimming pool and an artificially cooled beach - Dubai's latest excesses are enough to make conservationists weep. //www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/dec/18/...


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